Why do people want keyboards on a modern smartphone? Do they

>>56636509
The keyboard in my x10 mini pro lasted 3 yearsand it wasn't the part that died, forcing me to upgrade.

What are you on about op?

>first smartphone was a droid 2 global
>slide out keyboard
>6 years old
>hardware still works completely fine and feels nice

Just because you've used shitty phones doesn't mean nice ones that use a keyboard can't exist.

Literally the only downside is that it makes the phone thicker, which is "bad marketing."

>>56636509
one word: emulation

>>56636509
Black berry is doing fine, also typing on the screen is shit.

>>56636509
I have the phone in OP's image, and after 5 years, the only thing that's broken is the touchscreen
Even the mushiest keyboard still feels better to type on than a slab of plastic or glass

>>56636509
SSH, IRC, SMS

>>56636509
The best thing that people seem not to realize is that in landscape mode, unlike in portrait, the virtual keyboard covers almost the whole screen. So with a physical landscape keyboard you could use the full screen. You could use the full webpages made for PCs with widescreen displays instead of the mobile ones. And if they added a trackpoint you could browse without having to cover the scree with your finger.

>>56636801
You're talking about people who take videos in portrait mode and fail to grasp the idea that a smartphone can be used in landscape mode.

>>56636603
>Black berry is doing fine
Uh...

>>56636509
one fucking word
>touchtyping

seriously, that's 90% of the reason I want a keyboard. tapping glass is shit, buttons are great.

also I have fairly thin fingers and frequently hit adjacent keys on a touchscreen keyboard, I can't imagine how bad that would be for someone with sausage fingers

I wish t-mobile could come out with a new android or winmo sidekick. It have a ton of battery life.

I would show the world my sad excuse for a dick on primetime tv for a nice android slider. Windows Mobile had physical keyboards for days.

I miss the days when companies duked it out with form factors instead of SO THIN. Even the Pantech PN-820 was neat. Windows Mobile on a flip phone was awesome.

>>56636509
My fucking Samsung Messenger in high school still feels good to type on and I texted a LOT as a kid.

God I hate these fucking shills. "Oh well touch screens are better lol" Well you know what? Fuck you, I WANT a physical keyboard. I think they are an untapped and forgotten niche not because people weren't buying them, but because people will buy whatever is hot when you take away options.