1d ago

BlackBerry Classic is being revived with Android, and it can be yours for $400

www.androidauthority.com

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if you’re inclined to buy it, ensure you purchase this without expecting long-term support from the company.
- Unlocked bootloader will be way, way, way better than any support from whatever company owns the BB brand
- If it's not completely locked down I could see a decent modding community growing for it and keeping it alive.
- classic blackberry move
The blackberry key2 is now 7 years old. I need a hardware qwertz phone.
Take a look at unihertz, they just made a kickstarter with a new android keyboard phone.
It just has a very bad shape (for me). The unihertz titan 2
I just hope they put a unihertz titan 2 slim out there soon
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/titan-2-the-latest-5g-qwerty-physical-keyboard-smartphone
- II would appreciate Unihertz much more if they provided more than five minutes of security updates after each release. Or at least made it easier to run third-party ROMs.
  
  Same here, but i am glad that at least one manufacturer still makes hardware keyboard phones...
  Than i cant be picky
- iirc there are hardware phone-attachment keyboard devices that you can snap onto a phone
  
  Yes there are, for iphone and pixel 9... But then it gets toooooo long for me
put postmarketOS on it and I'll buy it immediately. the classic is one of the greatest feeling electronic devices I've ever owned
- I hope that happens but probably wouldn't unfortunately. It has a Mediatek soc. The Key2 port would be more realistic.
Don't tease me...
I'd rather have a Canadian made, privacy focused blackberry again without the android bullshit.
- If it's bootloader unlockable, at least we'll be able to flash a rom like Lineage.
  I could go for one of these at $200, so maybe as a second-hand device in a couple years, if I can flash Lineage.
I would love an updated key2 form factor more but any physical keyboard phones are better than none to choose from.
I'm looking forward to my titan 2 from unihertz, I just hope someone makes a postmarket ROM or similar cause I can't go back to regular android -_-

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