Engadget Logo Engajet Japanese version screen is square!QWERTY Keyboard -mounted smartphone "UNIHERTZ TITAN POCKET" review

UNIHERTZ announced that it will ship the Android smartphone, "UNIHERTZ TITAN POCKET" (hereafter, Titan Pocket), an Android smartphone equipped with a physical QWERTY keyboard, as a crowdfunding rewarding product, participates in the crowdfunding.It was delivered sequentially to the user.

"Titan Pocket" is a variation model of the toughness smartphone "UNIHERTZ TITAN" equipped with a QWERTY keyboard that is currently on sale.It has become smaller to the level that fits in,

Nowadays, smartphones equipped with a physical keyboard are very rare (recently, folded form -type format type has come out) Bed -type (board type), hard key volume, power supply, but camera.It can be said that the level of shutter key is a very valuable one now.

Nevertheless, although it is out of the mainstream, there are still a certain number of strong users who love the physical QWERTY keyboard, so it is a smartphone that can not be overlooked by the author who was also a BlackBerry user.

This time, this unit arrived as a crowdfunding rewarding product, so I would like to send you the impressions of actually using it.

〇 Compact model derived from TITAN born from BlackBerry Respect

Titan Pocket is about 3.A straight Android smartphone featuring a 1 -inch (716 x 720 dot) almost square display and a QWERTY keyboard.

It is a miniaturized variation model of UNIHERZ TITAN released last year, and it is a compact size that fits perfectly in one hand of adult men, despite some specifications.

UNIHERZ TITAN, which is the predecessor model of Titan Pocket (variations because the basic specifications are almost the same), is originally a smartphone that reserved the BlackBerry Passport, which was the final model of the BlackBerry OS smartphone, and the features such as square displays are from here.It is.In other words, Titan Pocket is a more derived smartphone from a smartphone that respects BlackBerry.

The smaller figure is a silhouette reminiscent of BlackBerry Classic, a famous machine of the past, and BlackBerry Bold, rather than BlackBerry Passport, but it is a normal Android smartphone, so the operation feeling is completely different.

As for the body specifications, the chipset is equipped with MediaTek's middle range SOC "Helio P70" (Cortex-A53 + Cortex-A73: octacore), 6GB RAM operating memory, and 128GB of body storage.

Since the SoC was "Helio P60" in the predecessor UNIHERZ TITAN, the specifications are slightly improved, but is it because the body size has become smaller?In Titan, the non -contact charging Qi (Chi) was not supported.

The display size is 3.The main (rear) camera is a single camera with about 16 million pixels on a 1 -inch liquid crystal display, and the in -camera is about 8 million pixels.

The card slot has a 2 -slot configuration, the second slot is exclusively designed with the microSD card, and the memory card cannot be used when used with DSDV (DualSim Dualvolte).In addition, both slots are nanosim only for SIM cards.

The outer shape of the main unit is 132 vertical.5mm x width 73.2mm x thickness 16.It is 8mm and the body weight is 216 g, the battery capacity is 4,000 mAh, and the fingerprint authentication sensor that also serves as a home key like TITAN is equipped with NFC.The body color is only black.

In addition, it is equipped with an infrared communication unit and a multi -row remote control app as well as the UNIHERZ smartphone that has been released so far.By the way, UNIHERTZ JELLY2 does not have the Osaifu -Keitai function installed.By the way, NFC is installed.

In addition, a special screen ratio of almost square and 3.It is a good idea to remember that it is almost unsuitable for a very small display for a 1 -inch smartphone or in general game apps.

〇 Keyboard and character input

This is the physical QWERTY keyboard that is the key to this unit, but hold the bubble wrap and button with both hands and enter it.

Compared to the predecessor TITAN, the width is very small, and the keyboard has been reduced considerably, but when you actually use it, you can enter the text and text without much discomfort (unless your fingers are very thick). I can do it.

This is because the key is inclined, like the respected source BlackBerry, so that input mistakes are less likely to occur.

In addition, the character input (IME) application is also available in "Kika Keyboard" exclusively for this unit, which allows you to enter smoothly input.In addition, there is also a Japanese IME application "AQUAMOZC for Titan" (paid app) dedicated to Titan / Titan Pocket produced by volunteers, and by introducing it, you can input characters with a PC -like operation.。

And the keyboard is of course compatible with backlights (important), and you can use the keyboard stably even in dark places.

The precautions for users who have used the predecessor UNIHERZ TITAN are "the position of the app (switching) key and the back keys".Once you get used to it, it doesn't matter, but if you use both together, you may make a mistake.Both can be replaced with key signs with settings, so it is a good idea to unify them to those who are used to it.

In addition, since the predecessor TITAN can set shortcuts such as applications and functions for each key, you can launch one app with keyboard operation.

〇The camera function is average

The performance of the camera is neither good nor bad, and it is a plain camera application that has no scene discrimination function using AI function.Shooting in a dark place is truly tough, but it doesn't seem to be bad if it's a little bit of a bright place.

By the way, like the predecessor TITAN, the default aspect ratio (aspect ratio) of the default setting is 1: 1 (12 million pixel shooting mode), and the shutter can be removed (photographed) with a return key.

See some photos taken with the Titan Pocket camera.

〇 Summary: A good place that looked compact and was worried

This Titan Pocket, which appeared as a small model of UNIHERZ TITAN, was a good place to actually use it for a while and I was worried.

・ It was good

First of all, it became smaller and portable.。UNIHERZ TITAN, the predecessor model, is one size larger than BlackBerry Passport, which is a respect source, and it is about 50 % thicker (310g in actual measurement), even if the body thickness is not double.I think that it was a smartphone that chooses people who use more people in the smartphone equipped with QwERTY keyboard even if they are subtracted.(I am happy to use it)

Although the screen is smaller as the body size is smaller, it can be used more smoothly than expected by devising characters comfortably.

・ Where I was worried

The point I was worried about was that I didn't have to worry about a square display.

Because it is a miniaturized model of UNIHERZ TITAN, which is a BlackBerry Passport respect, you may have been concerned with (almost) square displays, but I think it would have been nice to have a slightly vertical display.

As you can see from the image below, there is an empty part between the display and the keyboard.I think it was possible to increase the number of buttons on the keyboard part.

Although it is Titan Pocket, which has some points and points that I liked, I think it is a very interesting one as a relatively compact smartphone equipped with a straight QWERTY keyboard.

In particular, UNIHERZ TITAN POCKET is not only quite unusual recently, as well as a smartphone with a physical keyboard -equipped model, but as the name suggests, it has become easier to take out and even more useful.

It is announced on the UNIHERZ website that general sales are also planned to be sold in Japan, so if you are interested, why not check it out?

UNIHERTZ website