That’s thanks to the RockUp Slider Hinge, which allows the phone to essentially split into two parts: The top for the 6.39-inch AMOLED display and the bottom housing the keyboard (along with the rest of the phone’s components). The way the display effortlessly slides out and rests on the edge of the keyboard with a slight tilt, mimicking the angle of a laptop, is magnificent. That’s not to say the mobile company didn’t do a fantastic job fitting a proper keyboard on the phone. I’m not sure if I can rank this among the best smartphones.
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In fact, I wrote some of this review using just the phone.īut then I thought to myself, “wait, I have a perfectly good laptop with a wider screen, non-squished keyboard layout, and fully capable Windows OS sitting right next to me.” This is where the cracks start to show, as there are only a handful of ways a bulky phone running Android 11 with subpar cameras can truly come in handy. With a 6.39-inch AMOLED display, surprising performance for its MediaTek Dimensity 8000 processor, and a wicked slide-out keyboard with programmable keys, I didn’t really feel like I stepped back into a time before iPhone and Android took over. What’s that? The noughties want their smartphone back? Well they can’t have it, as Planet Computers has given a reason for keyboards on phones to still exist with the Astro Slide. Over £2.1 million and more than 6,100 backers later, the Astro Slide 5G is now out in the wild and brushing shoulders with modern smartphones. Not those clicky phone buttons on the long-extinct BlackBerry as in a full-on mechanical backlit keyboard. Who knew there would be a demand for keyboards on phones in a world of on-screen keyboards and haptic feedback? Back in 2020, London-based mobile company Planet Computers set up a crowdfunding campaign for the Astro Slide, a 5G smartphone with an actual keyboard.
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