For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
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Full qwerty keyboard. I know I am a minority. I don't need more screen estate, I need to be able to make notes in my diary whithout looking on the screen and not bumping into things while I am walking. I've tried the Uniherz offers, but the OS and the quality is really sub-par. I've jumped on the Astroslide train, but the manufacturing batches went south over the Covid and I don't blame the Astro guys for not getting my device. Some US company did buy the BlackBerry licence and I was ready to pay any price for their phone - but they failed to manufacture anything. If only you could jailbreak BlackBerry Key 2 - I'd be carrying it proudly around till today. (written on Google Pixel 6 runnning Graphene with a collabsible pocket bluetooth keyboard - so I can type at least while I am not moving - best among terrible options).
I loved the old Windows CE phones. You got a dpad, buttons on the front, and side buttons. All frequently used apps were instant at the button press. No nonsense of turning on phone, unlock, look carefully before clicking app on touch screen because you can't physically feel the button.
Samsung blackjack Ii was the peak of cell phone innovation.