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Unihertz Titan Hands-On: Not just a BlackBerry knockoff
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2024
- This Shanghai outfit is back, pitching a new phone that couldn’t be ANY more different than the Jelly. This is the Titan, a full-blown QWERTY keyboard behemoth, with a square screen and a 6,000mAh battery. The absurdity doesn’t end there, either. The keyboard is touch-sensitive, so it can work as a trackpad of sorts. There’s a 4.5-inch SQUARE screen upfront. If you managed to get in on the company’s early bird Kickstarter deal, it’s pretty cheap - think around $260. For me at least, the single MOST absurd thing about the Titan is that it SHOULD be awful - but it isn’t. Not completely, anyway.
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I hope phones like this never stop being made...I've been using BlackBerry Phones since 2010...and nothing beats the accuracy of pressing a button as a matter I'm typing this on my BlackBerry Keyone.
I am really kind of over the candybar slab phones these days. I WANT another BlackBerry Key2 or KeyOne type experience, just make sure to keep the ORIGINAL BlackBerry keyboard layout style.
@@JaredVonBarensame, this touch screen garbage isn't working for me, it never did. Can any US carriers still run Blackberries??
@@petrosaguilar8916 Nope 👎🏼
I feel like these tech guys who hate physical keyboards grew up with their first cell phone being the iphone.
Good point.
Most of the time they won't even give the keyboard a fair chance.
And of course they'll use the physical keyboard on their computer to type that very review
Blackberry: We can't put Android on Passport because of the square screen.
Unihertz: Hold my saki.
Blue Fox Saké is Japanese ... and the Passport came out 5 years ago ...
Exactly my thought!!!!
@@micheallebeau675 but still good ... :)
It seems that was always just a lie.
I had the Android Passport prototype for a day, and it was absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, Blackberry tracked me down and took it back, and gave me a regular Passport in exchange.
I can tell you if Blackberry's stop being made...this will be for me. I dont game. If it can handle FB, Twitter, IG and text email etc... this will be my new phone. A full review would be good as well. Thanks for the video.
Same here
Mike Cluett ohhhh i hate these toxic apps that i have the option to download so much i want my phone to not even be able to run them wow look at me i think sooo differently going against modern intestests
I second this
This device haves Android 9, an 2ghz octa core chipset... It's strong enough :)
BlackBerry wont go anywhere anytime soon because they have a contract with the US government for the data protection services they offer. BlackBerry is much more than a phone company
Monster battery, nice design, running Android, unbreakable .... But... What a pity! It was not a BackBerry Passport :(
because they don't listen to us (their loyal users)! Just stopped using the passport about a month ago. Loyalists have been begging for them to bring back that form factor but they don't listen, exactly why the company is where it is!
@@gamal01I'm using BlackBerry Passport as a backup phone beside Key2. And I still hope one day they will bring BB10 back :(
@@VintageRIMBlackBerry they will do , no other choice!
They will not do, since they have a CONTRACT with Google
My BlackBerry Passport smartphone works properly.
My BlackBerry KEYone Black Edition space key is not spacing consistently anymore.
We should just put BlackBerry on kickstarter...to kickstart some more BlackBerry phones....how is a physically present Qwerty phone weirdo? Getting stuff done is weird? Weird. ;-)
Yes, full review please, thanks. From a physical QWERTY keyboard device fan
BlackBerry always number one 💪
F x tec pro1
The ultimate notch. A qwerty keyboard.
"I haven't plugged this in in about four days, and I still have about 20% charge left"...
*battery indicator*: 5% 🤔
2:02
B roll. Was going to ask if you were new to YT but your profile shows 12y...
Let my blackberry keyone hanging around the house last week when i was only using my smartwatch. Picked it back up 5 days later and it still had 36% battery left.
This is really the Titan of Blackberry Passport Titan, because Blacberry Passport really was Titan of Blackberry company.
Finally we have here new version we all waited and wanted for.
This phone is just come out now and maybe have some small issues, but over time with new releases all will be fixed!
SUPPORT!
Watching this on my Blackberry
Me too 😛
@@PatWallace oh, me too :) ... on a passport
Yep, me too!
Blackberry missing the mark yet again. Acti g like there's no market for a BB Passport on Android and that they can't do the form factor. Fucking idiots lost out on damn near a million dollars on what would have been very little R+D considering they have the passport n key 2. Fucking idiots
Watching this video on my Blackberry Key2.
That phone is super cool! I’d love to see more unique devices like this one.
These kinds of phones always reminds about how damn versatile is Android!
Android is designed to be versatile anyway. Tablet, TV, watch, console etc...
