Clicks Power Keyboard Review — 7 Months of Waiting, 2 Days of Typing (Honest First Impressions)

🇰🇷 이 리뷰의 한국어 원문 보기 (Original Korean version)

I ordered the Clicks Power Keyboard on January 10 and it arrived on August 4. Yes — seven months from checkout to doorstep. It is a physical QWERTY Bluetooth keyboard that snaps magnetically onto your phone, and as someone who grew up hammering out texts on a Moto Q, an LG Optimus Q, and a BlackBerry, I never stood a chance against the nostalgia. Here is my honest review after two days of using it with an iPhone 17 Pro Max and a Galaxy S25 Ultra.

TL;DR for busy people

• Ordered January 10, delivered August 4. Seven months. Even at the early-bird price of ₩118,000 (~$85), the store forced KRW checkout (DCC) on Korean addresses, so I paid double currency-conversion fees before the thing even shipped.
• The typing experience is a letdown so far: cramped keys, a non-ergonomic layout, and a slider that droops under the phone’s weight. My 15-year-old Moto Q muscle memory is still faster.
• The wireless charging (it doubles as a MagSafe power bank), 9-device multipoint, and backlight are genuinely good. I am giving myself a month of adjustment before the final verdict.

The purchase details, in one table:

Why I bought a Clicks Power Keyboard

I am from the physical-QWERTY generation. I flooded inboxes from a Moto Q, ran my whole social life on an LG Optimus Q, and clicked away on a BlackBerry. The tactile snap of real keys under your thumbs — I never got over losing that to glass slabs.

Clicks Technology is the London company that became famous for its QWERTY keyboard cases for the iPhone. The Power Keyboard is different: instead of a case, it is a universal Bluetooth keyboard that attaches to any phone with magnets (MagSafe/Qi2). iPhone, Galaxy, tablets, TVs — anything with Bluetooth. It also packs a 2300mAh battery that wirelessly charges your phone while attached. On paper, it looked perfect. On paper.

Seven months from order to delivery

I placed the order in the small hours of January 10. The confirmation email promised spring shipping, so I figured May at the latest.

May came and went. By June there was still no shipping notice, and the Clicks subreddit had turned into a support group — cancellation posts, refund posts, general despair. Shipping confirmations finally started trickling in from mid-to-late June, and I kept thinking “surely mine is next.” It was not. July disappeared entirely, and the keyboard finally landed on August 4 — seven months to the day.

Pre-orders are pre-orders, but seven months is rough — and the near-total lack of proactive shipping updates made it feel longer.

The checkout made me angry before the keyboard did

One thing international buyers should know: the official Clicks store runs on Shopify, and if your shipping address is in Korea it forces Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) — checkout is displayed and charged in KRW with no USD option at all.

If you have done any cross-border shopping you know the drill: paying a foreign merchant in your home currency means the money gets converted twice, and you eat fees both times. The standard advice is to always pay in the merchant’s currency — except here you simply cannot. I stared at the ₩118,000 total, sighed, and paid it anyway because I wanted the thing. Not a great first impression as a customer.

Unboxing the Clicks Power Keyboard

Seven months of resentment, and yet — when the box finally showed up, I was excited. The packaging itself is genuinely nice.

The back of the box covers the specs: Bluetooth connectivity for phones, tablets and TVs, MagSafe/Qi2 wireless charging, backlit keys, a 2300mAh battery, and pairing for up to 9 devices. Model CP-1000, colorway Onyx. Designed in London, assembled in China.

The sides of the box have a subtle embossed silhouette of the product — a premium touch.

Open the lid and the keyboard sits snugly in its tray.

The unit comes in a frosted wrap, and peeling it off gives you the first proper look at that QWERTY layout. For this one moment, the seven months were forgotten.

Inside is an accordion-style quick start guide covering pairing, LED states, and wireless charging controls. There are a few genuinely useful shortcuts in there — I have collected them further down.

Design and hardware — the slider

The core mechanic is a slider. Closed, it is a flat slab with a wireless charging pad; push it open and the keyboard appears, with your phone snapping magnetically onto the top half. There is real old-school slider-phone joy in the motion itself.

The label on the back reads 2300mAh (8.9Wh) with 5W wireless output. Leave your phone attached and it just charges — effectively a MagSafe power bank that happens to type.

Slid shut, it is a clean slab with the Clicks logo. The textured finish resists fingerprints nicely.

Up close you get densely packed round keycaps: a dedicated number row, sym/ctrl/cmd keys, the red Clicks key, plus mic and backlight keys. It looks great. The problem is that the keys are small — really small. More on that below.

The Clicks app — credit where due, the tutorial is great

Pairing is easy: hold the power button, slide the keyboard open, and it enters pairing mode with a pulsing blue LED. Pick it up from your phone’s Bluetooth settings or the Clicks app and you are done.

The app’s Master Typing tutorial deserves a shout-out. It walks you through typing drills step by step, and coming back to physical keys after years of glass really does require retraining. This kind of onboarding is exactly what a niche device needs, and they nailed it.

