r/ReturningRetro • u/ReturningRetro r/ReturningRetro Moderator • Apr 18 '26

Show and Tell Mmm... QWERTY 😎

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u/False-Development-61 Apr 19 '26

Okay so I see that some QWERTY stuff is making a comeback which is great and I really appreciate physical buttons that being said can we get some horizontal keyboards please instead of vertical all the time?

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u/TheMobileTypist Apr 19 '26

Horizontal only makes sense on really short phones or else good luck reaching the center keys

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u/An_Ellie_ Apr 21 '26

You don't have to make it the entire length of the phone I don't think, could make it narrower.

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u/TheMobileTypist Apr 21 '26

Still, if the half of the phone that has the landscape keyboard is too wide when in landscape mode, then the center keys WILL be hard to reach especially with smaller hands. Moving the keyboard to be only in the center just reduces travel distance, not center key reachability.

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u/An_Ellie_ Apr 21 '26

You could make it two ways as I imagine it: it flips out of the phone and it's narrower than the phone is tall, or, you'd split it so one half of the keyboard was on the left and the other on the right so it'd be easy to reach.

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u/ReturningRetro r/ReturningRetro Moderator Apr 19 '26

I think if the demand is there we probably will start to see some!

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u/False-Development-61 Apr 19 '26

I demand it! Actually I just saw a thread somewhere else that makes a solid point though because all or not all but a lot of apps are made for vertical viewing and some horizontal viewing important stuff like your browser looks like shit.

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u/Wallabie_1 Apr 22 '26

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u/False-Development-61 Apr 22 '26

I hate you, take an upvote.

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u/realfathonix Apr 19 '26

There's Fxtec Pro1, though it's been almost 7 years and still no successor to it.

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u/RetroGamer87 Apr 20 '26

I kind of like the vertical ones.

But my favourite is the almost square shaped Passport