Mechanical QWERTY Slider
A fluid aerospace sliding mechanism reveals a full, tactile keyboard, clearing your display of digital keys.
B.Line / designed in Manchester
Batch 01 / limited release2,500 units. First access opens here.
A phone
you can feel.
Slide open a full mechanical QWERTY keyboard. Physical privacy. A calmer operating system. B.Line brings character, control and boundaries back to the most personal object you own.
Planned preorder price£649.99
- No payment today
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- Batch 01 waitlist
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Brushed metal. Real travel.Early product direction shown. Final production details remain subject to validation.
Mechanical keyboardPhysical camera shuttersAndroid-based Hexica OSReplaceable rear3.5mm + DAC
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Feel every word.
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Tactile by design
Feel every word.
Find your flow.
Slide B.Line open to a full physical keyboard. Type with real travel, then turn the knurled navigation wheel to move through a page or a thought. Each control has its own place and purpose.
Centred Thumb-Wheel
Milled directly beneath the keyboard. Scroll feeds, place text cursors character-by-character, dial camera zoom, and adjust audio volume without lifting your thumbs.
Two-Stage Mechanical Shutter
Dedicated hardware button on the chassis rail. Half-press to lock tactile focus and exposure; full-press to capture the shot.
The unsealed chassis / planned specification
Open it.
Keep it yours.
A battery you can change. Storage you can expand. A microphone you can physically disconnect. Ownership goes beneath the backplate.
Zero Obsolescence
Pop the backplate off. B.Line rejects sealed, disposable slabs in favour of full mechanical agency.
User-Swappable Battery
Swap the core power cell in thirty seconds. No heat guns, no adhesive strips, no service centres.
Dual SIM + MicroSD
Two physical nano-SIM trays paired with an expandable microSD slot supporting up to 2TB of private offline storage.
Master Hardware Kill Switch
A physical switch beneath the plate that isolates the microphone array circuit at the hardware trace level.
Privacy you can see
Close both cameras.
Properly.
Software can promise. Hardware can prove. B.Line is designed with a physical privacy flap for the rear camera and a separate flap for the front camera.
A shutter just for you.
Close the lens. Keep the moment yours.
Physical security & audio / planned specification
Hold on to your phone.
Plug into your music.
Mechanical security and wired sound, built into the frame. SOS sharing requires a working connection and a configured trusted circle.
HexKey Anti-Theft Dock
A spring-loaded hexagonal bayonet lock machined into the alloy frame. Click heavy-duty straps directly into the structural chassis for ultimate high-street snatch prevention.
Amber SOS Safety Control
A dedicated, textured emergency button. Hold firmly for five seconds to instantly broadcast live distress signals and GPS coordinates to your trusted circle.
Audiophile 3.5mm Port & DAC
Gold-plated 3.5mm wired headphone jack driven by a high-grade integrated Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC) for uncompromising, zero-latency lossless sound.
Hexica OS / Android-based
The phone can be quiet
without becoming useless.
Hexica OS is built around the life on either side of your screen. Keep the apps you need. Choose when they are allowed to reach you.
Zero-Bloat SetupStart clean. The OS boots with absolutely zero pre-installed bloat. You select only the tools you want. B.Line will never force you to uninstall a digital life you didn't ask for.
Ultimate Sensory HierarchyYou dictate how the phone communicates. Assign custom front-facing RGB LED colours and distinct haptic pulse patterns to your VIP contacts. The phone physically translates your priorities, letting you know exactly who is reaching out before you ever glance at the glass.
Home ModeWork apps, messages and Sunday-scare notifications disappear until you choose to return.
Work ModeSocial noise is silenced while the tools and people your work needs remain available.
Sanctuary ModeOptional monochrome, essential tools and a calmer surface when you want your attention back.
Dopamine InterceptorAn optional five-minute breathing pause before the apps you choose. A little space to decide if you really want to scroll.
Time-Machine Camera
Take the kind of picture
you used to keep.
Choose the feeling before you press the shutter. B.Line's planned camera engine tunes capture into the hardware, so the era is part of the photograph—not another filter buried in an app.
00s Cyber-shotFlash on. Night out. Everyone in.
Hard flash, cool colour and the imperfect digital energy of the camera you took everywhere.
InstantA moment that already feels kept.
Soft contrast, warm skin and the emotional shorthand of an instant print.
90s 35mmThat summer.
That feeling.
Warm light, gentle grain and the holiday photos you still come back to.
Mood references for the planned camera modes. These images were not taken on B.Line.
Hexi / optional on-device intelligence
The intelligence lives here.
In your phone.
Ask a question on a train, translate a conversation abroad or turn a messy idea into a useful plan. Hexi is being designed to run on B.Line’s chip, with local knowledge and your chosen offline packs. No cloud AI account. No remote model doing the thinking.
Completely Optional
Hexi is a profoundly capable on-device engine. But if you don't want AI, simply don't check the box during setup. It won't even install.
Answers, even in airplane mode
Explain a concept, draft a reply, summarise a saved document or search your own notes. Downloaded knowledge stays available without Wi-Fi. When you ask for something current, Hexi can search the web with a connection; those searches contact external websites, while the assistant runs locally.
The Survival Engine
An indexed, local emergency manual you can search without a cell tower. The planned offline pack puts reviewed first-aid and wilderness guidance within reach, with source material you can open directly. Prepared reference material, available when a web search is not.
Unbroken Sovereignty
Real-time conversational voice and text translation running completely on local hardware. Travel internationally without local SIM cards, data roaming, or cloud round-trips. Download your supported language packs before you leave.
Your words, put to work
Turn a voice note into a checklist, pull action points from a document or find the idea you wrote last month. Give Hexi access to the files you choose, then review the result before saving or acting on it.
