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Smartphone with standard keypad does it exist?

  • 17-11-2013 09:37PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭


    Looking for a smartphone with a standard keypad maybe a flip phone if there is such a thing?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 898 ✭✭✭petrolcan


    There doesn't seem to be anything on the market at the moment.

    You'd possibly be better looking for a sliding keyboard case for a specific phone.

    example


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Dudda


    QWERTY keyboard phones as they are known are a dying breed. Most companies don't produce flagship or high spec keyboard phones anymore due to a number of reasons. They aren't as stylish, people consume more on phones rather than produce more, they make phones thicker and heaver, reduce the size of the screen, have more mechanical or moving parts which is more expensive, etc. Touchscreen keyboards software have vastly improved in the last few years too knowing which buttons you meant to press reducing the need for a physical keyboard.

    This is a list of some of the best keyboard phones still available
    http://www.digitaltrends.com/best-qwerty-phones/

    And this is an interesting article about why and how keyboard phones are dying.
    http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/15/5104704/i-come-not-to-praise-qwerty-but-to-bury-it


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