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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by city41 »

SushiHippie wrote: post #140
pb7 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>you would have a superior typing experience Would you? I don’t think so. All to permanently lose 30%+ of your usual screen space on a device that you likely use to consume 90% of the time and input 10% of the time.

I don't consume anything on my phone that would require that much vertical space, except occasionally a video someone sent me. And the touch keyboard bugs me so much that I really wouldn't care about losing ~1/3 of the screen.

I find it wild they've been mainstream now for 16 years and I still just absolutely hate them. I would gladly sacrifice screen for a good physical keyboard.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by hypercube33 »

al_borland wrote: post #291
cududa wrote: post #148

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The Palm Pre was my dream phone

I’m still upset with Leo Apotheker for killing WebOS at HP. It was our only real shot at a real 3rd platform that could have some legs. It’s hard to comprehend how much damage he was able to do in only 10 months as CEO.

It's wild how well palm worked with gesture and stylus input and ...the games were super fun I think because of directional physical buttons on the devices and you know, no pay to play games

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by kshahkshah »

obilgic wrote: post #353
dumpHero2 wrote: post #155

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If it gains any traction, you'd be able to get a fairly decent Temu version in about 6 months from now for $30.

Whats the verdict on temu vs aliExpress. I still find things %30 cheaper on AE while most of my orders are delivered within 6 days.

Out of curiosity, what types of goods do you get from those websites?

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by theflyingelvis »

kshahkshah wrote: post #363
obilgic wrote: post #353

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whats the verdict on temu vs aliExpress. I still find things %30 cheaper on AE while most of my orders are delivered within 6 days.

Out of curiosity, what types of goods do you get from those websites?

Chinese knockoffs and other junk products

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by thom »

richard___ wrote: post #359
thom wrote: post #204

It’s incredibly rare that I can type even a single sentence correctly on the iPhone. In that one it came out ‘in’ and not ‘on’ for example. In that one I typed sample not example. I got that last one right! I see the arguments from both sides but it’s a real shame the design space of smartphones has become so conservative. Such intensely personal devices deserve to be more varied. If I thought I could build some sort…

Yeah, you're the only one. It's easy to type on iphones bud

Shame there's not always something worth typing though.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by wannacboatmovie »

skygazer wrote: post #36

I both love this and am horrified. It looks like it'd turn a Pro Max into a 9 inch tall phone. Since it's a case, you'd need a new one each phone upgrade. (I used to do this with the Apple battery cases, until I came to my senses and/or magsafe.) Although, I still occasionally long for the blind accuracy of the old Blackberry keyboard. I think I'd prefer an adjustable magsafe attached keyboard that can do either land…

This will fail not because it's not a good idea, but because the implementation is flawed.

Ryan Seacrest (yes the Ryan Seacrest) bankrolled a startup 10 years ago with an almost identical product. (They were sued out of existence by an already dying BlackBerry.)

I remember listening to an interview where he explained they restricted the product to smaller iPhone models because user testing showed the product didn't work well in larger models - the increased weight of the larger phones caused too much of a bending moment whilst holding the phone by the extended bottom, making it extremely uncomfortable to handle and not conducive to typing. It was therefore restricted to the iPhones 5 & 6 only.

Recall QWERTY phones of yore were literally half the size or even smaller than the models this is targeting. I recently found an old BlackBerry cleaning out a junk drawer and was shocked by how small it was. It would fit inside my current phone and remember these phones had removable, user-replaceable batteries.

Not to mention this looks much cheaper quality than Seacrest's forgotten startup produced. Perhaps it's the children's toy-inspired design asthetic.

This will fail.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by brianjking »

skygazer wrote: post #36

I both love this and am horrified. It looks like it'd turn a Pro Max into a 9 inch tall phone. Since it's a case, you'd need a new one each phone upgrade. (I used to do this with the Apple battery cases, until I came to my senses and/or magsafe.) Although, I still occasionally long for the blind accuracy of the old Blackberry keyboard. I think I'd prefer an adjustable magsafe attached keyboard that can do either land…

If this somehow incorporated the RIM Trackball as well somehow I'd already have ordered it. I have some real life nostalgia for Blackberry keyboards.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by serial_dev »

kshahkshah wrote: post #363
obilgic wrote: post #353

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whats the verdict on temu vs aliExpress. I still find things %30 cheaper on AE while most of my orders are delivered within 6 days.

Out of curiosity, what types of goods do you get from those websites?

Smart home stuff, keyboards are cheap and pretty good on Ali Express.
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