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[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I like the generic rectangle block of glass.
Don't understand why they insist on a physical keyboard.

[–] DeaDvey@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I much prefer physical keyboards and find it difficult to use touchscreen, so a mobile, qwerty keyboard sounds great to me.

[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

What phones u guys been using for the last 15 years? I haven't seen slide out keyboards for about that long

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i am personally sick of shiny rectangles. physical keyboards are the buttons on your cars dash instead of the shiny rectangle on your car's dash.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cars' buttons need to be used while preferably not looking at them, that's a pretty different situation to a smartphone

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Being able to use a keyboard without looking at it is a good thing.

Only thing that makes it "different situation" for smartphone is that they just don't have the keyboards. (And some of us kinda accepted that...)

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I don’t mind it, but I also don’t hate that people are trying something new! Maybe it fails, but maybe it’s awesome!