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Is there any manufacturer that makes a combo flip phone & smartphone?

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    swampwiz
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    Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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      Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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      David ONeil
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      Rotary dial is better.

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        Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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        I know that Blackberry used to, but they are dying at the end of the year, so it's probably not a good idea to buy one ... BlackBerry breaks up with phone-maker TCL - BBC News[^] Samsung used to do a cover with a physical keyboard for the S7 and S8, so it's possible they do one for more recent phones, and I think they had a "Galaxy Folder" which was like a flip-phone on steroids. Other than that, nothing modern at all as far as I know.

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          Rotary dial is better.

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          OriginalGriff
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          Are you mad? Get the operator to connect you, sir! Your valet will explain how to contact her if you instruct him correctly.

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            Are you mad? Get the operator to connect you, sir! Your valet will explain how to contact her if you instruct him correctly.

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            :laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)

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              :laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)

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              Greg Utas
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              He's in Wales, which used carrier pigeons during his youth. Look up dovecote. My hometown in Canada still had exchange names before I reached my teens.

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                :laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)

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                OriginalGriff
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                Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!

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                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  :thumbsup:

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                    Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    David ONeil
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                    For some reason I'm reminded of one of [my fave SouthPark bits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grgxm5FUsa4).

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                      Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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                      rob tillaart
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                      How about a physical add on? ESP32 + 4x4 keypad + bluetooth?

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                        Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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                        RickZeeland
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                        Here is a list: Top 9 Android Smartphones With Physical QWERTY Keyboards[^]

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                          :laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)

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                          Lost User
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                          And you had to call the operator to make a trunk call, i.e. to an exchange more than about 20 miles away.

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                            Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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                            FunctionalFirst
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                            There's also this: Cosmo Communicator.

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                              Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!

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                              As a kid, the only three numbers I was required to memorise by my mother was our own number (Erdington 741); 999; and Whitehall 1212. :) I never did find out why she felt that, as a child, I might need to bypass the police call handlers and speak direct to Whitehall... :confused: There was one occasion when a burglar broke in downstairs, and my mother had to phone 999. She rarely complained about much but the following day she did go on about what a stupid number 999 was in an emergency on a rotary dial phone (the only sort there was then).

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                                As a kid, the only three numbers I was required to memorise by my mother was our own number (Erdington 741); 999; and Whitehall 1212. :) I never did find out why she felt that, as a child, I might need to bypass the police call handlers and speak direct to Whitehall... :confused: There was one occasion when a burglar broke in downstairs, and my mother had to phone 999. She rarely complained about much but the following day she did go on about what a stupid number 999 was in an emergency on a rotary dial phone (the only sort there was then).

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                                It was a stupid number, but it made sense when it was first introduced: phones then used "pulse dialing" and the obvious number to use - 111 - was far to easy to generate if the overhead wires tapped together in the wind! In addition, few homes had phones, and call boxes were already set up to allow free calls to the operator from the "0" key - it was easier to modify them to support "free dialing" on "9" as well than one would have been. By the time we switched to tone dialing it was far, far too late to change it, though they did add 911 so tourists could reach the emergency services (911 was the US choice for the same reason, we went with the same digit three times because it was felt to be easier to remember, as well as to "find in the dark or thick smoke".

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                                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                  As a kid, the only three numbers I was required to memorise by my mother was our own number (Erdington 741); 999; and Whitehall 1212. :) I never did find out why she felt that, as a child, I might need to bypass the police call handlers and speak direct to Whitehall... :confused: There was one occasion when a burglar broke in downstairs, and my mother had to phone 999. She rarely complained about much but the following day she did go on about what a stupid number 999 was in an emergency on a rotary dial phone (the only sort there was then).

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                                  OriginalGriff
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                                  Oh, and Whitehall 1212 was direct to Scotland Yard. :-D

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                                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                    Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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                                    There are definitely some about: - Emporia TOUCHsmart[^] - a couple from https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/devices[^] - also a rumour of the Samsung SM-W2020 (and older years, W2019, W2018 etc.), but never actually heard of one for sale

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                                      Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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                                      Drew Rankin
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                                      Yes. LG has a couple models; however, they are mostly carrier locked and marketed to seniors.

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                                        Rotary dial is better.

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                                        MikeTheFid
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                                        I wonder if it comes with a spiral tether so you can't remove it from the kitchen wall.

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                                          Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.

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                                          etkid84
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                                          Pretty sure that's why blackberry users were the last people to give up their devices. Just saying. :java:

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