@@Xi_Jinping_Pooh_Shill Don't forget Android things, Android Auto, laptops, desktops (Android apps via Chrome OS, Dex).
well android is junk. For someone who has been raised on pcs, the complete lack of proper options is just a joke. Most of the time, when I am using a smartphone, I feel like smashing it on the wall. I find it rather frustrating. I am really surprised there really isnt any other major OS aside from iOS out there. Its curious to say the least, because there is soo much room for improvments.
And nowhere is working properly. If something is designed to work everywhere, it sucks.
@@Verithiell if people show more love, there was Windows Phone with a potential future Surface Phone.
I have an affinity for huge phones. Looks beautiful.
Hey @BlackBerry you should really do something like this and price it reasonably and it will literally fly of the shelf
I know
Literally? Like it will grow wings?
@@missmeowmix6114 thats would be the only thing it would be short off
@@missmeowmix6114 yup
Unfortunately John S chin give up on BlackBerry mobile a long time ago
Will definitely buy this monster as a backup phone
$250 a lot for taking a chance on something that could be unusable though. I bought the Nokia retro when they brought it back. Yes, it was cute on outside, but it was like dinosaur software.
@@yakk13 I feel you but I'm going to give this phone a chance.i just need a phone I can throw in my bag to use for emergency situations
I'd love to see a resurgence of physical keyboard phones. Sliders, clamshells, flip keyboards... I sure do miss those kinds of phones. All phones coming out nowadays are just so similar looking that I can't even tell them apart.
Bring back keyboard sliding phones! It would be so so awesome if there was a physical keyboard sliding phone, with an Amoled 1440p screen, at least 90hz, stereo speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack, Snapdragon 855, at least 8gb ram, Android 9 pie, triple cameras in the back... Oohhhh man... Can you imagine?!
Can't someone please start a petition or something to Samsung or Sony or LG already???
It need HUB .....will this Unihertz have HUB being that HUB is BlackBerry ip ?......please confirm
For sure ordering this. Always wanted to go back to a physical keyboard but was never willing to shell out as much as you need to with Blackberry and Samsung and such.
We need more qwerty android phones. Glad to see physical buttons are coming back. You just can't replace a sense of pressing an actual button. Using KeyOne myself btw!
When Blackberry blends with Vertu... Like the design compare to boring smartphones these days...
Yep, that was what I was thinking!
I agree, it's nice to see something different.
I loved my BB Passport. The square display was amazing. If only there was better Android support (or even Android OS) on it. This kind of fits the bill, though! I live in Alaska, and this would be perfect. It's rugged, and having physical keys are nice in the freezing cold. Another thing, it rains A LOT here. I'd like to see how weatherproof this is. Touchscreens don't work well in the rain at all compared to physical keys, and I wonder how this would hold up.
Man I want this bad especially since Blackberry just quit the game.
Love it. And Chris, remember, some of us have big paws.
Now, if they would just bring back the brilliant transflective screen, so we could use smartphones outside, and 2 more rows for numbers and the most common punctuation.
Is it me or do the default backgrounds look like they're ripped from various Sony phones?
Same. Had a Z1 compact, with the same backgrounds
“When it’s crunch time and you really need to lay some words down” 😂🤣😭👌🏾
Imagine this keyboard having RGB lighting :o
I love this design
If the keys lit up better and the capitalization did what it's supposed to do I would buy this phone all day
Likely it will. That was an early pre-production model. Actually production isn't scheduled to begin until November.
Want one in time for Christmas
For me blackberry passport had the best keyboard i've ever used. I typed fast and more accurately since i had to press the buttons and not just touch them I like with software keyboard... miss it so much.
I have drowned so many BB's. A waterproof Passport, I'm Stoked.
Ah retro. Android started as a attempt to clone Blackberry. Look at Android v1.6 and the phones that came with it.
Track balls full keyboards lots of organizational apps...you're all the way right
Android was designed to be used in BlackBerry style phones, but after the iPhone was announced they redid the UI to be more touch friendly.
Seriously, Engadget? A review of a BlackBerry-like phone made by someone who doesn't like physical keyboards and doesn't even know what the old BlackBerry keyboards were like. Most of this review is basically "Hey guys, this keyboards sucks but maybe I'm not a keyboard guy". Please make a proper review, and let a former BlackBerry fan do it. If we're going to buy this phone is solely because of the qwerty keyboard, that's why a comparison with a Bold 9900 and a Classic would be quite useful.
