As a side note on the state of phones; I am a bit disappointed by the current state of them. When I walk past the phone section in the electronic store it is nothing but boring black slabs. No real innovation, No real reason to buy one over the other. For me there is absolutely, zero, reason to buy a new phone to replace my current five year old black rectangle. Which is perfect against e-waste of course, but part of me also would like to get excited about quirky new innovations.
Why I’m using a keyboard phone in 2023
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Re: Why I’m using a keyboard phone in 2023
#52As a side note on the state of phones; I am a bit disappointed by the current state of them. When I walk past the phone section in the electronic store it is nothing but boring black slabs. No real innovation, No real reason to buy one over the other. For me there is absolutely, zero, reason to buy a new phone to replace my current five year old black rectangle. Which is perfect against e-waste of course, but part of…
There are foldable phones!
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#53I am a big fan of physical buttons -- in phones, in-car entertainment systems, and other gadgets that we operate with our hands/fingers. And am generally disdainful of sacrifies made to physical controls in favour of virtual ones. I also hope to see a few more physical buttons for vital functions (like mute or camera shut off on phones and laptops)
Having said that --
But one benefit of the on-screen virtual keyboards that is hard to beat is ... flexibility of changing keyboard layouts / sizes, AND multiple languages. I have enjoyed typing in my native tongues with friends and family and nothing so-far beats the experience of inputting text directly using a native keyboard that is accessible with a single swipe on the spacebar (I use a Android, Samsung).
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#54My 84 year-old mother who only uses her smartphone for talking and texting would love a keyboard phone.
I'm not close to 84, and I'd kill for a feature phone (dumbphone?) that do 4g and have a qwerty physical keyboard.
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#55"The camera is so bad I’d be better off just writing out a description of what I’m looking at rather than taking a picture of it." ...
total deal-breaker. otherwise I was getting excited about this device! :-(
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#56This is 2023 and dirt cheap flip feature phones (dumbphones) are still widely available (think pre-paid / burner). How come no-one makes one with physical qwerty?
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#57I was big on blackberries back in the day. It was a true productive phone. The contact hub, that concentrate all communication witha contact, dosent matter the app, I still remember walking on the streest taking calls, reading emails and sneding meetings invites on it.
It just worked.
Also Biz plans where grat because at the time where the only no limit data plan avaliable. I would com back home during a long bus riding playing poker online.
Re: Why I’m using a keyboard phone in 2023
#58As a side note on the state of phones; I am a bit disappointed by the current state of them. When I walk past the phone section in the electronic store it is nothing but boring black slabs. No real innovation, No real reason to buy one over the other. For me there is absolutely, zero, reason to buy a new phone to replace my current five year old black rectangle. Which is perfect against e-waste of course, but part of…
Blame YouTubers/Influencers for that, they constantly push for uniformity with "comparisons".
Samsung released a new phone?
Top phone YouTubers will quickly compare how they like the feel of iPhone or Pixel vs Samsung and how it holds on their hand, how it's matte, how it's sized and companies want to win those points. So satisfying them is a priority.
So we end up with matte black, thin, rectangles.
Re: Why I’m using a keyboard phone in 2023
#59I am a big fan of physical buttons -- in phones, in-car entertainment systems, and other gadgets that we operate with our hands/fingers. And am generally disdainful of sacrifies made to physical controls in favour of virtual ones. I also hope to see a few more physical buttons for vital functions (like mute or camera shut off on phones and laptops) Having said that -- But one benefit of the on-screen virtual keyboard…
> And am generally disdainful of sacrifies made to physical controls in favour of virtual ones
I agree with you with one single exception. I own a high-end blender that has a touch-screen and I think that's the one and only use-case that I have found where virtual controls win out by far. Not having the risk of food spilling into keys on a food-making device, and being able to wipe up spills quickly and easily with a dish cloth is a great application.
Other than that, virtual controls can GTFO ... especially on general purpose computing devices.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
‘Undo’ can be done by shaking your phone
I was confused by my iPhone asking me constantly if I want to undo typing. Turned out this was the device thinking I am shaking to undo.
Interesting. Do you find you have a shakier than usual phone grip?
I know that iPhones can alert the user when ambient noise levels exceed safety thresholds, and Apple Watches can detect and alert about detected falls, and even atrial fibrillation. I wouldn't be surprised if phone accelerometer signal processing could predict something like Parkinson's disease.