technology Does Anypony Still Use Physical Keyboard Phones?

[Denim&Venöm 18,626]

In this touch screen dominated world, does anypony still use or prefer a phone with a physical or QWERTY keyboard?

 

 

I'm using this one

 

Edited March 12, 2017 by Denim and Venom

[Blackshirt Brony 415]

I don't use one and I definitely don't prefer them, but I did have one recently. The extra hardware just seems unnecessary IMO.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,298]

I have never owned one of these in my life actually. With how inaccurate some touch keyboards can be, I would probably prefer a physical version.

[Scrubbed user 3,416]

The only thing I miss about having a physical keyboard is tactile feedback. But, they do take up real estate that could be filled screen, and I do like having a 16:9 screen over a keyboard.

[Nightshroud 331]

do track phones count? if not no if so yeah

[cmarston1 5,959]

Not really.

They seem to be outdated nowadays.

[Pr0m4NV14 839]

I don't think a pony could manipulate a keyboard with hooves.

[CaptainDoubloon 856]

I do, in fact I downgraded to a Tracphone flip-phone recently because it was cheaper and I don't use a phone that much. People are often shocked when I explain to them how little I use a cell phone.

[Violet_S 785]

I used to have one but I never really got the hang of it so I just never used the keyboard XD 

[Envy 6,137]

I was a die hard holder to physical keyboard phones until 2013 when my phone was showing its age - like browsing Twitter on it was broken. While I could have gone with a newer phone with a physical keyboard, I don't think Samsung was making new ones like it. I don't remember what convinced me to try the iPhone, but I haven't looked back.

[BlueStreak98 828]

I do periodically miss physical keyboards. I feel like most of the errors i make when typing come from not having a physical keyboard with buttons to hit. I very nearly ended up getting a Motorola Droid (back when that was a thing) for that very reason.

[SONICchaos 824]

I held onto my old smartphone Samsung Stratosphere as long as I could before I finally gave up my last keyboard phone to the inevitable Galaxy

 

 

 

 

The one before that I liked almost as much except for its smaller inner screen the LG Envy

 

[Guest]

Not me, but a lot of my friends do. Some people just care about the phones for the ability to call and receive calls.

[Techno Universal 2,575]

My current phone is actually an old Nokia phone from 2006 and it only has a number pad and it was one of the first mobile phones to have a LED screen instead of an pixel LCD screen. Also the phone cost around $1200 when it was brand new but it still has a battery life that's enough to power the phone for up to 7 days if it's always turned on but not used and it seems more reliable than an IPhone even though it's more than 10 years old now. It also doesn't have a touch screen and it doesn't support Internet access.

[Anneal 2,197]

Not really.

They seem to be outdated nowadays.

Not quite. Blackberry still sells those phones alongside their touch-screen phones (remember when they dominated the market a decade ago?), the recent one being the Priv and Classic. While it's market is diminished in the US, it still has a bit of popularity in Europe, Asia, and parts of Central America.

 

Also, flip phones are still a common sight in Japan.

[RiderNadeshiko 5]

I like my keyboard phone, I've had it for like 7 years. I don't really have use for a smart phone. I use my phone less than most people and when texting I like typing full sentences and the keyboard makes that easier. I thought about getting a smartphone, but couldn't find one small enough to fit in my pockets.

[Jeric 46,850]

Oh God! I had company issued Blackberry phones for a few years. :/

Do not ever want again. 

[Prospekt 11,018]

Nope, but as recently as 2 years ago I still used an LG Cosmos 2 slide phone. My parents bought it for me when I was 13.

That thing must have been indestructible; dropped it many times but never broke it. And the slide keyboard worked very well.

[zerox 1,093]

I would like to have one but there aren't many models available or they cost too much. I have a touch phone with a 4.3" screen and I find it difficult to browse the internet with it.

[Lucky Star 972]

I freaking hate touch screens! Especially cheap ones where it always seems to think I'm clicking the button right next to the one I actually want. 

I had one with a keyboard a good while ago and I loved it. But I don't even have a touch screen phone now.

All I have is the laptop.  

[Soul Flare 403]

My very first smartphone was a Galaxy Y pro which had a QWERTY keyboard which made typing REALLY comfortable. However its screen was not only very small, but on landscape mode by default which made it incompatible with many apps.

I eventually moved to modern smartphones and I definitely don't regret it (currenty using an iPhone 5s) , but holy Celestia do I miss typing on that thing. Good thing I can use pretty much most of the messaging services I use on my laptop so I can still type on a physical keyboard

[EpicEnergy 23,147]

Not me, I use an iPhone.

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

I used to have one with a physical keyboard, but I never used it, not even for calling or anything.

[Astralshy 26,375]

I used to have such a phone like everybody else but at some point I switched to smartphone. Since that I never returned to those and most likely never will.

[Savy 5,075]

Lol no. My first phone was literally a pink flip phone. It worked fine for its time. Got my first smartphone when I was like 14 or so. Probably some crappy one too. lmao

Now I got myself an iPhone 11 LOL