👍👍
So true, exactly what i was thinking, agree with you 100%, logically you would think Engadget and with little brain power would get some who has previously used a blackberry or blackberry passport to do the review. What is the point of this review if this guy has never even used a blackberry.. boggles the mind
The basic concept were good, but the execution need TONS of improvement.. if they can fix the keyboard, upgrade the spec and all that with less 250usd for retail. Some people might consider it.
indeed, it have a potential for a budget *BB **_Key_*
some people can't get enough. You want even more specs for that price? You know it's only 250$ even though it is water and dustproof with a keyboard? Fixing the keyboard should be enough
@@megakoni1 but $250 for an unknown brand are still pricey
@@megakoni1 no.. 250 USD is the price for kickstarter back up. i am told by other youtuber, that this cost somewhere in 320 USD in retail. (cant remember the exact number)
if you compared to xiaomi n so on... the spec is really low for that price
@@sipenarekbecha7193 It may be unknown to you, but it's been around for years with three other successful phones under their belt.
I just got a Unihertz Titan and it exceeded my expectations. It is absolutely fantastic. The evaluator is very biased and wrong. for him to say... "I have never had a passport " completely invalidates everything he says.
got mine 5 days ago... recharging for the first time. great and heavy device for the price. but for communicating bb os 10 still far ahead. lets say it is the passport of the humble.
This phone tells a lot about Blackberry passport. The BB passport was a great idea too early left behind in order to embrace Android (the snitch built by Google number one privacy offender) and pursue a different design that doesn't say too much. Don't take me wrong I like the Key2 but I love the Passport. Of course another company saw the real potential of BB Passport and tried to capitalize that advantage: unique, very effective and classic design with excellent physical keyboard. I really miss BB Passport and its OS. These days we must accept the idea to have our phone running on the SPY Android and give privacy and security away, privacy and security that were the main goal of BB.
Also they do have global language support in the hardware keyboard (only 9) so watch out if it will work with your language.
I would really love to see a full review of this phone, i' d be interested too see how the camera performs and and how waterproof it is.
Actually has an IP67 water resistance rating.
If my BB Passports browser was updated I’d still be using it.
Passport wasn’t made for kiddy games.
It was a actual useful phone.
Key1 and key2 suck IMO.
How the hell people type on that narrow keyboard is beyond me.
You do know it's super easy to install a current version of Firefox or Chrome right? It'just Google apk mirror chrome or Firefox and pick one that supports the right version of Android. Get good come now
Matthew Stoumbaugh
I tried them all and they will not work on banking and credit card websites so for me no good but thanks for the heads up.
If Firefox and Chrome done work on you banking websites it's the websites fault! I use mine for banking all the time, maybe try Opera or Dolphin as they should be different enough to maybe work. Mind you sometimes you have to use desktop mode to get things working. The Firefox APK should be no different on the BB than an Android so I don't see where the problem is. There are also banking apps that you can put on the phone too.
Matthew Stoumbaugh
Major banking apps don’t work and soon all will not work.
Passport is stuck at android 4.3. and most have moved past.
Listen I wish it wasn’t so but it is I have used every apk browser and they don’t work on major banking or cc websites.
I've got it working with Synchrony Bank, my personal banks etc. Now Chase Bank has a shitty website that barely even works on my Note 9 so if your using Chase that's your problem, worst bank on the planet
I like it! 👍🏾😃 Imagine if this had a dual SIM card: one for your regular carrier, and one for a satellite carrier for making SatPhone calls? Maybe even giving it a two-way radio communicating function for those who’d like to chirp in? You know, for those who are going off-the-grid? Maybe throw in an s.o.s. button? And as you say, polish it up a bit, have it come in more than one color? Maaaan oh man oh man! 🤷🏾♂️😃 Just saying.
Blackberry Passport on steroids! I hope they release a more elegant blackberry passport like phone..
I'd definitely buy it!
Currently using the company first smartphone model --- Jelly Pro! The only concerns now are the extreme small screen and low capacity of battery. Seem like, this one can fulfill my requirements as well. Looking forward for a full review (y)
Most of it's problems then can be addressed with updates. Question is, will they release those updates? This is a phone I've been thinking of getting because I love hardware keyboards, which I why I used to use a Blackberry Priv. Watching this review makes me want to hold off for a while until some things are fixed
Very good phone now I am using but I want to buy this phone
Why won’t tcl and blackberry just re-release the the passport but updated
I miss my slide sideways qwerty phones from 2010. I could type SO fast without looking and not typo. You didnt have to think to navigate the phone because you didnt have to read tiny letters constantly and aim super hard and constantly press things wrong. i fucking hate how touch screens are designed. it should be the same screen for everything so i know where to touch. anyways. this is a phone for me
Oh yes I love slide sideways, best qwerty
i miss my blackberry
I absolutely loved the passport and never had a faster typing speed ever again after I had to stop using it.
