Although most of us are already more than used to them, the truth is that touch screens are not very comfortable when writing and chatting. But the reality is that physical keyboards have gradually disappeared from smartphones, to the point that today it is difficult to find them.
Fortunately, although few, there are still some Android smartphones with physical keyboard, and we are going to help you get to know them a little better.
Android phones with physical keyboard
Blackberry Priv
In the last ten years, being Android mobile de Blackberry and one of the few devices with a keyboard that has mid-high range features. This smartphone uses Android 6, has 3GB of RAM and has an 18-megapixel camera, although on the negative side its price is around 800 euros.
LG Optimus F3Q
This smartphone will allow you to type with a physical keyboard, but in return you will have to give up some of its features. Thus, we find a limited dual-core processor and only 1,11 GB of internal storage, although we can expand it via SD card.
The screen resolution, 800 × 480 pixels, does not even reach the mid-range. His 2460 mAh battery it is closer to what we expect from the mid-range.
Motorola Photon Q 4G
This smartphone went on sale 4 years ago, so its features are far from what we can find today, and it is only acceptable for the less demanding. It has the advantage of the physical keyboard and that it is resistant to splashes, but in return it has only 1GB of RAM and an 8MP camera. Its battery is also quite small at just 1785 mAh.
BlackBerry Keyone
At the MWC 2017 in Barcelona, the blackberry key one, an android mobile with a physical keyboard, with a high-end price, $549. As for technical details, it has a 4,5-inch IPS screen with a 1080×1620 resolution and a density of 433 pixels per inch.
As for cameras, the rear one, with which we take most of the photographs, is 12 megapixels and the front one or selfies is 8 megapixels.
The battery is 3.505 mAh which powers a 625Ghz 8-core Snapdragon 2 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and a Micro SD card slot of up to 2TB.
What's Coming: Blackberry Mercury
Fortunately, Blackberry It's still keeping physical keyboard lovers in mind, and its next device looks set to have that quality.
This is the Blackberry Mercury, a smartphone that still does not have too much data, such as what its processor will be or what its camera will be like. But we do know that you will use Android 7 Nougat and that it will have a fingerprint reader. In the coming months we will know more data.
Do you think they should come back? smartphones with physical keyboard? Is it easier for you to use applications instant messaging with physical keys than with the touch keyboard? We invite you to go through our comments section and give us your opinion about it.
RE: Android phones with physical keyboard
[quote name=”Aitor Agian”]Hello,
A few days ago Blackberry presented the Blackberry KEYone at the MWC in Barcelona.
You are missing that, but very good list. There were many that I did not know.
Greetings!.[/quote]
Great! Thank you for your comment, we have added it to the article.
Blackberry KEY one
Hello,
A few days ago Blackberry presented the Blackberry KEYone at the MWC in Barcelona.
You are missing that, but very good list. There were many that I did not know.
A greeting!.