http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_is_done_with_the_qwerty_phones-news-4128.php
So much for QWERTYs....
That makes the MT4GS the most powerful GSM QWERTY
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I think enough people are fine with all-touchscreen phones for HTC to do fine.... the article said qwerty sales just aren't cutting it enough for them to continue. In my mind, part of the problem is the keyboards aren't really good enough, but that is just my opinion. For me, I haven't seen a really good keyboard on a device that wasn't branded a Sidekick. But I think more what it is is that the iPhone kinda shaped people's perception, and for some reason people like that form factor. But I also think that some company(s) will step up and realize there is still a market for qwerty phones.
My introduction to smartphones was the old Sidekicks, so to me a smartphone is a mini console or terminal, with keyboard and landscape screen. And I'm gonna keep seeing it that way until there just aren't any more like that..... which perhaps means this might be my last HTC phone!
excuse me...u forgot the tp2 lol...i dont even recall them releasing a tilting screen android either. Having my phone serve as its own dock would be nice again. I dont care much for the bb style kbs but the dell had some nice looking phones for wp7....it wouldve been nice to run wm or android on one. I think htc & others would do better in qwertys sales if the released higher end device instead of these cheapo lg quality ones. Far as the iphone in away it did but there also been a craze for thin/light phones. Its funny cuz those are normally the same ones complaining about battery life.
This seems weird to me, because as far as I can remember, HTC has only released QWERTY phones with T-Mobile and Sprint. Those aren't the carriers to turn to if you want to shift a lot of phones, IMO.
I'm really hoping samsung releases a glide variant of the SGIII. I haven't seen anything about that in the leaks, so I'll likely end up using the DS until it isn't viable anymore and re-examine my options at that point.
Same here. Samsung and Sprint are looking better and better as time goes on.
its about time. keyboards are so outdated. touchscreen tech has improved over the years to where keyboards are outdated. Htc made the right choice.
Just face it. People who like keyboards on smartphones are less then 0.2% of all smart phone users. We are the minority so even if u never buy another htc device becuz of the decision to stop making keyboard smartphones wont even make a small dent in there profits. Thus htc couldnt care any less. The DS was a huge flop for both Htc and Tmo. Only 32% of consumers who own the Doubleshot actually paid cash to buy it. The other 68% got the device thru either warranty exchange when they discontinued the Htc Glacier or thru Asurion Insurance. That is also the main reason why this Device wont get official ICS. It was a short lived device with a small user base.
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Hard keyboards are more efficient, plain and simple. People are only getting away without it because they are using retarded English in their text messages:
"dont 4get 2 get bred at store 2nite"
I'm sorry. If you text like that, you need to be punched in the face.
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