Wow. This took me by surprise. Looks so much like the Passport. Interesting. Will keep my eye on it, although, I really like the BlackBerry version of Android so I think my next device will be a KEY2 (currently on a Priv), or I will just keep my fingers crossed for a newer "BlackDroid."
BlackBerry Mobile announced that they're out of the game now.
UniHertz seems to be the future of the QWERTY.
But yeah I'd still just get a KEY2, performance is insane coming from a Priv
Isn’t that wallpaper the default wallpaper from the Sony Xperia Z1?
arondyte318 it is! i used to have that phone
Well it is basically a clone of Blackberry Porsche. So copy-pasting a wallpaper is not a problem.
I still have my blackberry passport and pull it out every know and then for a reminder of what the pinnacle of smartphone design is like. I'll probably be buying this if it can even come close to matching the passport experience.
It'll be a decent experience but the keyboard is more tiring to the thumbs than any BlackBerry keyboard. The springs they used are quite stiff and lack in key travel
If this thing comes with an unlockable bootloader I'm already sold
If Unihertz allows bootloader unlocking, I'd chose this over a Blackberry.
This is how the Blackberry KeyOne or the Keys should be!! Huge battery, clean software, more efficient SoC, and lower price !!
I still prefer the Key 2’s look though. Otherwise you’re right on all counts.
Absolutely loved my BlackBerry Passport SE and Z10 and it's a shame BB took so long to develop BB10 after iOS and Android launched.
Bring back BB10 HUB-centric OS'
I am a diehard BB fan. And especially the PP. I tried the Keyone and I am very disappointed. If they don't come up an android PP until January, I will most definitely switch to Titan. And promise to make a video of me smashing the Passport and Keyone with a hammer. And never ever buy a BB. You can't do anything else with em anyway...
Retro Games like rtcw, quake, doom and Half-Life would work perfectly on this device with the keyboard
The phone looks amazing. You’re right if you haven’t used Passport as a daily driver, you really can’t do justice to this device.
You forgot to mention the speakers are on the back of the phone. Absolute flaw.
picking up where blackberry left off. the passport was damn cool and there are probably a few people out there who really, really wanted an Android version of it... this may well be their answer and for that I am glad this random phone exists.
A blackberry passport on steroids
2:45 now isn't that Pokemon Crystal Clear(romhack)?
I would rather stick with the classic blackberry passport
If BB10 can still work for you in 2020, sure...
Blackberrys about to make a comeback!!
i miss blackberry.
I love physical keyboards! They were a useful tool for a great many of us that never particularly liked or felt as confident with "touch typing". I know, I'm a dinosaur. :)
You're not a dinosaur. You just understand that physical keyboards are made for optimal accuracy and enjoyment when typing.
Glass will never be as good at those two things.
This shit never will replace the BlackBerry Passport and the design and most importantly BlackBerry is strong company and have strong devices, i still using Passport, Keyone or key 2 but i saw this ...oh...good ! That's the best shit what BlackBerry lovers can see!
I'd like to know more about the functionality of the phone. Thumb unlock and such. I have a Note 8 and want to know - with the exception if Bixby (bleh), SPen - if it will be compatible in function.
I like gesture typing and watching full screen video
I have one and dig it!
The BlackBerry Passport is one of the most beautiful cell phones. Would it be possible to put the Unihertz Titan hardware as part of the BlackBerry Passport? I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking about this
I had a BB Classic for 6 months since crushing my Passport in May, now I have another PP and don't wanna miss it - FU BlackBerry Ltd. for giving up a legend
blackberriey cells are love ❤
Pearl, curve, bold, q5, passport, priv, keyone. Perhaps when my keyone outdated and broken apart, this will be it.
Considering my broken screens of my current and previous 2 phones , I seriously need this kind of rugged phone.(love to know any other phones with this kinda ruggedness)
Pretty much Elephone or Blackview. Although, if you want a Snapdragon device, check CAT S-series or AGM phone. Also Doogee.
@@kristantonugraha7367 thanks
S8 active
@@jaysanova5807 that's Bloody old mate
The wallpaper looks like sony xperia in 2011-2013 😂
And I thought that I was the only one
Really
my wallpaper on my xperia z1 XD
The size the size is what I need here. Plus blackberry is no more. Sad days.
a poor mans passport
Yeah I guess, but at least it runs most Android apps
As I’ve said in other videos about this phone...I want one! Perfect price and the features are good too!! Please review it! I’m saving up and I’m buying one in a few weeks!!!!
