I had two BlackBerry devices for work, right about the time they were going away. I’d heard the keyboard was good on earlier models but it seemed like the quality had gotten pretty cheap on the later phones. The BlackBerry 10 OS on my last phone was actually pretty good, and probably would’ve kept them in the market if they’d launched it 5 years earlier.
Finally we can begin to chip away at BlackBerry’s dominance.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Yes please I hate fucking virtual keyboards and haptic feedback.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
God I don’t know how anyone like the haptic feedback. Turn that shit off.
Swiping is pretty cool though.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 month ago
Haptic feedback maxed out plus the tap sounds with the volume turned up to 100% is the way to go.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve been swiping for years. I can’t believe no one else in my tight circle does it.
asbestos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I fucking love haptic feedback. They suck only when the system used is a motor with a half-weight. The linear oscillating weight ones are amazing.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
I can’t even use they keyboard properly without haptic feedback.
satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Boomers and normies appear to love it.
Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I never tried swiping. Maybe i should look into that.
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 1 month ago
Check out Unihertz. Can’t offer any advice or if they’re good, but they look interesting.
Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 1 month ago
Keyboard feels great to use but their current layout sucks majorly
pedroapero@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I’m very satisfied with mine. Some UI tweeks were required to adapt to the small screen.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
What keyboard do you use? They are not all the same
hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
tell me about it. i’ve recently been sort of forced to switch from android to ios (some special circumstance) and holy shit, the virtual keyboard is atrocious.
I would immediately jump on a blackberry keyboard phone when and if one ever gets released.
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I can type 60-70 WPM on the virtual keyboard of my phone without autocorrect. While that’s nowhere near the speed of me using a regular-sized physical keyboard, I can’t type that fast on a physical phone-sized keyboard like a Blackberry one.
I know quite a few people miss these physical smartphone keyboards, but I’d argue they were never all that great. YMMV.