The actual typing — honestly, disappointing

Now the main event. Over two days I wrote memos, chats, and the first draft of this very review on it, attached to my iPhone 17 Pro Max. The verdict so far: the key feel is worse than I hoped, and the layout does not help.

The keys are so small I type with my fingernails

The biggest issue is key size. The QWERTY phones I grew up with (Moto Q, Optimus Q, BlackBerry) had keys big enough to press with the pad of your thumb. On the Power Keyboard I find myself tapping with the tips of my fingernails — press with the pad and you fat-finger the neighboring key. The layout is not particularly ergonomic either; my hands never quite fall into place naturally.

Slower than a 15-year-old phone

The result: I type slower on this than I did on my Moto Q fifteen years ago, which is genuinely painful to admit. Yes, it is only day two and my muscle memory needs time — but the immediate “oh, this will click soon” feeling I hoped for just is not there yet.

No Korean legends on the keys — surprisingly not a problem

The keys only carry English QWERTY legends, no Korean Hangul. I worried this would cause typos, but it turns out it does not matter — my hands remember the Korean layout on their own. The typos come from key size, not labeling. (Worth knowing if you are a non-English typist considering one.)

The slider droops — heavy phones beware

The other deal-breaker-in-waiting: with the keyboard open, the slider slowly creeps closed under the phone’s weight while you type. With a heavy phone like the iPhone 17 Pro Max it is bad — mid-sentence you notice the slider has sagged halfway shut. The weight balance in hand feels slightly off, too.

I also tried it with a Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is lighter — and the droop is noticeably less severe. Android pairing works fine (power button + A switches the key mapping to Android). If you carry a Pro Max-class brick, take this section seriously.

There are no arrow keys

A physical keyboard with no dedicated arrow keys. Holding sym+cmd turns WASD/IJKL into arrows, which works, but needing a chord just to move the cursor one space gets old fast. I miss the Moto Q’s real arrow keys. Firmware update, please.

The parts that are actually good

• Wireless charging / power bank: the 2300mAh battery tops up your phone while attached. Genuinely useful every single day.
• Backlight: the keys light up for dark rooms.
• 9-device multipoint: pair up to 9 devices and switch instantly with power button + number key. Phone → tablet → TV in seconds — the best feature on the device.
• The app’s typing tutorial: excellent onboarding.
• Firmware upgradable: updates come through the app, so there is hope for things like arrow-key improvements.

And the quick-start-guide tips worth memorizing:

• Toggle wireless charging: hold SYM and press the red Clicks key.
• Switch key mapping: power + A for Android, power + I for iOS.
• LED states: pulsing blue = pairing, solid blue = connected, yellow = battery low (keyboard reserve only), red = charge now.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Wireless phone charging (2300mAh) — doubles as a power bank
• Backlit keys
• Up to 9 paired devices with instant power+number switching
• Magnetic (MagSafe/Qi2) attachment works with iPhone and Galaxy alike
• Satisfying slider mechanism, clean build quality
• Great app tutorial and firmware-upgradable design

Cons

• Underwhelming key feel and a non-ergonomic layout
• Keys so small you type with fingernail tips; frequent typos
• Slower than the classic QWERTY phones it is chasing (Moto Q / BlackBerry)
• Slider droops under phone weight — worse with heavier phones
• Slightly awkward weight balance
• No dedicated arrow keys (sym+cmd chord workaround is clunky)
• Seven-month delivery and forced KRW (DCC) checkout for Korean buyers
• ₩118,000 (~$85) feels expensive for the experience so far

FAQ

How long does shipping take?

Mine took seven months: ordered January 10, delivered August 4 (to Korea). Production seems to be catching up, but plan around Clicks’ communication being minimal.

Can you type Korean (or other languages) on it?

Yes. The keys only have English legends, but your OS keyboard layout does the work — my hands remember the Korean Dubeolsik layout fine. Typos come from the small keys, not the labels.

Does it work with Android?

Yes. Power + A switches to Android key mapping (power + I returns to iOS). My Galaxy S25 Ultra actually suits it better than the iPhone 17 Pro Max because it is lighter — less slider droop.

Are there arrow keys?

No dedicated ones. sym+cmd turns WASD/IJKL into arrows, but it is a chord, and it is clunky.

Who should (and should not) buy one

Get one if…

• You genuinely miss Moto Q / BlackBerry physical QWERTY and accept an adjustment period
• You bounce between phone, tablet, and TV and want one keyboard for all of them
• A MagSafe power bank that types sounds useful to you

Skip it if…

• You expect to type faster than on the glass keyboard — at least early on, you will not
• You use a heavy Pro Max-class phone — the slider droop is real
• Dedicated arrow keys or an ergonomic layout are must-haves
• You need it anytime soon — delivery timelines are a lottery

Verdict so far: for something I waited seven months for, the first impression is rougher than I hoped. The keys, the layout, the drooping slider — these are problems that fifteen-year-old QWERTY phones had already solved, and it is odd to see a 2026 device reintroduce them. But the wireless charging and 9-device pairing are legitimately great, and typing may yet click with practice. So instead of a refund, I am giving it one month and will post a follow-up review. If you are considering a Clicks Power Keyboard, read the cons list one more time before you checkout — and maybe pay in USD if your country lets you.