Please yes a full long termreview with feedback to the company. I LOVED my BB Passport, but BB abandoned us and I am done with them.
It's not a blackberry
The touch sensitive keyboard sounds really cool.
great phone. They should now capitalise on having met the blackberry passport android unmet market and maybe make it thinner, lighter . It feels very solid and a joy when listening to music while reading the kindle. There is an unmet market for this kind of phone and Unihertz are now posotioned to compete in a market where there are very few competing keyboard phone-tablet . The criticisms here are not valid. If blackberry ignore their audience and fail to bring out a passport androis then unihertz should capitalise. 5G , 1 tb storage, integrated video projector higher security systems, maybe do a deal with EV's to also give it strong GPS functionality and maybe integrated speech recognition typing.With some imagination this kind of phone could dominate the market just like the iPhone 5 and 6 previously did .
I would buy it, I'm sure BlackBerry has some input on the phone. They would sue if not.
Is it HUB-centric? (BlackBerry IP) this slowass keylaggn KeyOne isn't& that has proven to be totally counter-productive compared to my BlackBerry Q10 ..... & the Treo650 also was a MACHINE
Or this could mean that the company who has the legal license to use Blackberry name and software (TCL) will stop making Blackberry phones. No Key 3 in 2019 after Key 2 was launched in 2018. TCL stated a new phone would come soon but who knows...
@@captainmorgan5449 u could be right here, such a situation i can easily envisage, considering.
@@dotcomDan Yes, TCL has been silent. I currently have 3 Blackberry phones. Priv, Dtek 60 and Motion. I picked up a mint Essential phone recently at a good price to hold me over. Essential phone software is updated and will get Android Q. Alot of people can't hold out for a new BB phone and have picked up other OEM models.
I like it. It looks like a modern PDA.
I love that phone I hope it's available in the US market because I'm looking for that kind of phone because I hate phones are only have touch screens I miss my Blackberry and I missed a qwerty keyboard but the new Blackberries are not water resistant and not waterproof big mistake that the company was making Blackberry now has made not making the phones water resistant or waterproof someone needs to let them know that it got to make it waterproof or water-resistant thanks and this is a blessing in disguise that I found his videos thumbs up and I will subscribe if I haven't yet anyway God bless you man you're the best keep up the great work
Tempting love the form factor and the big battery and armor how much ram and storage on this device please .
I wish I have this phone 😭
would make a awsome gameboy device
Would the guts of this fit into a blackberry classic?🤔
In short you don't like this phone, end of story!
How did they get away with the.touch sensitive keyboard . I bet blackberry has a patent on that.
An alternative to blackberry, and YES!! SHAME ON BLACKBERRY!!!!!
Good to see some keyboard phones other than blackberry.
I think it’s quite a nice device definitely a replacement for my blackberry classic.
It's gonna be a lot heavier/clunkier than the Classic lol. But at least it'll run an updated OS
I still have my white Passport, didn't want to let it go, such a unique phone. Was waiting for a Passport 2, never happened...until now.
Currently on my second priv, which is just as unique. Privs seriously lacking in power. If these guys or anyone makes a Priv 2, I'd be all over it.
So glad I bought a KEYᵒⁿᵉ. Once you get hooked on the satisfaction of BlackBerry shortcuts and buttons - it's hard to go back 😉
Which shortcuts work great for you ? I've found them to be buggy on mine
Mainly the buttons leading to an action. I have speed dial and txt shortcuts for frequent contacts and holding down a button for 1 sec feels so much faster than hitting a search field, typing a few letters of a name and selecting it, then selecting the sms option from their contact card. This especially shined during my wife and my last house hunt, where w/ 1 button I was calling her and w/ another button I'd call our agent. I've got shortcuts for everything - basically the fastest newest flagships (and I've tested a few) feel like a chore even tho they're way faster. I don't mind a momentary delay or a lag spike. What I can't get over is hitting 1 button instead of going thru 4 submenus. Nothing else will satisfy, not a 120hz refresh rate (Razer phone) or a boombox speaker (LG v40) etc etc
Keys-- The thing about 'old' Blackberrys was that the key tops were contoured not flat. That was the reason typing was good. Cheap flat keys are just not good enough.
Am I the only person who typed Blackberry by cradling the phone in one hand and finger type with the master hand, in my case left, perhaps because of my wide thumbs.
Phones with keys are just better than screen typing.
UniHertz Titan keys are not as well sculpted as those on the BB Classic.
But man it's still more satisfying than glass!
Makes me wonder if there's a setting that will let the keyboard stay lit for a longer period of time...