{"id":187318,"date":"2025-10-09T05:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187318\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T05:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:33:07","slug":"this-iphone-keyboard-case-has-an-optional-weight-to-improve-its-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187318\/","title":{"rendered":"This iPhone keyboard case has an optional weight to improve its balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akko, a company best known for keyboards, keycaps, and switches, has launched its own keyboard case for the iPhone<\/a>. The MetaKey looks very similar to Clicks\u2019 lineup of cases that add a BlackBerry-style mini keyboard<\/a> to the bottom of iPhones and Android phones<\/a>, but with some improvements and a much cheaper price tag. The cheapest Clicks case<\/a> starts at $139, but Akko\u2019s MetaKey is $59.99 for the iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is available now, and $69.99 for the 17 Pro Max (temporarily discounted to $59.99), which isn\u2019t available just yet. Color options include black, white, pink, blue, green, and orange.<\/p>\n

The MetaKey isn\u2019t only targeted at BlackBerry fans who miss smartphones with tiny physical keyboards. It also facilitates text entry on the iPhone without iOS\u2019 on-screen keyboard covering up nearly half the screen, but that comes at the cost of having to wrangle an iPhone that\u2019s a few inches longer with the case attached. Akko\u2019s solution for those that find their taller phone too top-heavy as they type is an included nine gram weight that can be attached to the back of the keyboard to improve the overall balance.<\/p>\n

Like the various Clicks keyboard cases, the MetaKey connects to the iPhone through its USB-C port and includes its own USB-C port for charging. It also features various shortcut keys for entering numbers, triggering app-specific functions, accessing Siri, using iOS\u2019 voice-to-text features, and a mode that turns the top two rows of keys into large scrolling buttons for when you\u2019re mindlessly browsing social media. The MetaKey\u2019s keyboard even has a backlight so you can still tap out a comment during a late-night doomscrolling session, and it\u2019s MagSafe compatible with an additional array of magnets on the back to securely hold accessories.<\/p>\n

Clicks has already launched a new version of its case that\u2019s compatible with the iPhone 17 and 17 Pro for $139, and a $159 version for the iPhone 17 Pro Max. It features a new design the company says is now 40 percent thinner and 11 percent lighter, distinguishing it from previous Clicks cases and the Akko MetaKey. The new case also uses the same ergonomic sculpted keys that Clicks introduced last year<\/a>, and adds lanyard holes on each side so it should be compatible with Apple\u2019s new crossbody iPhone strap<\/a>. The Verge has reached out to Clicks for comment about its new competitor and will update this story if they respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Akko, a company best known for keyboards, keycaps, and switches, has launched its own keyboard case for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[786,59,30038,50,6994,227,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-187318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gadgets","tag-gb","tag-keyboards","tag-news","tag-phones","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}