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An Android phone that slides open to reveal a physical qwerty keyboard inside has launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The F(x)tec Pro1 phone also has a bespoke shutter button on the side to click when taking photos.
The London start-up behind it said it wanted to "return the keyboard" to consumers.
Other handsets with keyboards built in, from brands such as BlackBerry Mobile and Swiss firm Punkt, were also on show.
"A lot of consumer tech still has buttons even though the tech is there to get rid of them," said Adrian Li Mow Ching, founder of F(x)tec.
"Haptic feedback never gives the same satisfaction as pressing a physical button.”
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(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:15PM
Done that many times. So far they all either have insta-fail crappy keypads, or they're GSM phones. I have a great GSM phone, I just can't get service for it where I need it. There are GSM providers in the US still but they're very limited in coverage and haven't made any investments to expand it for many years, nor do I expect they ever will. Ergo those are out.
"they have at least 10 keys as there are 10 digits."
Yeah, no, 9 key systems have 12 keys typically, or more. I know it's confusing but that's how it is.
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