Unihertz Titan Slim, The New Sleek QWERTY 4G Smartphone Android 11 Unlocked NFC Smart Phone (Support T-Mobile & Verizon only)

After waiting years for the (seemingly vaporware) Fxtec Pro1-X to arrive, and upon the sudden but ultimately unsurprising death of my beloved Samsung Galaxy S SGH-T699, I had to act quick and Unihertz was pretty much the only option! After reviewing the different Titan models, I settled on the Titan Slim since it was the closest to a normal phone footprint of oblong rather than square. I spent many years on my Blackberry 7520, so I am familiar with the fixed external keyboard present on the Unihertz models. Although I was hoping for the Samsung-style slide-out keyboard, the failure of Fxtec to delivery on their Indiegogo campaign has left the market with literally no slide-out keyboard options. Thus, we accept the fixed Unihertz keyboard as our best option in 2023!I've been using the phone every day for over a month now and I am very happy with the camera, fingerprint pad, and (most importantly!) the keyboard. Although the keys are certainly more narrow than I would like, they are raised "tactile" keys which does at least partially overcome the narrowness difficulty-of-typing. I give this phone 5 stars and definitely recommend it for anyone who wants or needs a physical keyboard!

Not for me, but I'm glad it exists. If they release an update to their Pocket model, or yet another varietal of keyboard phone, I'll be paying attention. The key switches feel *wonderful* but the keys are just too narrow for my fat thumbs and creaky joints.I wish they would release a version with a better camera and a bigger keyboard; for this, I would jump ship from iOS to Android, and I'd pay them the appropriate price for the privilege. If you're looking to go back to when phones were more interesting and practical than being an array of identical glass slabs, this phone is good enough and cheap enough for you to at least consider. But just beware that your thumbs might not be compatible with the thing.For reference though, I sold it to a friend of mine, who is over the moon, thinks the keys are fine, and can't believe I let the thing go. So, your mileage may vary!

I need to review this product, because I'm a hard keyboard addict. I can't use a mobile device without one. Coming from a Blackberry Key2, I'm afraid the Titan Slim is a little bit of a letdown.Overall, the Slim performs like a $100 phone that was released 5 or 6 years ago (or, sad to say, maybe more). But this is a $300 device in 2023, and it just can't compete with Samsung and the iPhone. I'm sorry to say that, I really am. I wanted to love the Slim, but I bought it for the keyboard... which performs adequately! If you're a hard keyboard addict like me, you'll love the responsiveness and layout (with the exception of the Fn key, which in the top right, means you need two fingers on the right side of the keyboard to use a comma or period, but you get used to it). But the rest of the package was a total letdown. The battery life is nothing special, the camera is average at best, and there's several functionality issues that come with an atypical screen resolution and a knockoff operating system. After a few weeks of use, you'll see what I mean. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I started to miss my higher-performing digital keyboard phones, and that's a real letdown.I wish very much that we could get a hard keyboard on a device as polished and functional as a Samsung flagship, but until we do, the Titan Slim is about as close as it gets.

As you can see from the attached picture, I've been using Blackberries for more than 15 years. I have to use a physical keyboard. My Key2Le was starting to act up, and I needed to make the move to a system that had something greater than Android 8. I am on Verizon, and the transition was seamless. I uploaded everything to the Verizon cloud, popped in the SIM card in the new Titan, and then downloaded. Boom. Working just great. Yes the keyboard requires some adjustments and getting used to, but the phone is far more quicker and I got tired of getting notifications that some of my apps were no longer supported by Android 8. I'd dreaded the day I had to stop using an official Blackberry, but this is a solid replacement. Just as productive and functional as the Key2, but much quicker and I don't have to worry about lack of app support.

I wanted a phone with a physical keyboard, but this isn't it. It's older 4G hardware with an older version of Android.When it worked it was not too bad.But the top row of keys died after 6 months, followed by the bottom third of the touch screen. As a result, you can't touch there key to go back to the home screen or swipe up to go to the home screen. So the only way to get back to the home screen is to restart the device.There is no support from the manufacturer, so it's another broken crap Chinese phone headed for the landfill.

The keyboard didn't last, and it's not really designed for replacing it.

Best Blackberry Key2/Key1 replacement there is right now.Keys feel good, better than the Titan Pocket and Priv, on par with the Key1/2, although the layout is worse, but you get used to it quickly enough. I'd compare it to the F(x)tec Pro1X, but I'm still waiting for it 2 years after my order.Battery life is good, just a bit less than the Pocket, but gets through the entire workday and then some.Camera is serviceable, not amazing, but about what you'd expect from Titan or Blackberry type devices.The extra side button and the Sym and Fn keys are reprogrammable.Basically, if you want a Key1/Key2 replacement, this is your best bet, and you'll be happy with it after you get used to the keyboard layout.