![]() It sports the same pill-shaped, dual sliding design, but the hard, straight lines have morphed into smooth curves, matte has become gloss, and the lifted buttons have been displaced (for better or worse) by flush, uniform keys.Īs images of the Ocean 2 leaked out over the past few months, the color scheme on display was a black/silver very much like that of the original. If one were to take the original Ocean and polish out its visual flaws without intending to change the overall look, the Ocean 2 would be the result. It goes without saying, but the Helio Ocean 2 is a homage to the original. The dual-slide design was an awesome selling point for the first one – but after years of using the Ocean and barely making use of the numberpad, we’d have done away with the gimmick for the sake of slimming it down a bit. To be honest, we’d rather they’d have ditched the numberpad at this point. With the switch, two thirds of the mass is in your palms while typing, giving it a much more properly weighted feel. The keyboard is used far more than the numberpad – so if any of the two must suffer from awkward weight distribution, it should be the latter. If you slide into the keyboard on the original Ocean, the number pad is beneath the slid out screen – this adds weight to upper section, making it quite top-heavy while typing. It might not fit well in your pants, but damn does it fit well in your hands.Īn odd note, but the keyboard and the numberpad have switched places – the keyboard is now the middle layer, with the numberpad now at the bottom. While that’s outside of the norm when surrounded by phone after phone battling to be the slimmest, it’s definitely not a bad thing. It’s slightly slimmer and slightly lighter than the original Ocean, but it’s still quite the brick. 2 years have since passed, countless rumors and leaks have come and gone, and the company that birthed the original has since been acquired – but it’s finally here. Since the day the original Helio Ocean hit the shelves, rumors were abound that a followup was in the works.
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