This new cellphone is the BlackBerry Passport throwback you did not know you wanted

Bear in mind BlackBerry phones? It is tough to overlook them. Earlier than the iPhone and the touchscreen smartphone revolution, BlackBerry was one of many main smartphone manufacturers. Nevertheless, as occasions modified, its unique keyboard design shortly fell behind, and the corporate ceased manufacturing and improvement of its personal telephones again in 2016.

One of many previous few smartphones BlackBerry ever launched was the BlackBerry Passport, which took its title from its passport-like form. In an effort to revive the distinctive expertise of the BlackBerry Passport, Unihertz, a smartphone model identified for its uncommon and compact cellphone designs, has teased its new Unihertz Titan 2 (through Android Headlines).

The Titan 2 boasts a design harking back to the BlackBerry Passport, that includes a big bodily QWERTY keyboard that makes it simpler to ship texts and emails, together with a show that presents a singular facet ratio in comparison with fashionable requirements. It additionally features a selfie digicam positioned within the top-right nook of the show.

Unihertz is absolutely revealing the Titan 2 in June

The unique Titan launched in 2019

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Except for what you possibly can see within the picture above, that is about all we all know concerning the Unihertz Titan 2. The corporate plans to disclose extra when it launches its Kickstarter marketing campaign for the machine in June.

The Unihertz Titan 2 will succeed the unique Titan, which debuted again in 2019. The primary Unihertz Titan incorporates a 4.5-inch LCD show, a 6,000mAh battery, and an octa-core 2GHz Helio P60 CPU. It comes with 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a single front-facing and rear-facing digicam, and runs on Android 10.

Whereas the battery dimension of the Titan 1 continues to be respectable for 2025, the remainder of it might undoubtedly use a big replace, which the Titan 2 will hopefully provide. The primary two gadgets on my wishlist for it could be a a lot stronger chipset and assist for the newest Android replace, hopefully Android 15, with the flexibility to improve to Android 16.

The Unihertz Titan is at present priced at $320, so will probably be attention-grabbing to see if the Titan 2 stays in that value vary or if Unihertz intends to extend the stakes. All will likely be revealed when Unihertz launches its Kickstarter for its BlackBerry-like cellphone in June.

If you happen to’re on the lookout for extra of a throwback to the BlackBerry Period, then these Pocket-lint tales on the BlackBerry Torch and the BlackBerry Playbook are exactly what you want.

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