$449: Brax opens Wink pre-orders for a phone with a detachable keyboard
The 4-inch Brax Wink has a removable QWERTY keyboard and a de-Googled Android system. The first batch ships in July 2027.
A company called Brax made a small phone with a keyboard you can take off. It focuses on privacy. You can pre-order now, but it arrives next year.
Hype check
Louder than it deserves. The real change is smaller.
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Why it matters
It is a small phone for people who want a physical keyboard and more privacy, but it is far from shipping.
Worth a look if you miss phones with keyboards.
The details
- Batch 1 costs $449 (full price $700) and ships in July 2027.
- Batch 2 takes a $30 deposit, then $520 later, and ships in September 2027.
- It has a 4-inch OLED screen, MediaTek MT8875, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage.
- BraxOS is a de-Googled Android with updates promised through 2032.
- A hardware switch turns off the microphones and camera. Battery size is not yet published.
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