Clicks is bringing its first smartphone and a brand new keyboard to CES 2026

Clicks is bringing its bodily keyboard merchandise to CES but once more, and these are chock filled with nostalgia. The corporate has additionally unveiled its first smartphone, aimed toward “communication, not consumption,” that it says will operate as a second cellphone used principally for messaging.

The cellphone is dubbed the Clicks Communicator and encompasses a tactile keyboard, a 4-inch OLED show, a 3.5mm headphone jack and expandable microSD storage as much as 2TB. The interface is constructed on Android 16 and helps hardware-level encryption.

Despite the fact that Clicks says it desires to go away “content material seize” to a customers’ major machine, the Communicator nonetheless sports activities a 50MP major digital camera and 24MP entrance digital camera. The cellphone additionally has NFC to help Google Pay, together with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi functionality. Its 4,000 mAh battery will be charged by way of USB-C or wi-fi charging.

Whereas the Communicator might appear like a Blackberry or Palm machine from days passed by, it carries trendy options like a fingerprint sensor within the spacebar. It additionally has what Clicks calls a Sign LED, which is a customizable alert mild that lets customers know when particular folks or apps are inflicting notifications.

As a lot as Clicks talks about its new cellphone as a secondary machine, it follows the development of or “dumb” telephones as extra customers draw back from an overexposure to expertise, and notifications. Some may even discover it compelling as a major machine. However the secondary machine thought feels unproven: having two telephones would imply two cellphone plans with two cellphone numbers, which might be impractical for a lot of customers. The Communicator will be for $399 and can improve to $499 on February 27.

For customers wanting a tactile keyboard to make use of with commonplace smartphones, Clicks has made the Energy Keyboard. It encompasses a QWERTY structure with directional keys and a quantity row. It attaches by way of MagSafe or Qi2 and has a 2,150 mAh battery to assist hold your cellphone topped up. The cellphone can then be flipped into both a horizontal or vertical orientation, which finally ends up resembling a T-Cellular Sidekick.

The keyboard is appropriate with each iOS and Android and because it pairs by way of Bluetooth, it may also be used with tablets, good TVs and digital actuality headsets. for the Energy Keyboard will open January 2 and an precise launch is predicted within the spring. The keyboard will retail for $110, although early-bird pricing is accessible for $80.