Unihertz has officially launched the Unihertz Titan 2 Elite on Kickstarter, and the project has already cleared its funding goal. For anyone who still misses the old BlackBerry feel, this is one of those rare phones that knows exactly who it’s for: people who still want a real keyboard phone in 2026.
The design leans into that identity pretty hard. Unihertz says the phone uses a rounded body inspired by classic BlackBerry hardware, pairing a 4.03-inch 1080 x 1200 AMOLED display with a physical QWERTY keyboard underneath. The keyboard can also work like a touchpad, which should make navigation a little more practical than a nostalgia-only gimmick.
On the hardware side, the standard Unihertz Titan 2 Elite uses MediaTek’s Dimensity 7400 chip with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There’s also a Pro model that steps up to the Dimensity 8400 and doubles storage to 512GB while keeping the same 12GB memory configuration.
The rest of the spec sheet is surprisingly solid for such a niche device. Unihertz includes a 32MP front camera, a rear setup with 50MP main and 50MP telephoto cameras, a 4050mAh battery, and eSIM support. That gives the phone more than enough modern basics to avoid feeling like a novelty product built around one old-school trick.
Pricing starts at $489 for the regular version, while Kickstarter early-bird pricing drops that to $389. The Pro model starts at $579, with a lower campaign price of $479 during the crowdfunding period. Unihertz says shipments could begin as early as June 2026.
The market for physical-keyboard smartphones is tiny now, but that’s also why the Unihertz Titan 2 Elite stands out. Most brands have completely abandoned this category. Unihertz is doing the opposite, trying to prove there’s still room for a modern keyboard phone that doesn’t feel totally trapped in the past.
