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 stuffed with nostalgia. The corporate has additionally unveiled its first smartphone, geared toward “communication, not consumption,” that it says will operate as a second telephone used largely for messaging.

The telephone is dubbed the Clicks Communicator and incorporates 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.

Although Clicks says it desires to depart “content material seize” to a customers’ main machine, the Communicator nonetheless sports activities a 50MP fundamental digicam and 24MP entrance digicam. The telephone additionally has NFC to help Google Pay, together with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi functionality. Its 4,000 mAh battery might be charged by way of USB-C or wi-fi charging.

Whereas the Communicator could 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 individuals or apps are inflicting notifications.

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

For customers wanting a tactile keyboard to make use of with customary smartphones, Clicks has made the Energy Keyboard. It incorporates 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 telephone topped up. The telephone 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 can be used with tablets, sensible 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 offered for $80.