The $499 smartphone is described as being “purpose-built” for people who carry two phones — one for work and one for personal use. That is, the company believes its market will be people who do a lot of actual work on their devices — meaning messaging, emailing, working with documents, or other things where using a physical keyboard could be an advantage.
We’ll see how it shakes out but I bet you can tweak the settings or switch away from Niagara to view social media apps or games if you want.
The AI thing is possible future partnerships that I’m wary of too but I hope would be opt in.
They’re bringing back a lot of old features, but old or no I’m glad for it. 3.5mm jack, SD card slot, DND toggle, notification light are all pluses for me. Removable battery would be great but I understand the trade off against capacity.
I’m not even a huge fan of physical keyboards but the price point and other features, as well as being more reasonably sized meant I had to reserve this. If the camera performance is passable, it might even replace my main