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I've been interested in Sailfish since it first launched. I love innovative OS/UI design, and tend to seek out non-mainstream, power-user orientated options when it comes to software. Sailfish seems to tick a lot of boxes for me... BUT I'm hearing that the native browser is outdated and the lack of Android app support mentioned above doesn't bode well. I don't want to be stuck in the same situation as now with good but rapidly ageing software / abandonware. So LineageOS (preferably without Google services) seems like a reasonable middle ground, even though I detest Googleware. Assuming the Pro

That's the 11 Pro. The plain 11 with two cameras is cheaper.

The iPhone 11 is $699 on apple.com - not that I would touch it with a barge pole. The Pro1 is ~$800.

Of course - totally understandable and expected that the price was lower for pre-orders. But it has jumped up twice now... will it keep going up? Is this going to be a limited run collector's item? 🙂

I held off pre-ordering the Pro1 as I wanted to see some feedback from users before buying, but the price seems to be continually creeping up - it's now above 700 Euros and more than I am comfortable spending. It's a bit disappointing. :-(

The keyboard I'm thinking about is the one on the Passport, which can hardly be called cramped. :-) I'm pretty sure BlackBerry has a patent on the capacitive touch tech in that phone and in the later phones, but I could be wrong. When I first saw the Passport, I balked at it due to the reduced key set, but I now love the thing - it's great to have the keyboard always there and ready (no need to slide/rotate the phone), and BlackBerry OS makes the experience great, even without the full set of keys. My only concern about the landscape keyboard is that pain factor of having to take it out, tu

100% this. I'd kill for a device with with a BB keyboard, good specs and running Sailfish. I'm sure BlackBerry would gladly license their keyboard tech.

I see what you mean. Maybe that's the original reason for this design choice. Still, I really don't like having an extra key between Q/A/Z and shift/caps/tab, plus having symbols on letter keys just seems wrong.

I discovered this phone a few days ago and I've gotta say: it's the first time I've been excited for a phone for a long time. I thought the days of the hardware keyboard were numbered, but it's really wonderful to see a company trying to keep the dream alive. So congrats and thanks to F(x)tec. I do have a concern though - and it's currently preventing me from placing a pre-order. My concern is the keyboard layout. From the product images, I see that the letter keys on the keyboard have been moved over to accommodate the symbol keys on the left hand side. But why have these keys been placed