A BlackBerry You Might Really Want Just Launched on Kickstarter

The Titan 2 Elite comes with a keyboard inspired by BlackBerry and operates on Android 16. When The Verge’s Allison Johnson explored the Titan 2 Elite phone by Unihertz during MWC 2026, pricing wasn’t disclosed. Now, this compact Android phone is up for preorder via a Kickstarter campaign, starting at $489, with early backers getting it for $389. Shipping is set for June 2026. The Titan 2 Elite is a more compact and lightweight version of Unihertz’s Titan 2, which launched in June as a modern take on the BlackBerry Passport. Its design echoes the BlackBerry Bold series with a slightly more angular look to fit a 4.03-inch 120Hz AMOLED display. The phone includes Android 16, promises upgrades to Android 20, and offers 5G with dual nano SIMs and eSIM, fingerprint and face unlock, a 4,050mAh battery, and a full QWERTY keyboard that doubles as a trackpad. It also has dual 50MP cameras with telephoto capability at the back and a 32MP front-facing camera. Two models are available: the standard Titan 2 Elite with a Dimensity 7400 processor, 12GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage, and the more expensive Titan 2 Elite Pro, starting at $579 (temporarily $479), featuring a Dimensity 8400 processor, 512GB of storage, and a 50MP telephoto camera with optical image stabilization.