As an alleged Geriatric Millennial, I’m old enough to have owned a cell phone before they were smart, and the Blackberry Pearl (remember that, kids?!) and Blackberry Bold. On-screen keyboards weren’t a thing for me, and I never learned to properly type on them. In our year of the Lord, 2024, I still waxed poetic about physical keyboards. Until now. Clicks for 15 Pro, Miami Beach color. Nostalgia overload! It looks great, gets compliments, and brings all the boys to the yard. The backlit keys are chef’s kiss too. And now the drawbacks… It makes your phone a few grams heavier and your hands and fingers definitely FEEL that.. Carpal tunnel after Carper Diem! (I am kidding. I hope). As expected there’s a learning curve, and the shape of the keys, unlike with the Blackberry of olden days, are quite small and don’t “flow” into or touch each other. So, I can’t slide my fingers over the keys to type quickly, as the keys have no ergonomic slants or dents. It also eats through my iPhone’s battery life more quickly that I’d like and the battery saving feature is a bit cumbersome, making you have to “wake-up” your keyboard, thus requiring extra clicking before you can actually click. Finally, I noticed that autocorrect while typing doesn’t always work consistently, unlike with the on-screen keyboard. For example, whenever I type “I’m” it doesn’t bother inserting the apostrophe, and doesn’t automatically capitalize a lone “i” when i type “I”. Also no MagSafe, although if you lay it flat on a wireless charger it will work just fine, but I personally use MagSafe accessories that put my phone in all kinds of gravity-defying postions, so I had to get a stick-on MagSafe ring. These may seem like quite a bit of drawbacks, but I’m satisfied with my purchase and understand that first iterations of innovative products are just that: Version 1.0. Looking forward to updates in the future to both firmware and hardware.

I grew up texting on phones with numeric keypads, PocketPCs with awkward thumb typing attachments, and computers with real keyboards. I can type quickly and accurately on almost anything except my iPhone. I am simply incapable of using my thumbs to type on that thing. Clicks is another story entirely—I’ve been pounding out entries in the Journal app, writing emails, and opening apps with Spotlight every day. It’s not for everyone, but it really helps me use my phone in ways I would have otherwise had to get out my laptop for. I do find the weight distribution to be challenging, the phone is very top-heavy with Clicks attached. I would love a version of this with a battery or something functional behind the keyboard to give some extra weight.

So to start this off, it goes without saying that y the clicks keyboard is amazing. It is well thought out, super responsive, satisfying, and makes the whole typing experience more accurate. The backlight is perfect for low-light situations, and the buttons are nice and tactile. But not EVERYTHING is perfect on this generation of the case. First off, the buttons feel less clicks then when I first received it, not sure if it’s because i did something wrong, but they definitely don’t click the same anymore. Second is the pass-through charging. There’s a few seconds of delay from when you charge the phone to when it reconnects and lets you start typing again, which over time is inconvenient. The silicone material around the volume buttons and power button is EXTREMELY flimsy. Over time of continuous use it starts to bow out, and has an impact on the overall aesthetic of the case. Definitely needs more thought put into the case, rather than just the keyboard. Also there isn’t any magsafe (which doesn’t effect me) but just something to be aware of.

9 out of 10. Nine because the app is kinda useless

I only had it two days and I love it!Almost used it the buttons.Easy and amazing 💕