More than 8,800 backers pledged over $4 million to Unihertz's Titan 2 Elite in a 50-day Kickstarter campaign that has now closed, setting a funding record for keyboard smartphones.
That haul extended the campaign's earlier $3 million momentum and underscored demand for a BlackBerry-style device with a physical QWERTY keyboard.
The standard model ships in August, while the Pro version follows in December; both run Android 16 and pair a 4.03-inch 120Hz AMOLED display with a 4,050 mAh battery.
Unihertz said the standard phone uses a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage, while the Pro upgrades to a Dimensity 8400, 512GB storage and optical image stabilization.
The campaign's scale suggests the niche keyboard-phone segment still has paying buyers, giving Unihertz a lead over other revival efforts such as Clicks Communicator.
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