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I know Nokia isn't the same company it was when it made good phones but if they're going to try to start making them again they should really bring back physical keyboards and maybe even something like the communicator device line. Theres a growing demand for physical keyboards on their devices, especially since all the ones with modern specs are basically all the same, just a wafer of glass that is essentially disposable to a lot of people, especially since they can't even do as much as change the battery without voiding the warranty or paying a shop to do it.
Also they could really bring back a large userbase if they ressurected maemo/meego. Would be interesting to see a partnership with sailfish or maemo-leste, or at least support for mainline Linux.
I typed this on a touchscreen and I loathe every second of it.
Where is this growing demand? I also see one or two people in the comments like this, and I get that you may want it, but I've seen no reports indicating it's anything but extremely niche.
On a side note, which keyboard software do you use on your phone? Maybe that's the problem.
Most of the people I know and chat with would choose a device with a physical keyboard if they had the option. Theres plenty of 'niche' groups that agree, which probably outnumber the actual Nokia userbase by a lot. When was the last time you have actually seen a Nokia device yourself? Also, have you ever actually used a phone with a physical keyboard?
A variety of third party applications to input text is definitely not an additional attack vector to worry about.
Ive used many in my time Swiftkey was they only one I really ever likedbutMicrosoft'boughtthenm so that's the end of that. I stick with the stock graphene os keyboard.
That seems like a likely issue. A bad software keyboard can absolutely ruin your experience. I use swiftkey (used to be fleksy, but that's been effectively abandoned) but just prevent it from connecting to the internet.
This made me think! I still have a smart ish phone with a qwerty keyboard! And I type a lot on phones! Gonna see if I can load PostMarket OS on it and see what it's like writing long rants and roleplay responses on it compared to touchscreen!
Which phone?
Some carrier locked non iPhone non Android "proto smartphone" piece of shit with an even more proprietary app store than those two (the servers are definitely long dead). Still have to find it.
Might have been one of Blackberry's hail Mary attempts to make their own smartphone OS, I forget.