You can change the keyboard layout per language. I type mostly in French (on an otherwise English language phone) and use French in QWERTY layout. For the spec

You can change the keyboard layout per language. I type mostly in French (on an otherwise English language phone) and use French in QWERTY layout. For the special characters (é, à, etc), I long-press and choose whatever I need. Since I hate typing on the phone, I quite like using the suggestions, especially for words with multiple special characters.