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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Placed in a spot that's straight up impossible to use while holding the device regardless of grip. Those keyboards are designed for the meat of your hand to be sitting right at the front bottom of the outside edge. They don't even sort of work with your hand several inches outside that. And they're equally impossible to awkwardly hold from underneath because the whole weight of the device is levered against you.

I don't think I've ever seen a device with more deranged ergonomics.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

I would assume they tested it, I'd have to try it to really know. Either way it's an interesting idea, an integrated keyboard on my Steam Deck would often be handy.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think making the keyboard slide out instead of the screen sliding up would have been better. Then make it smaller and make it a phone and I'd be sold.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd pay way more than is intelligent for a phone case for my 13 Pro Max that slid a keyboard out. I'd even give up wireless charging, which I love and have mounts for in a bunch of places.

But if you can't reach it, I'm not sure what the point is, lol.

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd have suggested the Clicks keyboard case, but it doesn't slide out + supported iPhones are the 14 and up.

I don't own one though, only heard of it.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've seen it. I want landscape like the old phones, though, personally. I can type well enough in portrait.

[–] dog_@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Phones like this make a comeback when?

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would buy a modern phone like the Droid 4 right now.

[–] dog_@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

The T-Mobile Sidekick