10 years ago, although touch screens have become popular, full-keyboard mobile phones have not disappeared. Including Motorola, BlackBerry and other manufacturers, released a lot of full keyboard + touch screen mobile phones, in order to rely on different designs, can get higher recognition.
However, with the increasing maturity of iOS+ Android, full-keyboard phones have almost disappeared. Although BlackBerry launched a full-keyboard mobile phone based on the Android system after being acquired by TCL, it was only a flash in the pan, and it did not stir up any waves in the mobile phone industry.
In fact, the reason is also very simple, the full keyboard in the current system interaction logic, almost can only play the role of typing; for tablet computers, the role is very large, but for smart phones, it is indeed very small. However, foreign mobile phone manufacturer Planet Computers released a full-keyboard mobile phone at the 2022 International Consumer Electronics Show: Astro Slide 5G. As if dreaming back to the design of 10 years ago, let's take a look at the design of the mobile phone.
Objectively speaking, the design of this mobile phone is indeed a bit "back to basics", and the design is relatively old.
The 6.39-inch mobile phone screen is made of AMOLED material, but the huge bezel makes it hard to believe that this is a mobile phone launched in 2022. After all, the current smart phones are all working the screen ratio.
Full keyboard, but the design is good, I believe that the physical keys, indeed can be a significant improvement in typing efficiency. In addition, the keyboard is also designed with a backlight for easy use at night.
In order to improve the efficiency of keyboard use, manufacturers also have built-in programming system keys, which can be switched after opening and other operations.
The design of the mobile phone is relatively simple, using a relatively simple hinge to fix the keyboard with the mobile phone.
Finally, take a look at the back design of the phone. The Astro Slide 5G has designed a single 48-megapixel camera, a sensor provided by Sony, and a fingerprint recognition module.
Other hardware configurations, Astro Slide 5G uses Tianji 800 processor, 8+128GB configuration; equipped with Android 11, and built-in Linux distribution system; it is expected that in the future, it can also get Sailfish OS support.
Pre-sale price, 862 pounds (about 7500 yuan).
So, this retro phone, are you interested?