smartphones with integrated keyboards
Hi all,
I have spastic diaplegia with limited feeling in my fingers so struggle with touchscreens I currently have a blackberry Key 2 with an android operating system with an integrated keyboard which works well with the SD . Unfortunately it seems that apps e.g. android auto are no longer being supported. Does anyone know of any up to date smartphones with an integrated keyboard that i could buy outright? This is short of having to go into a 02 phone shop and the look of "horror" on the salespersons face when I dont fit into their box. If i have to go into the local 02 shop thats fine but thought I would ask the experts first.
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Still looking into this for you. In the meantime, supposedly, the Nokia 2030 phone, to be released this year in 2025, will feature a classic keyboard (at minute 04:30) :
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And here they are: https://www.findthisbest.com/best-phones/slider
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This is probably your best bet, this smartphone started as a kickstarter and was successfully funded on 23.06.2024:
Here is the previous kickstarter campaign page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/titan-slim-the-new-sleek-and-slim-qwerty-android-smartphone
Amazon links of 2 different models:
1. The wider one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unihertz-Rugged-Smartphone-Android-Unlocked/dp/B0841HHLT9/
2. The slimmer one:The wider one has 4x more reviews, and only has 10 units left in stock btw at this moment in time.
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Thanks @JF7891 thats very helpful. At least it gives me something to go on. Can i just check without sounding too thick that the Uni herz titan smartphone. The first link you sent me would work on 02?
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You might want to go with this one here instead:
There are basically 3 different models, in order of size: The Slim, The Pocket, The Titan (I believe only the Pocket and the Titan are capable of Android 11, though the Pocket might do Android 12. The reason I am mentioning this is, due to the app compatibility you mentioned with Android Auto for future-proofing, so the Pocket already starts at Android OS 11, Auto now upped the min OS to Android 9 (Pie), so as time passes it might be better going for a pocket).
Here is their official Amazon Store Page, where I got the screenshot from:
To answer your question, these are all unlocked, i.e. compatible with all network providers, including O2 (see below screenshots under "Wireless carrier: Unlocked for all Carriers" on all 3 models:
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The Android version is kind of important, as out of the box third-party mobile phone hardware sellers (meaning anything other than Google), will only provide 2x major OS updates, so if you already start out with Android 11, you will get 2 future OS updates for free i.e. 12 and 13, when they'll release (which they have already, just need porting to the new phones).
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I think you should pay attention to the external BT keyboard.
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