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Minimal Phone 2

328 points · 262 comments · nashashmi

  1. jrflo · · focus · HN ↗
    I get why these types of devices are appealing from an "oooh new shiny" perspective but let's be honest: the smartphone design is essentially perfected. Software keyboards are far better than physical ones at that size due to the adaptive keyboard touch target re-sizing that goes on behind the scenes. Just use your existing phone and delete all the distracting stuff, it'll be far more reliable than some small-batch manufacturing run of something like this.
    1. danisth · · focus · HN ↗
      Maybe I’m just bad at it, but it’s been 16 years since I gave up my blackberry and I’m still way less accurate with touch screens. This is across flagship phones from both android and iOS.
    2. unreal6 · · focus · HN ↗
      I recently received my clicks power keyboard and after 2-3 weeks of usage am substantially slower and less accurate; that being said, I never developed "blackberry" muscle memory.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.clicks.tech&#x2F;powerkeyboard" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.clicks.tech&#x2F;powerkeyboard

    3. wookmaster · · focus · HN ↗
      Software keyboards are not &quot;far better&quot; than physical keyboards.
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