Clicks updated the Communicator on September 18 with a spec sheet that reads like a lesson in compromise. The physical keyboard phone now packs 12GB of RAM instead of 8GB, and the battery bumped from 4,000 mAh to 4,350 mAh. Good news, right?
Not quite. That battery upgrade comes with an asterisk the size of a safety warning: Clicks ditched its silicon-carbon battery chemistry entirely and switched back to conventional lithium-ion. The reason? The silicon-carbon cells were failing third-party battery tests at rates high enough to spook the company into retreat.
Silicon-carbon batteries promise higher energy density and faster charging than lithium-ion, which is why Clicks bet on them in the first place. But the technology is still young, and turns out those promises don't mean much if the cells can't pass basic reliability testing. The switch to lithium-ion is the safe move, but it also means the Communicator is now running the same battery tech as nearly every other phone on the market.
There's one more wrinkle in the battery story: an earlier announcement pegged capacity at 4,450 mAh, but the final spec landed at 4,350 mAh. No explanation was given for the 100 mAh haircut, but it's a reminder that even when a company upgrades, you still need to read the footnotes.
The RAM bump to 12GB is straightforward good news, especially for a device trying to balance Android multitasking with a physical keyboard workflow. More headroom for keeping apps in memory matters when you're constantly switching between messaging, email, and whatever else justifies carrying a phone with actual keys in 2026.
Clicks also showed off a demo of its Signal Light feature, which is still in development, and announced an on-device speech-to-text model. That last bit is worth watching. On-device processing means transcription happens without round-tripping to the cloud, which is faster, more private, and actually useful when your keyboard phone loses signal in a basement.
The Communicator remains a niche product, but this update shows Clicks is at least paying attention to the details. The company just learned the hard way that bleeding-edge battery tech isn't worth the risk if it can't clear the safety bar. Lithium-ion might be boring, but boring batteries don't recall themselves.