Soooo it's made by Blackberry but it's going to run Google Android, and apparently they worked with Google because those are Google services pre-installed. But um… Blackberry… your strength was your keyboard and that's missing so how is this better?
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Big speakers. They need to change if they want to stay afloat.
It would be cool though if it flipped or slid open and did, in fact, have a keyboard.
+Thomas Wrobel those were always my favorite style of phones and I would probably buy a BB is if did that.
Indeed. Its just a good use of space. Sure, the phone gets thicker, but you get twice the usable area. The screen doesn't have to be blocked by a virtual keyboard, and the keyboard can take up more space then a virtual one.
It does annoy me a bit the market seems to heavily geared towards making phones look as pretty as possible…..when your not using the things.
I think it makes sense for the manufacturers to NOT want to make keyboards. Less moving parts, lower construction costs. etc. But man I MISS having a keyboard for all the reasons you stated as advantages +Thomas Wrobel and also because Swiftkey/Swype/etc are still not as accurate as me banging on physical keys.