I still have a Blackberry Key 2 that I use for development. Awesome little phone: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/27/17504714/blackberry-key2-review-smartphone-

I still have a Blackberry Key 2 that I use for development. Awesome little phone: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/27/17504714/blackberry-key2-review-smartphone-android https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/27/17504714/blackberry-key2-... Fully android with a nice keyboard that was even touch-sensitive, so you could run your finger across it to scroll. Absolute game-changer, for me at least. I have been wanting someone to add a touch-sensitive volume rocker that I could use the touch-sensitivity for scrolling since at least 2008, so having it show up as a proof of the concept on a keyboard was excellent. Of course, it still sucks that no one has actually made a touch-sensitive volume rocker with those dual functionalities. Anyway, phone was solid and snappy, it could run every app I needed, and had all kinds of "Blackberry Security" which felt pretty good, even if it was just 'state of the art' rather than anything special. It was also a nice confirmation of my biases, because I was able to type faster on that keyboard than on any digital keyboard I've tried before or since. I really, REALLY believe that tactile buttons are superior for a lot of micro-reasons, and they BBK2 only reinforced that belief. So I definitely agree with the author that physical keyboard lift a soft-limit in typing speed, at least for certain types of people. No swype has ever been as accurate, no digital key has ever had the range of input (straight down, weird side presses, press first row; lift above second row; press third row, wiggle press for doubles, etc, etc), and no orienter is ever as instantly recognized as the little bumps on the home keys. When I'm using a tiny physical keyboard, I can fly at about 100 WPM; digital keyboards lock me at around 60-ish. Unfortunately, the phone's not 5G, and definitely shows its processor age, these days. But I still love to have it around for note-taking on the wi-fi and for leaving in dev mode so I can push apps to it for testing.