Type 9 Messenger
phone
$463.20$579.00
A physical QWERTY keyboard in 2026, for people who still answer email properly and slowly.
Specifications
- Chipset
- Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 (4nm)
- GPU
- Adreno 810
- AI Features
- Predictive typing trained on a decade of your emails
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Battery
- 30 hours
- Battery capacity
- 4200 mAh
- Display
- 5.2" 2340x1080 AMOLED, 120Hz
- Camera
- 48MP main and 12MP front
- Weight
- 208 g
- Colour
- Graphite with silver keys
- Charging
- 25 W
- Storage
- 256GB with microSD
- Durability
- IP68, the keyboard survives the rain
- Included
- USB-C cable, keycap sticker sheet and a SIM tool
- Included Software
- Mail client bound to a physical key and impossible to disable
- Ports
- USB-C and a 3.5mm jack
- Build
- Aluminium shell with a 35-key backlit keyboard
- OS
- Android 16 with a keyboard-first launcher
- Software support
- 4 years of OS and security
- Ads
- Calendar and CRM promotions in the mail app
- Unskippable
- 6-second ad before the mail app opens each day
- Premium
- $7.99/month for a second email account
- Total
- $579 plus $7.99/month, or typing on glass like everyone else
- Power
- 25W wired, no wireless charging
- Use case
- People who answer email properly and slowly
- Reality
- You will be back on the on-screen keyboard within a fortnight