Tbf, it would have been better if it was slide out, phones are already long enough, adding a keyboard to the bottom just makes them ridiculous to use.
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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It must be awkward to hold and type with it all the way on the bottom. Like when tablets are bezeless and there's no way to hold it without touching the touch screen.
Slide out on the long length would be nice. like a little laptop.
I have some rough sketches to build my own for an older pixel + a dac to have a jack back. But i never was able to find a flat cable usb c that would break out all wires. So i had to scrap the project unfortunately.
Didn't they make those like 20 years ago? Or ten? I don't know. Sounds familiar. But it wasn't a case, it was part of the phone itself.
The only one i remembet thats somewhat recent is the f(x)tec pro1x
I dig it.
A case like that for a Galaxy S is exactly what I want.
Ten feels recent, but yeah I remember that being pretty common in the mid to late 00's
Good times
Nokia N950 was the best
A slide out case? That actually sounds pretty sweet
Funny how handset manufacturers keep on designing borderless devices you can't pick up without interacting with, with unusable and frustrating touch-keyboards, and users of them keep creating cases with grip points, chins, and keyboards.
Almost like the industry isn't making what people want, and hasn't in a long time.
I would love this if they made a slide-out version. Phones are gigantic already, adding another chin to them just makes them entirely unpocketable. The weird one here is the one for the Razr+. I daily a Razr+ and the whole reason is that it folds into a compact size, why would I add this thing to the bottom??
The children yearn for the blackberry
The ancients like me yearn...
I want a Sidekick again. I was actually wondering if any of these clicky cases will have that swivel keyboard.
Wait, ... that almost makes new flip phones sensible.
A slide out keyboard on that fold would be pretty sweet. Yeah it would also be pretty thick... But cool
The thicc returns yet again, ... many times actually judging by my phone history.
I don't text that often to buy a separate keyboard that makes the phone the size of the Eiffel tower.
Is that a 90s tv remote-shaped massive phone or are you happy to see me?
Ah, both? What are the odds.
It's amazing how everything goes full circle a few times in a single lifetime.
After all this time I've become so used to glide typing that I don't see any value in this tool. But I guess there's a market for it. So enjoy
The problem I have with glue tonight is it frequently makes mistakes I have to go back and fix
I've seen multiple ppl review them and say they are complete shit.
The lack of staggering between the rows would drive me nuts. Fuck that...
I line the idea. π€·
That's a stupid idea