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For a long time stock android didn't have T9 contact searching from the dialer (and, astonishingly, iOS still doesn't), something present since the Galaxy S1.
by batiudrami 6y ago
For a long time stock android didn't have T9 contact searching from the dialer (and, astonishingly, iOS still doesn't), something present since the Galaxy S1.
- LeoPanthera 6y agoWhy would you need T9 on a touch screen? You can just display a full keyboard. That was the defining aspect of the keynote that launched the first iPhone, even. There's nothing "astonishing" about it.
- sanxiyn 6y agoFor many people T9 is faster than QWERTY keyboard.
- batiudrami 6y agoBecause the T9 keyboard is already displayed, and the full keyboard isn't. It is a very fast way to search through your contacts directly from the dialier when I want to call someone, which is the primary use case of the dialer (calling someone already in my contacts).
- kiwijamo 6y agoThis is the first time I've heard of T9 being used since we moved on from the old Nokia phones that pioneered T9! Bring back fond memories of my Nokia 3310 and 8210. But yeah it's odd to see T9 in the context of a touchscreen phone...
- porsager 6y agoI think it's a pity it's gone. I've developed https://typenineapp.com https://typenineapp.com for iPhone, since I couldn't get used to the small buttons on the qwerty keyboard. I would dare to say I type almost twice as fast as regular qwerty phone users, and even without the tactile feedback I can do so without looking. I've had about 60.000 downloads, and I almost never see a bad review, so I'd say T9 on a touchscreen has a place.
- perryizgr8 6y agoI love the T9 dialing on my galaxy phone. It's amazing. It saves so much time searching for contacts. Blows my mind that iphone doesn't have it.