Useful when asked. Quiet afterwards.
The design prioritises compact, task-specific models and on-demand processing, with language and knowledge packs you choose. No always-listening assistant or constant background generation. Memory use, speed and battery impact will be measured on prototype hardware.
Hexi is in development. Supported languages, offline packs and performance will be confirmed through prototype testing.
Optional HexOS apps / planned concepts
Everyday tools.
Fewer monthly bills.
Your notes, food diary, documents and passwords should not each need another subscription. Choose the Hexica tools you want at setup, or add them later. None are pre-installed; AI features only appear if you also choose Hexi. These are the apps we are building towards.
Health · a diary that joins the dots
Photograph a meal and let local Hexi suggest the foods and an estimated calorie count. Confirm ingredients and portions before adding it to your diary. Bring together phone-counted steps, goals and manually logged sports or workouts, without requiring a wearable. Food and activity calories are estimates; hidden ingredients, portion sizes and activities your phone cannot sense affect accuracy.
Notes · room for a whole project
Go beyond a scratchpad with linked pages, tables, project boards, checklists and reusable templates. Plan a trip, run a personal project or organise a reading list in a local workspace. Optional Hexi can organise rough notes and suggest next steps; your work remains useful without AI.
Dictate · catch the thought
Turn speech into editable text offline. Capture an idea on the move, then use optional Hexi to tidy the wording or extract a task list. Record deliberately, with your permission, and keep the audio on your phone.
Scan & Sign · finish the admin
Scan a receipt, extract text from a document and annotate or sign a PDF locally. Find the detail you need and send the finished file using the sharing method you choose.
Vault · keep the keys
A planned encrypted local home for passwords and authenticator codes. Keep everyday account access in one place, with export and recovery designed into the experience.
Sync · your files, your devices
Move notes, photos and backups directly between B.Line and your computer over a local peer-to-peer connection. Keep a copy on hardware you own, without renting cloud storage for every file.
Planned first-party tools are intended to work without a recurring Hexica app subscription. Final availability and terms will be published before orders open. Third-party services may have their own fees.
Replaceable rear covers / planned concepts
The phone that changes
with your plans.
Mirror for the train. A creator grip for the window. A night-out rear for everything after dark. The interchangeable back is designed to make B.Line unmistakably yours.
Vanity Compact
Getting-ready mirror, clear of the camera. Check the look. Keep the shot.
Creator Grip
Stick it to smooth glass. Step back. Frame the shot. Create.
Night Out
Bottle opener and sealed pouch holder, built into a rear made for the late one.
Backplates shown are planned concepts and will only be offered if they pass fit, durability and safety validation.
One core / three illustrative setups
Maya. Sasha. Tom.
Same phone. Their rules.
Once the hardware and OS are yours, make them fit your day. These are configuration concepts, not customer testimonials.
Maya / Creator
A Creator Grip for smooth glass, a Vanity Compact for the train. Full-colour HexOS, optional Hexi for ideas and a mechanical shutter for the next shot. On a late one, she can swap to the Night Out backplate.
Sasha / Executive Detox
Work and Home modes keep the day in its place. VIPs have their own light and haptic pattern; social apps get the Dopamine Interceptor. Sanctuary Mode makes space for the evening.
Tom / Dumbphone Purist
A sleek standard back, a real keyboard and just the essentials. He leaves Hexi and Health unchecked, writes in Notes and moves his work to his computer with planned local Sync.
Designed in Manchester
Trust starts with telling you where the work really is.
Hexica is an independent Manchester hardware startup. B.Line is in development, and the next major milestone is high-precision CNC prototyping: the point where renders become tolerances, mechanisms and something you can actually hold.
We are not taking preorder money yet. Before checkout opens, you will see the final specification, included hardware, delivery estimate, preorder terms, cancellation rights and the risks that remain.
What you can rely on today
PricePlanned preorder price: £649.99
PlatformAndroid-based Hexica OS direction
StagePre-CNC prototype development
PaymentNo money is being accepted yet
Before saleFinal specification and delivery terms published
Your controlClear cancellation and refund terms before purchase
- 01 / CNC prototypesMachine the Manchester design into physical parts and test the slider, controls and service access.
- 02 / Engineering validationMeasure durability, thermals, battery life and local software performance on working hardware.
- 03 / Batch 01 opensPublish the final specification, delivery window and terms before accepting payment for the 2,500-unit run.
Before you commit
Questions worth answering.
Can I actually preorder B.Line today?
Not yet. Every preorder button opens first access instead of taking payment. This lets Hexica contact you when the final specification, delivery estimate and full preorder terms are ready.
Will B.Line cost £649.99?
£649.99 is the planned preorder price. If development changes that price before checkout opens, the updated total will be shown clearly before you make any payment.
When will B.Line ship?
A responsible delivery window cannot be published before CNC prototypes and core engineering validation are complete. First-access members will receive the timeline before preorders open—not after paying.
What specifications are confirmed?
The current product direction includes the physical keyboard, jog dial, dedicated shutter, camera privacy flaps, replaceable rear, HexKey system, 3.5mm jack with integrated DAC and Android-based Hexica OS. Final chipset, camera modules, battery, dimensions, network bands, ingress rating and included accessories remain subject to validation.
Will it work with my network?
The planned design has two physical nano-SIM trays and a separate microSD slot. Final supported bands, markets and carrier compatibility will be published before preorders are accepted.
Will Klarna Pay in 3 be available?
It is a planned checkout option, subject to Hexica's merchant approval, final integration and individual eligibility. It will only be shown at checkout if it is genuinely available.
What happens with my email?
It is stored privately and used only for B.Line preorder-access updates. You can unsubscribe or ask for deletion at any time. Read the waitlist privacy notice.
B.Line / £649.99 planned preorder price
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