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The end of an era? - buttons |
J-J
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I've just come to renew my mobile phone contract and couldnt beleive the selection of phones that were on offer.
The majority of them were touch screen and the ones that arent are all slide phones. Neither of which i like!
What is wrong with the plain old simple design such as the C902, its basic but it works, why change it?
I don't like and will never have a touch screen phone, even if it means staying with older phones but theres nothing new out, especially SE for me to upgrade to.
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mediar
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On 2010-02-02 16:36:43, J-J wrote:
What is wrong with the plain old simple design such as the C902, its basic but it works, why change it?
Because the majority of the public wants something new and fresh. The traditional block form of the phones excist since the first phone, dated more than 40 years ago. It's time something to change.
The people want something new, fresh and stylish, something that hasn't excisted before. Here comes the touchscreen, the new and modern UI with many interactive buttons, 3D shapes and so on... And the first, who satisfy people's wishes, gets all the points. The good old physical buttons get replaced by virtual ones.
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anonymuser
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I think buttons will come back fairly soon in lower and mid-range handsets. With the exception of a few genuine smartphones, most of these phones are trying to ape the iphone in look but don't match the iphone in ease of use or functionality, so next time around the customers for those handsets are going to be looking for something different - the fashion will change again.
Smartphones will carry on being dominated by touchscreens, but that's nothing new.
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hihihans
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One big positive thing about this is that buttons are cheaper 
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Bonovox
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Buttons won't ever be phased out I don't think they will always be there for the few who still want it. I think manufacturers are aware of this. If you look enough you will see even samsung & LG the touch screen mad companies they are still produce phones with buttons.
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mallaccra
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buttons will always be there for many reasons....look at the aspen
btw not all network provider or shall i say only a few that only offer touch screen phones, down here we have a selection of touch screen and buttons phones on offer 
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Miss UK
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I prefer a Touchscreen mobile with a keypad so I just hope keypads become extinct later on,
asi find it slower composing messages on a screen rather then a keypad
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boy.in.PINK
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@hihihans right! 
Re Samsung an LG: South Korean teenagers likes touchscreen phones..
The Japanese still prefer flip-top phones..
For me, i liked a touchscreen phone and a candybar phone.. Touchscreen because i like tapping..  Candybar because of it's affordability, and durability..
Killing buttons i think is not a good idea.. Why?! Buttons are longer-lasting than touchscreens..
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peeyaj
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Picture this scenario
''It's year 2050 and two students are visiting a virtual museum. One of them saw a strange-looking object. 'Look', the other pointed and read 'PHYSICAL KEYBOARD'. The other one looked, puzzled, and said 'I wonder why our ancestors were so old-fashioned'.
Point is, the rapid advancement of technology will make our current technology obsolete. What's next in the future will be exciting. Wonder how blink-activated mobile phone would be like?
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anonymuser
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On 2010-02-22 16:03:00, peeyaj wrote:
Wonder how blink-activated mobile phone would be like?
Quite irritating I'd have thought! To be fair, while touchscreens are quite a natural fit for mobile phones, I do think it's quite possible to go to far and forget that all these devices - no matter how advanced - are still ultimately designed for us - big, hulking, squishy bipeds with (usually) ten fingers and ten toes.
Actual thought control might be interesting, and possibly the next big step, but even that won't suit everyone and won't necessarily be the way we want to use our phones..
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Tsepz_GP
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As long as theres Menu, Camera, volume and keylock buttons im happy
Personaly i couldn't careless for a physical keypad/board ,as i can switch between Landscape QWERTY, Portrait QWERTY, and Multi-Tap keyboards depending on what im doing, and not be stuck with just one.
I doubt non-touch phones will die out, but i think touch phones will rule in the mid to high ends due to them having larger screens, and being packed with features without being too big or heavy eg. Nokia 5800, iPhone3G, Samsung Jt, Nokia X6, LG whatever lol, BB Storm2 etc. . .
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Bonovox
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Composing a message on the Samsung Jet one handed is so easy. Samsung have made the on screen keys very big so its easy in fact i am typing this one handed now on a bus. I don't use the landscape keyboard i don't like them.
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Tsepz_GP
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All of the posts ive posted here since getting my 5800 are written on it,either using Multi tap like right now and most of the time or using Landscape QWERTY.
Going back to a physical keypad feels weird, as typing on a touchscreen is so smooth and just requires lite touchs.
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Bonovox
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Yeah i found typing on the w995 very clunky compared to my smooth touch screen plus my Samsung Jet is fast
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boy.in.PINK
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Well, my  G502's keypad we're the softest one that i've touch among the 's that i've touched..
I'm a touchscreen lover.. But i don't want buttons to be extinct.. Even if the touchscreen technologies will be perfected in the years to come..
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