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Phones need to go back to being half their size
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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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I just miss having a physical keyboard on my phone. Not like a blackberry, more like this phone I had with a slideout keyboard like 14 years ago. That shit was so dope, dude. It had arrow keys and a big round enter button, it was easy to play ROMs with.
But no everything has to be a fucking touch screen now. Even the fucking bedside lamp I have uses touch buttons instead of actual buttons, which only work half the time you press them and are super easy to hit accidentally.
I tried replacing my phone with gpd ultra portable notebooks but it just doesn't work. I have one of the most recent phones with a sliding keyboard (that wasn't vaporware) and they're basically useless today since I can't get service with it.
Yeah it sucks. Once in a while I do a search to see if anyone is making a functional phone with a slideout keyboard and it's always some upcoming phone that's ridiculously expensive and has a sketchy vibe.
I just want to feel the buttons, man...