I heard that the designers of that phone were involved with the original Clicks, but it's kind of an over-generalization to say that because those guys are involved with this by-now well-established company, that this will turn out to be some kind of rip-off scheme. Clicks Technology have delivered on every promise they have made to this point. Even if their products aren't for everyone, and even if (in my experience) the first generation have some serious issues with wearing down too quickly, they absolutely do make products, they do feel good to use, they do what they say, and there's no reason to doubt they can deliver on this next one.

They have other hardware they've built and shipped for years, just a keyboard case not an entire phone but that seems to be positively received

Hiw do you know it's those people? What's your source? Fxtec sure was a letdown. Not a complete scam like the Turing Phones, but almost...