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The Titan 2 is a modernized BlackBerry with 5G, Android, and a second screen

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4mo ago

The Titan 2 is a modernized BlackBerry with 5G, Android, and a second screen

www.theverge.com /news/691938/titan-2-smartphone-keyboard-blackberry-5g-android-15

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I had one of these Unihertz keyboard phones before. Comes with bloatware and the typical Android restrictions for removal. No 3rd party OS support. I ended up returning mine after a couple weeks.
- I thought a couple had Lineage support?
  Been a while since I looked though.
  
  I don't see any listed on lineageos.org? I would love to get one again.
  
  Jelly star can run GSI, so lineage is a thing
It looks like a 1:1 modernized copy of the blackberry passport to the tiniest detail. The size. The weight. The 3 row physical keyboard with capacitive gestures. The screen resolution is also 1440*1440. And the huge top bezel.
Wonder if the bootloader can be unlocked or they copied also that from blackberry
Impractical shape. Second screen has no practical use at that size.
Looks useless.
That form factor looks quite awkward for one-handed use. OG Blackberries were amazing because they were the perfect size to do things quickly one-handed, but you could switch to 2-handed typing for longer messages. I think it will be tricky to capture that kind of flexibility in a modern phone because the screens are so large.
I'll bite when you can move the keys around to other layouts, and it has whatever hardware security features and 3rd party os bootloader relock that graphene devs say they need before they can port to anything other than pixels.
edit: also I would never look at the back screen. that's idiotic.
Just my two cents, I think using a T9 software keyboard will give you a better typing experience on modern smartphones without sacrificing screen real estate (or portability with Clicks keyboard case).
Personally I use ThumbKey, this one doesn't have text prediction, it instead relies on gestures. It's easily my favorite software keyboard, though it's learning curve can be quite steep. If you don't have time for it something like Traditional T9 can be easier to get into.
- I tried Thumb-Key. Learning curve was really high. I instead went with Unexpected Keyboard, also no predictive text. I really enjoy using Unexpected Keyboard and I don't have to through a bunch of sub keyboards to look for a symbol. I rarely go to a different sub keyboard.
  Do you type faster with Thumb-Key than a normal keyboard like GBoard? In your opinion, is it worth learning?
  
  Using ThumbKey's "english thumbkey words symbols" layout along with circular gestures for upper / lower case letters and numbers I can reliably score 60 words per minute on MonkeyType. I also don't need to look down on the keyboard to type, so personally I love it.
  With that said, if your free time is limited and you also type on a variety of languages, switching to ThumbKey may not be worth the effort since a lot of languages have their own layouts.
  Personally I don't see myself switching away from ThumbKey, but it's kind of a vim vs nano situation. I think Traditional T9 will be the happy medium for most people in this case.
Second screen is stupid, hate that 2cm bezzle on the top

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