▲ 1548 ▼ Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back (spectrum.ieee.org) submitted 2 years ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 344 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'd have to disagree on that one permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Having a choice would be a good start. It's either 'Solid black brick A' or 'Solid black brick B' in the smartphone world. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zerthax@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago A big selling point for Android is that it isn't controlled by a single manufacturer (in contrast to Apple). Yet they all seemed to converge on the same design so the choices are quite limited. permalink fedilink source parent [–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. The blackberry keytwo was the best phone I ever owned and I miss that thing so damn much! I just want one competent keyboard based phone! permalink fedilink source parent [–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago As is your prerogative to do so but as someone replying to you says just one competent keyboard option would be nice for those of use that hate typing on a touchscreen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Having a choice would be a good start. It's either 'Solid black brick A' or 'Solid black brick B' in the smartphone world. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zerthax@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago A big selling point for Android is that it isn't controlled by a single manufacturer (in contrast to Apple). Yet they all seemed to converge on the same design so the choices are quite limited. permalink fedilink source parent [–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. The blackberry keytwo was the best phone I ever owned and I miss that thing so damn much! I just want one competent keyboard based phone! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zerthax@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago A big selling point for Android is that it isn't controlled by a single manufacturer (in contrast to Apple). Yet they all seemed to converge on the same design so the choices are quite limited. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Exactly. The blackberry keytwo was the best phone I ever owned and I miss that thing so damn much! I just want one competent keyboard based phone! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago As is your prerogative to do so but as someone replying to you says just one competent keyboard option would be nice for those of use that hate typing on a touchscreen. permalink fedilink source parent