The word "smartphone" in most peopleis associated with a touch phone, despite the fact that it is a smart phone, that is, a device running on the operating system. Can he then have buttons? Answer: yes. The button phone on the "Android" may not be as popular as the sensor familiar to many, but still not uncommon.
This article presents several models on the "Android" with buttons for those who prefer classic mechanics to newfangled innovations.
Samsung W2014
Samsung W2014 - это кнопочный телефон на "Android" in the form of a cot. Fans of ponostalgia in the old days just like it. However, the filling of this clamshell will please even the most inveterate skeptics who claim that the button mobile phones on "Android" - this is a failure in the market of sensory smartphones.
To date, Samsung W2014 - the most powerfulDevice among smart phones with buttons. 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, one gigabyte of RAM, thirteen megapixels of camera (and considering that the manufacturer is Samsung, it's easy to guess that the pictures will be high-quality), 4 GB of its own memory + up to 64 GB from MicroSD (if desired), two full-size screens , support for Wi-Fi and, of course, OS "Android 4.3".
Reviews
More than sixty percent of the reviews -positive. Indignant mostly those who do not accept a return to the era of clamshells and other button gadgets. In occasion of the same functional characteristics, there are no complaints. Because, given that the phone on the "Android" with a keypad is done primarily for those who want to use these buttons again, the Samsung W2014 becomes for them an excellent choice.
Samsung Galaxy Chat
Samsung Galaxy Chat - another button model from the company "Samsung". Those who are interested in whether there are button phones on the "Android", you should definitely pay attention to it.
Smartphone with Android 4.0.is no longer a novelty, and therefore its filling somewhat loses to the recently released models, but at the same time it is also unpretentious to call it the language does not turn. QVGA screen 3 inches, extended QWERTY keyboard - Galaxy Chat looks quite presentable. A two-megapixel camera, 800 MHz processor, 4 GB of memory + the ability to use memory cards, a standard set of communication modules - all this at an affordable price makes customers happy.
Responses
Samsung Galaxy Chat took quite a bit of heat.This button phone on the "Android" corresponds to its price segment, and therefore it makes sense to pay attention to it. Which, in fact, some have done. Hit button phone sales on the basis of "Android", of course, did not, but its niche took.
LG Optimus F3Q
Released in early 2014 LQ Optimus F3Q combinedin itself pleasant with useful. Or, in other words, has become a clear example of a two-in-one model. On the one hand, it's a button phone on the Android, on the other hand, it has a sliding keyboard, so it also has a touch screen, full-sized, everything is as it should be.
The LQ Optimus F3Q has good characteristics:dual-core processor 1.2 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and four - built-in, two cameras (five-megapixel main and 0.3-front). To all this, there is attached only one, but very significant drawback for the domestic buyer - the smartphone is on sale only abroad and is intended only for foreign telecom operators. However, for those who often goes on business trips to other countries, it can become a real find.
Are there any reviews?
Due to the fact that LQ Optimus F3Q was neverIt is released on the territory of the countries of the post-Soviet space, there are almost no reviews about it. Confuses the sensor + keyboard in one bottle - it was an intermediate stage in the evolution of mobile phones and, it seems, there is no sense in returning to it.
Sonim XP6
Sonim XP6 is positioned as armoreda button phone on the Android. The protective properties of its coverage and the truth are overwhelming - the probability of breaking the gadget is very small, and then you need to try hard to do this.
However, due to security, the appearance was lost- it is difficult to call it elegant, rather practical. The monitor, for example, according to modern standards, when smart phones tend to the size of tablets, and the display occupies almost the entire space, the Sonim XP6 is almost microscopic.
OS Android 4.4, 4 processor cores, gigabytes of RAM and 8 - built-in. About the expansion of the volume with the help of MicroSD from the manufacturer did not hear anything.
Sonim XP6 has support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and5-megapixel camera: these characteristics are not surprising, the device has another advantage - the battery capacity is 4800 mAh. This value is not even for all laptops, let alone phones.
And of course, the armor, which was announced inthe very beginning: it is made to military standards, the device can withstand temperatures to minus twenty and plus fifty five, a drop from a two-meter height or a dip to a depth of two meters under the water.
User comments
This phone is for those who are activesports and in whose lives there is always an extreme - the rest are unlikely to appreciate this miracle. And it's true, buying an armored button phone based on "Android" for the price claimed by the manufacturers, so that he just lay at home and pleased the eye - there is no point. According to reviews, Sonim XP6 absolutely corresponds to all its parameters, and protective functions are performed at 100%.
Finally
The article describes only four basic models,visually representing the situation in the smartphone market with buttons. There are not many of them, but there is still a choice. Manufacturers often insert the keyboard as an addition to the touch screen (for example, so did in HTC Desire Z, 2010), absolutely push button smartphones less. Nevertheless, although much more is released every year, it is still too early to speak about the sunset of the keyboard era in mobile devices - after all, there are still demand for such devices.
