Astro Slide 5G Transformer smartphone comes with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard Comments
- AdamBoy64
- Fv4
No way. This is amazing. I'm elated..
Such a brilliant form-factor, great to see someone showing it some love.
- Hotkolbas
- 7sp
Im looking at the animation and i cant see how the slide mechanism would work out. I dare say it will follow the n97 or e7 slide mech system.
- YUKI93
- 0p}
ishreal, 31 Mar 2020Nah that keyboard you have is closer to a full-sized laptop keyboard than a smartphone physica... moreThe only time people write in portrait mode is when doing social media, not Office work. So the horizontal keyboard is still a relevant feature. At least Planet Computers have decided to make it a sliding phone á la Motorola Droid 4: https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_droid_4_xt894-4418.php
- thedude
- 3a2
Anonymous, 31 Mar 2020..and the sales will dwindling.. who will use it except gamer?They are alot of gamers you know,
- thedude
- 3a2
trajcevasilev94, 31 Mar 2020Good luck fitting a gamepad and the joystick switches there. Ever heard of the xperia play?
- Anonimous
- ntP
I'm waiting for my F(x)tec Pro1 but I'm really excited to se more QWERTY phones come out.
I went from a nokia E7-00 to a BlackBerry Priv and will move to my F(x)tec Pro1 when it arrives.
No physical keyboard is a deal breaker for me so I'm always glad to see this trend (it's also perfect if the screen slides and tilts and if the keyboard has a 5 row layout with directional arrows and a ctrl button).
- Nok
- 3YY
N97? :)
- Anonymous
- y{4
thedude, 31 Mar 2020Instead of a keyboard , i'd prefer a gamepad...and the sales will dwindling.. who will use it except gamer?
- SuuperBaka
- q}I
Anonymous, 31 Mar 2020Why these half baked products.. it looks cool, but why only a single camera ? Give us an ultra... moreI'd suggest you learn to read. The phone is called Astro Slide 5G made by Planet Computers, not ASUS.
- Anonymous
- S2T
Why these half baked products.. it looks cool, but why only a single camera ? Give us an ultra wide at least.. its 2020 Asus !
- Naveen krish
- 6vu
If this phone arrives means please make a OS as windows latest version it will b much more useful to everyone and this phone would be the 2020s best Ph of the year
- trajcevasilev94
- 3@0
thedude, 31 Mar 2020Instead of a keyboard , i'd prefer a gamepad.Good luck fitting a gamepad and the joystick switches there.
- Kingslayer
- IbE
What a pleasant surprise. I always wanted the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 which had one. They should do another Xperia Play. Something different. Tired of the same old slabs.
- Dometalican
- 7BB
It says it works in the US but I wish they'd list the LTE bands before pulling this trigger...
Nice that it supports Linux for programmers that are interested.
- ishreal
- qKM
YUKI93, 31 Mar 2020I do. I always type faster with physical keyboard instead of virtual touch keyboard. That is w... moreNah that keyboard you have is closer to a full-sized laptop keyboard than a smartphone physical keyboard. This one is too small for full hand typing and still requires the two-thumb typing grip. The problem is the two-thumb typing method is easier on horizontally shorter phones so this one is going to be much harder to type on because how long it is for two-thumb typing. No way anyone is going to type faster on this than a virtual keyboard in portrait mode.
- AnonD-807890
- 6sE
It's a 2340x1080 (20:9) display. Specs are on the Indiegogo page if you scroll further down.
- Anonymous
- ybd
The name is very similar to a lube
- YUKI93
- KZK
ishreal, 31 Mar 2020There is no way in hell anyone who's used a smartphones for years would be able to type quicke... moreI do. I always type faster with physical keyboard instead of virtual touch keyboard. That is why I always bring that fold-in-half Microsoft Universal Bluetooth keyboard all the time.
- YUKI93
- KZK
Finaly, a worthy rival to the F(x)tec Pro1. The chipset used is definitely interesting as it is the same chipset found in the Oppo Reno3 5G.
- EskeRahn
- n4L
Anonymous, 31 Mar 2020A physical keyboard is an additional wear and tear part and causes more electronic waste. Plus... moreHave a look at the F(x)tec Pro1, in contrast to the Astroslide it actually IS
"just like the beloved 10-year-old Nokia E7."
And you can have it with qwertZ.
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