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Indeed it does, there are no ideal size that fits all. And usage pattern is also important, some will use it with two hands anyway, Sorry for leading this thread off topic, my point was that it is actually a matter of how you hold it to reach the full keyboard, and IMHO the shift is not even needed in the first place. As I explained here

Well I guess it is debatable if BBmob would ever do another keyboard device. I HIGHLY doubt that that they will ever make a Priv II (Remember the Priv was not TCL, but while BB made hardware), and also doubt TCL/BBMob will even make a Key3, though that is less unlikely than the Priv II.

Sometimes you can get a corner of a piece of paper, or thin stiff plastic, in aiong the edge of a button, and with a little luck push whatever pocket lint that got in there to a side.

We have that discussion elsewhere, but frankly it isn't an issue in landscape, though it -like most slabs today- is too large for most people to operate fully one handed in portrait while keeping a secure grip. See e.g. this (And sorry for the cursing above each of the graphics)

Interesting perspective. I had no idea of the power consumption of either a SIM or an SD-card, and thus no idea if heat dispersion could be an issue. Definitely a potential issue with this hack/solution. Anybody with experience with hot or just warm cards after intensive usage? (And I do not mean if the entire device gets hot). A little googling on SIM: 200µA in idle state 60mA during operation. from ETSI TS 102 221. But SD cards seems worse, them seem to be on 200mA at the worst, so in worst case we would have about 0.9W heating combined.

My point was that if people needs dual sim AND an SD, then the mechanical damaging of the Sim and SD to make a merge is not a big deal, as we are likely to be using the Pro1 for a number of years. And when we want to change, the sim as we know them today are history, and ½TB is likely to be cheap (if still available).

I would certainly prefer not to use them, but if the alternative are the horrific pest of ads, and not a way to buy them away, well then I take the risk...

Personally I would just LOVE to have a way to do micro-payments for NOT wasting my screen with ads, at the exact same amount each site get for showing the ads! I imagine that the companies providing all this junk by law was ordered to also provide the users with an option to pay to not see. Technically with some limits on the amount per view, if more I could choose to see the junk or leave the page. This is especially interesting for the small mobile devices, where the bandwidth wasted for ads also eats a LOT of peoples battery stamina. I use various kinds of adblockers, and feel a l

Thanks for the insight. Another view would be: No collection, no risk of loosing it. wilfully or accidentally. An old saying goes: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. In the US almost anyone can get a gun, most likely primarily bought with good intentions for protection, and big surprise a lot of malicious stuff follows by that. In other countries were guns are harder to get at, big surprise: Fewer are shot. And don't get me wrong, a lot of evil happens all over the world, so it is by far limited to guns. The price of easy access to lethal weapons are dead people

Indeed it does... But slightly less than a virtual keyboard though

Large mailbox, and strong postman needed..... 😜

In the meantime, you can get a click-on keyboard for the Sammy S8- Not fantastic, but it works - and comes in qwertZ too e.g. this, I've used it for a year, see this

Exactly my point. In three years we do not care if we in 2019 made a tiny ½TB dedicated to some purpose. And a Pro2 or 3 are likely to come with eSim (or something new) so the sim we got in 2019 will not work with 6G anyway 😇😜

I would suggest to start with some out-dated sim and a small SD, so damage by destroying either would be very limited. Then you are more certain to do it right on the real cards. I do not know if dual slots are identical for different vendors, but I would guess so. So most likely the created dual-card could be used in another device - but that is purely theoretical, as you of course will not want anything but the Pro1 for the next many years, unless they make a pro2 😜😜 ...And by then the devices will have eSim, and 512GB will be considered small....

It means that if you make a new order today, they now expect to be able to ship it to you in 4-6 weeks.

Nice to see your concern for the poor postman that has to be out to delver it. 😇 Let us hope you get it before it gets warm again. 😜

I would suggest to buy the cheap phone now, and then see when things have settled and the pre-orders are all delivered, If you need the device NOW we should be really optimistic to expect you could have it with either qwertY or qwertZ before Christmas. Then see what the situation is, and IF they are going to make a Scandic layout, then wait for that, alternatively buy the qwertZ variant that is REALLY close to Swedish/Finnish layout, quite close to Norwegian (öä rather than øæ), and for Danish with the last two swapped. It works just fine for me as a Dane, so should be at the least as goo

It must be few coupons. We know there were only 1653 "backers". Some of these were mere donations, a few got a Mod, and some got a refund... How many that leaves is anyone's guess..

I'm pretty sure eSim is a separate chip, not in the standard chip-set. And no I have not heard mentioned that the Pro1 should have it. Could be cool, and would have helped those that need more than one carrier AND even more than the 128GB storage.

I agree, though one should remember that "If you do not input any personal information" is not as easy as it sounds. As they collect your position data(*), and that alone would be enough to identify most of us. And especially if you also use the narcissistic media, e.g. Faecesbook, plus the search history. They can link it all together and get a quite accurate picture of most people. (*) Position data are NOT limited to GPS. But also what WiFi networks and cellular masts are visible...

Absolutely. As I said "a simple inside job is all it takes"

You can safely replace "could happen" with "will happen". Even if illegal, at some point data gets stolen by someone. There are no tight systems. Though I would not consider other OS more safe as such, but at least they do not openly collect ALL the info they can scrape together like Google does, so the data could be leaked from either the phone OR Google. But the risk of an individual phone being hacked to get it's info is much much less than that the massive storage of data at Google will be attacked - a simple inside job is all it takes....

And worse than that. In some countries information about political activity or even just sexual preferences could have life-threatening consequences in the hands of the wrong people.

See the XDA review linked here

Not quite, But applying power makes it turn On by default.