This new telephone 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 encompasses 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. Nevertheless, as occasions modified, its unique keyboard design shortly fell behind, and the corporate ceased manufacturing and growth 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 recognized for its uncommon and compact telephone 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 digital camera 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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Other than what you may 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 system in June.

The Unihertz Titan 2 will succeed the unique Titan, which debuted again in 2019. The primary Unihertz Titan encompasses 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 digital camera, and runs on Android 10.

Whereas the battery dimension of the Titan 1 remains to be first rate for 2025, the remainder of it may undoubtedly use a big replace, which the Titan 2 will hopefully provide. The primary two objects on my wishlist for it could be a a lot stronger chipset and assist for the most recent 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 will likely be attention-grabbing to see if the Titan 2 stays in that worth vary or if Unihertz intends to extend the stakes. All shall be revealed when Unihertz launches its Kickstarter for its BlackBerry-like telephone in June.

In case you’re in search of 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.