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I certainly hope that we will be able to map all kind of combinations of the shift keys, I would think that an obvious choice would be to have Ctrl+†+digits give the superscript digits, (aka exponents).

I do not think that it is 100% certain yet. But I'm pretty sure that the letters of the standard QWERTY delivered will be right shifted one key. Personally I am likely to go for the German QWERTZ print layout, accepting the Z/Y to have the print swapped to get the letters in their standard positions (better for languages with national letters, e.g. Danish for me). A few other keys would also have 'wrong' print, but I for one can live with that. It might be an option to consider for those that do not want the partly shifted keyboard for whatever other reasons too.

What about casting "priorities" rather than "votes" My priorities as not German should not count. But personally I would prioritise: 4,2,1,3, and does not really care if the degree is printed or not (nor where if)

Usually it is the editor you are using that are handling any smart substitutions. e.g. these (enlarged) »« , “” or „‟ (the last pair u201E u201F looks a bit odd in some fonts though) similar as smileys substituted by emoticons.

If a pre-order is made without a coupon code, that would work fine. But if made with a code, I do not know if the coupon is revitalized on a cancel, so in that case I think it would be better to ask them to modify the order manually.

BlackBerry (Or rather BlackBerry Mobile - a subside of TCL licensing the BB name) has made the Key1&2 that are slabs of 'normal' phablet exterior dimensions with a fixed keyboard in Portrait orientation, permanently using roughly a third of the area. To my knowledge there have been no public plans to actually make any slider by BBMo, in right or wrong direction. I too prefer landscape sliders, but I DO understand that for those not using a keyboard that much, and with small fingers, a portrait slider is a tempting alternative, as so many lazy programmers does not optimise their apps for

Ah of course, now I get it!. Thanks! They are trying to probe with a very thin blade if it can glide under.

I assume you are Swedish, so all you would need to remember to use Swedish layout width the QWERTZ print is that 1) Y and Z are swapped 2) The Å key got Ü printed on it Might not be 100% perfect, but much closer that the standard QWERTY. (It will not be a show stopper for me as a Dane - even if the öä for us are also swapped and with different symbols than our æø)

I Agree with you (almost) all the way., but strictly on the PS, IF one down-clocked a 845 or 855 to the same performance as a 835, I'm quite sure it would be leaner on the battery. But totally agree that 835 will be enough for practically any potential buyer, and helps the price from sky-rocketing. It is not that this is a device likely to appeal to the most demanding gaming users anyway. So 845 would have been a waste of money, And I doubt that 4G will be obsolete within the next ten years (not even 2G are today....), so the 5G benefit of a 855 is more of a 'nice-to-have' than a 'need-to-

Well not to stir up a commotions or saying anything one way or the other, but currently it seems rather unclear what the Brexit situation will be when this ships, so I would say it is hard to guess.

Optional firmware bezels, sounds like a great workaround, so those that want a completely flat display area can have that. Hope they will be able to offer that as an option.

They twitted this small video But can anyone tell me what we are actually seeing? What is applied in the first part? And what is the last? Cooling? Nice to see it's moving ahead non the less. :)

That symbols such as the degree symbol ° are not printed does nor mean that they would not be available. An obvious choice would be "strg"+†+0 But this is easy to decide/modify later. :)

It should be something well beyond €100 extra for me NOT to gladly accept the three above, to get removable batteries.... ESPECIALLY if it is battery used in other devices, so there are likely to be long availability of spare batteries. (Here a list of around 100 devices with removable batteries with a capacity in that region) e.g. the Nokia 1 Plus

Well just google for images elephone "U PRO" See this from previous page Below (hi res) image from trustedreviews show the soft curve quite clearly Or see this video (starting about , and the next about 30 sec - well he keeps praising the display later in the video also)

Personally I would prefer something like this over both the QWERTY and QWERTZ. I like the "Z/Y" print idea, an easy way to handle the difference. (The actual BEHAVIOUR of the keys can easily be user selectable, no need to lock down to one common for all users)

I'm with you all the way! On your concerns: We know the new screen is one used in several phones. e.g. "Elephone U Pro" (see e.g. this), so that should help on the availability, no matter the destination of F(x)tec. And on the battery. Even if it is not replaceable, I would say that two years of battery life is on the pessimistic side. BUT it depends on how you treat the battery!. I have written several post on this at my tiny blog, start e.g. here that links to more info.

It has been mentioned earlier here, but I have not heard any plans for a print. Though I'm sure that if there are enough interested, a print could be made. And even if no print I'm sure it will be possible to have 'any' layout logically. Of course this will be most helpful for languages that normally have a layout closer to a printed one, as this would require the user to only remember a few keys, Where a Russian layout with say a QWERTY would have wrong letters printed on (almost?) all letter keys.

I'm quite sure that we will be able to have the layout we want software-wise, including all kind of special symbols and nationally bound letters. So the discussion here is merely on what should be printed on the keys. It is an interesting idea if a Swiss layout could be a compromise that is acceptable to several nationalities.

Ouch! That was a nasty one! ;( Though I'm quite sure the Pro¹ parcel is going to be both smaller and lighter than a chair. ;) But it could still be disproportional expensive.

Indeed! Living reasonably close to a border or having friends at the other side, can make a huge difference. I remember once when I should send a Ricoh camera to Germany for repair, it would cost a minor fortune from Denmark, but as a friend was visiting Berlin a few days later he brought it and sent it for 'next to nothing'... Though compared to the €650 it is likely to be marginal.

I'm totally with you, I saw it as an annoying back step when going from N97mini to Xperia Pro. (The N97 was on the other hand utterly useless outdoors except at night, due to very very poor contrast, I actually used a Samsung Wave when outdoors...) I do recall that the N97mini was not intuitive to open though. That you needed to press slightly 'downwards' with the slide, meant that when you showed it to new people, they were usually unable to open it. Not a big deal today when everyone got a phone, but back then it was not uncommon that someone borrowed my phone, and could not open it.

The whole idea behind this mechanism is two arms of different lengths, so the angle is going to be completely fixed at a specific point in the extend. From 0° when closed, to 25° raised fully opened. (Or as F(x)tec oddly count: 180° when closed to 155° open) This keeps the mechanism rather simple, and thus stable over time, compared to the double motion ones with the slide and tilt as two independent mechanisms. In my experience, the double arm system is also MUCH easier to blow free of pocket lint or the like. My N97mini only occasionally needed you to blow at it. Both the SE Xperia Pr

I would claim that we the last couple of years has seen an incline in he prices, but a very limited evolution of the phablets. So the incitement to upgrade what ever we have is lacking or at the least limited. For many years the prices of the 'flagships' was roughly the same, but the phones improved YoY. The last almost ten years we have seen a decrease in variation, so almost only slabs are available, and even with very small variation in the stamina. We have had slowly increased surfaces, increased pixel density, and increased image qualities of the camera substitutes. And to handle this in

For the principal functionality, I'm sure you are right. But it seems that not all apps handle it equally well. e.g. apps 'locking' to a specific phone number. Hence the popularity of the cloning apps. You might want to use the same account with two phone numbers if you operate in a border region, and would avoid roaming. Or it could be a work&private scenario, where you would like things separated.