[jaredandrews]

I had the "blackberry key one" from 2017 to 2018 and I really loved it. Like the Titan it had a keyboard, but it was an otherwise normal sized phone with a passable camera. Unfortunately it broke after one year, basically it split in half. I was hoping Blackberry would continue iterating on the design and I looked forward to buying a future, sturdier version but from what I can tell they abandoned that.

So... When I saw the kickstarter for the Titan I was excited. I have one in my desk but have never used it as my daily driver. I think the author really undersells how bad the out of the box experience is with this phone, sure Instagram stories look bad, I expected that. What I didn't expect is that almost all of the "optimized" apps that came pre-installed on the phone are poorly integrated with the screensize and keyboard. Furthermore, the keyboard is hard to type on! I mean physically, the keys are difficult to press down. I assume if I used this phone more frequently, this problem would resolve itself.

At the end of the day I don't regret buying the phone though. I have been an Android developer for around a decade and it's depressing how little experimentation is done with the hardware these days.

[drewda]

That's similar to my own experience. I quite liked my Blackberry Key2. I bought a Titan Pocket, but it's just not that well made either physically or in terms of software. It's quite heavy. The keyboard has an odd layout. The screen is significantly smaller than the Key2's screen. And the software is Google Play apps plus a weird assortment of off-brand East Asian Android apps.

After years of using a physical phone keyboard (which I prefer because it reduces feels of RSI), I gave up on the Titan Pocket and just switched to a Google Pixel.

[rchaud]

They've since moved on to the Titan Slim, which has a narrow aspect ratio like most Android phones.

[jaredandrews]

Thank you for sharing :) Will probably impulse buy this in the next 24 hours. Also wow, this reminds me a lot of the key one.