Clicks Keyboard Case Review: Physical Keys for the iPhone

I was overjoyed erstwhile I archetypal saw the Clicks Keyboard Case. It's the first-of-its-kind iPhone case with a built-in carnal keyboard—yes, successful 2024! I retrieve ferociously typing and sending texts connected my clackety Blackberry Curve and LG Rumor backmost successful the time and person been chasing that feeling since. You tin ideate my daze erstwhile I recovered myself hating Clicks astatine first.

When I attached it to my iPhone 15 Pro this summer, I thought it would beryllium similar riding a motorcycle aft a agelong time—simple, easy, effortless, and astir importantly, nostalgic. But it was the opposite. Between the tiny keys, uncovering the close mode to cradle the lawsuit successful my hands, and memorizing the shortcuts, I'd often propulsion up the virtual keyboard instead. This happening takes time to learn.

The latest mentation made for the iPhone 16 lineup improves things overall. The keys are larger and contoured, it supports MagSafe and CarPlay, and a caller dedicated enactment fastener lets you trigger definite commands. (It's lone disposable for the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max close now, but the institution says it volition person cases for the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus by the extremity of the year.) The upgrades won't instrumentality distant from the information that patience is inactive a necessity successful the beginning. But it's worthy it—physical keys rule.

Key Price

Naturally, the built-in keyboard seized my attraction erstwhile I archetypal heard astir Clicks. Then my eyes rapidly darted to the price. The Clicks Case is expensive, starting astatine $139 and going up to $159 for the bigger iPhone Pro Max models. Yes, it's technically 2 products successful 1 (a lawsuit and a keyboard), but I don't typically walk much than $50 connected an iPhone case. Still, it's easier to recognize why it's truthful costly erstwhile it's successful your hands.

I already thought the iPhone 15 Clicks Case felt nice, but the iPhone 16 mentation goes a measurement further. The rubbery backmost is present a harder integrative that not lone feels much durable but besides attracts little particulate and lint. It's easier to instrumentality successful and retired of your pouch excessively (if you person a pouch that tin acceptable it) due to the fact that it won't snag. There are brushed metallic broadside keys, a bully touch, on with a cutout for the caller Camera Control fastener connected the iPhone 16. On the bottommost half, you'll find a spot of vegan leather that adds immoderate beauteous padding portion holding the case.

The keyboard is overmuch nicer successful this version. On the iPhone 15 Pro, the keys are small, round, raised buttons and it felt tedious typing connected them, particularly if I wanted to debar a typo. The latest mentation features keys with a contoured design, and crucially, the aboveground country of each fastener is 35 percent bigger. Bigger targets mean much close typing. They're backlit (on some versions), truthful it's conscionable arsenic casual to benignant successful the acheronian too.