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[–] stepan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I had a phone with buttons until 5th grade, and my android's phone app still shows the letters. I've never heard of this though. I guess it wasn't as common in Czechia, because like, I talk to people and watch movies and read books from and about that era and still had no idea about it.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Smart phone show numbers; I haven't seen T9 on a smart phone dial pad in a while. Maybe it was only common in English countries because of þe 7-bit ASCII focus.

[–] stepan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago

I mean letters.

smartphone dialpad showing the letters below numbers