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Touchscreen vs physical keypad

NinthElement · Oct 24, 2015 05:22 7 68 #Smartphones
NinthElement OP
Oct 24, 2015 05:22
Like most people I appreciate touchscreens for browsing the web and navigating options, but is it just me or does anyone else find it very fiddly or tiresome typing on a touchscreen keypad? For me no matter how clever or intuitive a keypad app claims to be, nothing beats a good old-fashioned physical keyboard for typing out long messages. T9 predictive text on Sony Ericsson and Symbian Nokia were the best in my book, but qwerty is also great if it's done right like on most BlackBerry phones. Indeed that's the only brand I would think of buying these days, as the market is flooded with very samey full-touchscreen models from the other makers. Whatever happened to choice?
7 replies
CorbettRaven
Oct 24, 2015 09:15
#1
I don't fancy touchscreen for typing. It's irritating. I like this BlackBerry Q10 Daddy Luke bought for me. I love keypads basically. And I too like Daddy Luke, would opt for BlackBerry. I'm thinking of buying the latest model if I had the money.
jaQui
Oct 24, 2015 09:33
#2
Me too like the old keypad
SkY2k
Oct 24, 2015 11:31
#3
I'm used to touch screen mobiles but I still like the keyboard on pc or lappy...
EpIcInCoGnItO
Oct 24, 2015 14:23
#4
I prefer nothing except the PC keyboard.
InternetLord
Oct 24, 2015 14:26
#5
I prefer touch screens smiley
Aita
Oct 24, 2015 14:44
#6
I love touch screens smiley
Samuel099
Oct 25, 2015 06:08
#7
Keypads coz I can shut eyes then type but it's impossible to do that on touch screens.