I can still type faster on physical keyboards. But the two other noteworthy advantages were 1. Ability to use the phone as a emulator machine. I had a Xperia X

I can still type faster on physical keyboards. But the two other noteworthy advantages were 1. Ability to use the phone as a emulator machine. I had a Xperia X10 Mini Pro few years back. I used for playing Snes, Genesis, GBA/C, NES games. Playing the same games with a touch keyboard is almost impossible. Not to mention native Android/iPhone games are just gimmicks at this point due to being crippled by having only touch based input. 2. It's easier to enter arcane commands and text with the physical keyboard. Useful for things like SSH, fiddling with the terminal etc.