The phone goes beyond being just a BlackBerry dupe, however, by innovating in other areas. For instance, its clever “Signal Light” feature offers a light-up button on the side of the phone that can be customized with different colors and light patterns to indicate when you’ve received messages from certain people, groups, or apps.
Oh sweet summer child.
This was default android functionality a few years ago wasn’t it? I remember having the “notification dot” or whatever it was called that would light in a different colour depending on the notification.
I miss the RGB notification light. I use AOD now, but I’d much rather have the little light back.I haven’t seen a phone with one of those in a very, very long time.
I have an app that emulates LEDs with the always on display.
That sounds cool, could you share the link?
Soo…for how long do we think they’ll supply security updates for this android phone?
They say 5 years of security updates on their website.
Assuming they exist for that long of course
I miss my Palm Treo :(
That thing is still not out? I’m pretty sure Unihertz revealed their Titan 2 Elite a few months after and that one is already out.
T2e got delayed until the end of July.
Oh ok, didn’t know that
Pro version of elite 2 delayed to december.
Id say these two products are competing on a level playing field here.
Edit: Did someone downvote me for saying that two nearly identical phone specs from two different manufacturers which have near identical release dates for their flagship specs are on a level playing field? Whoever downvoted me, please, walk me through your rationale here.
Not so sure about the fixed keyboard layout you’ll have to live with.
Might not work for some people, but I’ve never once changed my keyboard layout after customizing it the first time like a decade ago. I only speak one language though.
never once changed my keyboard layout after customizing it
You can’t customize this layout
Physically no, but you could use something like Pastiera to remap them in software.
Sounds like a shitty workaround TBH having the symbols on the KB completely mismatched with their functionality or letter.
Matching would definitely be preferred, but given the fact that it’s a first attempt at a product with a small form factor making swapping difficult, I see the mismatched symbols as a small concession to the overall experience.
it looks like a calculator lol
Exactly what I want haha. Completely utilitarian communication device that can do media in a pinch.
(On a side note my calculator in high school spent more time playing homebrew games than it spent doing math)
DrugWars for life.
I wrote a hell of a lot of TI-83 BASIC programs in my day. Along with learning basic HTML, it was my intro to programming. The good games were the assembly language games though and you had to trade with your friends to find and get the good ones. There was a Gallaga type space shooter that was top notch.
I was working on a side-scrolling skateboarding game. Can’t remember if I every finished it.
Why do phone screens/UI never incorporate or compensate for the front camera? On almost any phone made in the last few years, each one has an ugly black dot/circle on the front corner, and it’s especially noticeable anytime the screen is on.
They should. Android has native support for a number of in-screen camera locations. https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/layout/display-cutout
I’d love to save and preorder, but wiþout knowing if it’ll be unlocked sufficiently to deGoogle, or how long before support from one of þe forks comes, or wheþer Google’s going to follow þrough on locking out deGogglers, it’s just a risk.
