itsgroundhogdayagain,

Bring back sliders with full keyboards

LazaroFilm,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.world avatar

Being back T9. I could text with it in my pocket.

andrew,
@andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun avatar

What duh the ib huwdb I j texted from my pitcher just fine.

FartsWithAnAccent,
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

If you didn’t text with a rotary phone you were a fucking noob: There, I said it.

registrert,
@registrert@lemmy.sambands.net avatar

T9 would work on a rotary phone input. You would save a lot of of time. It would still take a lot of time.

jabathekek,
@jabathekek@sopuli.xyz avatar

I miss those… ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

VindictiveJudge,
@VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world avatar

I never saw one where the keys were big enough that I didn’t mash everything around the target key with the size of my fingers, and I really don’t have big hands or anything.

Rhynoplaz,

The BlackBerry Curve has my favorite keyboard, and I DO have big hands!

stoy,

The size of the keys are not really the issue, the size of the spacing around them is.

pewgar_seemsimandroid,

or BlackBerry key approach

turbowafflz,

I really want one, I hate virtual keyboards so much. There’s the f(x)tec phones but their keyboards come out in landscape mode and I’d really rather have one where it’s portrait like the Palm Pre

registrert,
@registrert@lemmy.sambands.net avatar

I got one of them tiny foldable bluetooth keyboards for anything longer than replies. Brings it with me everywhere, it’s super handy.

Yet not as handy as a slide out keyboard.

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Is f(x)tec actually a thing? Like have they actually started shipping phones to customers?

UltraMagnus0001,

my first smart phone was a Motorola Droid that had a physical keyboard. Cameras have come a long way.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Motorola DROID 4 was my dream phone. Alas, it was never released down here, so I could never buy one, even used.

dasusernem,

I had an HTC Tilt back when the first iPhone was released. Aside from that phone running windows mobile (holy Christ, what a mess that was), I loved it so much. But then I finally joined the cult at the 3GS.

rustyriffs,

motorola razr

dasusernem,

I still have my champagne Razr around here somewhere. It works, even looks pretty new.

Tar_alcaran,

Best phone ever. I read through whole libraries on that little thing, and it looks so futuristic (as long as you don’t look at the 500 pixel screen or the 140p camera)

Slogan,

As a huge Formula 1 and Ferrari fan I had a Razr Maxx V6 Ferrari edition.

Lifecoach5000,

I paid $400 for one of these brand new and it was ludicrous at the time. I thought it was super cool though.

gregorum,

So did I, and it was. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.

autokludge,
@autokludge@programming.dev avatar
LazaroFilm, (edited )
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.world avatar
late_night, (edited )
@late_night@sopuli.xyz avatar

This was mine, which I used from 2001 until 2011. I loved that phone

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LazaroFilm,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.world avatar

I adored that phone!! I still miss the interchangeable covers instead of adding a stupid case to the phone. I had a few cases I could swap depending on my outfit or the occasion. I wish new phones would adopt a similar idea instead of having to add an extra cover on top of the phone. I don’t need it to look good under the cover. Just make the outside looks nice.

Linnce,
@Linnce@lemmy.ml avatar
Muninn,
crackajack,

I would not call these on the picture “dumb phones” though.

I had a Motorola phone. I actually liked it because it had a really good camera. The native photo editor was also top notch at the time.

Socsa,

They were called “feature phones” at the time.

malockin,
@malockin@lemmy.world avatar

A Nokia 3100 … it was the first phone I bought, and I kept it through college and beyond.

The thing was a beast :-)

128x128 pixel screen, with 12-bit RGB. No WiFi, no Bluetooth. Had some web access with WAP (no not that! “Wireless Access Protocol”). It did have a camera module though /rofl

And best of all, the battery lasted a week!

vinnymac, (edited )

I had a pink Moto SLVR L7

phone

Digestive_Biscuit,
@Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk avatar

I had the same model but in black. I still have it somewhere.

elint,

Same! I’m pretty sure that was also my smallest phone, before they started going the other direction.

netburnr,
@netburnr@lemmy.world avatar

LG Env, I actually miss it.

Bishma,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I had the env2. Hands down, my favorite phone to date.

droidpenguin,

Oh ya I remember wanting that one a lot! I think it was too expensive for me at the time, so ended up with the alias 2 but I envied anyone who had one of those.

ediculous,

ENV2 gang. Great phone.

LucidDaemon,

I wish phones would go back to being unique. I want a slider with a physical keyboard (like the HTC EVO Shift). My Pixel 6 Pros battery is showing wear already but there’s nothing on the market I feel is worth switching to.

droidpenguin,

Just wish modern devices still had easily removable back covers without needing pry tools and hair dryers.

Corkyskog,
@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works avatar

I loved the early galaxies and the zero lemon batteries. They were ridiculously cheap, so you could have like 3 charged at any time. Then if you ever got robbed you could just say “e-waste!” And toss a dead battery at your assailants eyes.

ADHDefy,
@ADHDefy@kbin.social avatar

Motorola Razr babyyyyy

Lon3star, (edited )

LG enV… Clamshell phone with a full keyboard when opened… God, that phone was awesome

agamemnonymous,
@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works avatar

The enV3 was either my last or one of them. Yeah, it was pretty great.

trafficnab,

enV 2 for me, used that thing until my senior year in 2013

tacosplease,

Does BlackBerry count as a dumb phone? I have a hard time calling it a smart phone.

Filthmontane,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/565f406e-f597-462d-8b47-5db85e6a31b0.png

I had this sick LG car phone and it made vroom vroom sounds. Used it for a decade and I still have it and it still works.

Xariphon,

I had the Envy 2, the last phone I had with an actual physical keyboard.

It's the one feature I miss the most. If I could have smartphone functionality with a physical keyboard I would be much happier.

SlurpDaddySlushy,

I think about this all the time. I’ll give up being waterproof for a full-sized slide-out keyboard.

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