This Tiny Smartphone Packs a Pocket-Friendly Physical Keyboard
There are plenty of phones that look toward the future at MWC 2026, but only a few take inspiration from the past. The Unihertz Titan 2 Elite is a pocket-sized handset with a physical keyboard that brings back BlackBerry nostalgia and introduces a ton of new tricks to boot. It’s the latest in a series of phones from Unihertz, following its BlackBerry Passport-like Titan series. Though the shift to glass touchscreens heralded by the original iPhone has enabled far greater visibility and functionality in mobile experience, a subset of tech fans longs for the bygone days of physical keyboards and buttons, iconicized by BlackBerry’s classic devices. Modern accessory company Clicks filled that retro niche with physical keyboard cases, even debuting its own version of a BlackBerry. It’s launching the Clicks Communicator, which the Titan 2 Elite could be competing against when both arrive in the market. Much like the Communicator, the Titan 2 Elite intends to be a full-fledged smartphone with half the screen of a typical handset to make way for the keyboard. The Titan …
