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

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Unihertz is teasing its new Titan 2 smartphone, which resembles the BlackBerry Passport.
The Unihertz Titan 2 is the successor to the unique Titan which got here out in 2019, and contains a QWERTY keyboard.
The worth and options for the Titan 2 are anticipated to be revealed in June, alongside a Kickstarter marketing campaign.

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

One of many previous couple of smartphones BlackBerry ever launched was the BlackBerry Passport, which took its identify 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 paying homage 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 trendy requirements. It additionally features a selfie digicam positioned within the top-right nook of the show.

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Unihertz is absolutely revealing the Titan 2 in June

The unique Titan launched in 2019

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Except for what you’ll be able to 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 contains 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 measurement of the Titan 1 continues to be respectable for 2025, the remainder of it might undoubtedly use a major replace, which the Titan 2 will hopefully provide. The primary two objects on my wishlist for it will be a a lot stronger chipset and assist for the newest Android replace, hopefully Android 15, with the power to improve to Android 16.

The Unihertz Titan is at the moment priced at $320, so it is going to be fascinating to see if the Titan 2 stays in that worth vary or if Unihertz intends to extend the stakes. All might 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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