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A little over a year ago, a small outfit chosen Livermorium had planned to release a slider keyboard Moto Modernistic for Moto Z smartphones. Those plans never came to fruition, only from the ashes of the cancelled projection came an entirely different animate being — a high-end QWERTY slider smartphone.

Now chosen F(ten) Technology, the company initially planned to release the smartphone in Q4 2018 before pushing the release window to Q1 2019. However, F(x) has been adept about providing updates when it comes to the telephone'southward brandish, keyboard, slider mechanism, and the software.

Are at that place still whatever phones with a physical QWERTY keyboard?

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According to the updates, the smartphone features a half dozen-inch AMOLED display with an xviii:ix attribute ratio and curved edges. The display sports minimal bezels on all sides and lacks the polarizing notch.

Moving to the keyboard, F(ten) chose a backlit five-row keyboard that includes a dedicated numbers row at the acme. The left and correct sides feature Ctrl, Shift, and Fn keys for added typing flexibility, with the 26 messages positioned in the middle of the keyboard and equidistant to both thumbs.

The slider mechanism props the display at a slight angle when you desire to type. The mechanism allows for better viewing angles and prevents the screen from wobbling when closed. F(x) too mentioned that the production method lends the machinery more force and resistance against breaking if you lot drop the phone.

As for software, F(x) said the smartphone will transport with a stock version of Android nine Pie. The visitor also said there won't be "any weird backdoor apps" and volition event Google's monthly security updates "in a timely manner."

That said, F(x) did brand a few changes to the software. The launcher, for example, features a landscape mode — the Pie stock launcher doesn't support mural. The company also developed a few landscape-friendly apps, such as its ain email client and agenda app.

From the ashes of a cancelled project rose an entirely dissimilar beast — a loftier-end QWERTY slider smartphone.

F(x) is even extending the olive co-operative by providing loaner devices and driver support to "core developers." The company already approached some LineageOS developers and plans to also work with Sailfish OS developers and other communities.

Finally, F(x) also detailed other specs on its keyboard slider smartphone earlier today. The telephone features dual nano SIM bill of fare slots, dual stereo speakers, a headphone jack, a USB-C port, Quick Charge 3,0, a 2-stage photographic camera shutter button, and a fingerprint scanner on the right border.

F(ten) plans to talk virtually the processor and memory configuration in the adjacent update.

Who is it for?

Every bit promising as F(10)'s QWERTY slider smartphone sounds, we can't ignore the elephant in the room — we live in a world of keyboard-less smartphones. The era of smartphone keyboards arrived and left, and then it most feels like taking a step backward.

That said, BlackBerry managed to carve a niche with the KeyOne, Key2, and Key2 LE. TCL confirmed during CES 2019 that the Key2 family unit significantly outsold the KeyOne, then the audience for a smartphone keyboard seems to be growing.

Nosotros should besides mention Planet Computers, which offered the Gemini through Indiegogo and collected a piffling over $2.5 million in funds. That'south near triple what the visitor initially asked for, and then there's clearly a marketplace for F(x)'southward upcoming QWERTY slider smartphone.

We tin can presume the phone won't be a upkeep offering, so the question becomes how F(x) plans to sell it. F(x) could opt for Kickstarter or Indiegogo, which would help the company with production costs and figure out how much interest at that place is. F(x) could too opt for general sales through its website, though that's less likely for a visitor with about no name recognition.