Button phone on "Android": model and reviews

The word "smartphone" in most people is associated with a touch phone, despite the fact that it is a smart phone, that is, a device running on the operating system. Can he then have buttons? Answer: yes. The button phone on the "Android" may not be as popular as the sensor familiar to many, but still not uncommon.

This article presents several models on the "Android" with buttons for those who prefer classic mechanics to newfangled innovations.

Samsung W2014

Samsung W2014 is a button phone on the "Android" in the form of a clamshell. Fans of ponostalgia in the old days just like it. However, the filling of this clamshell will please even the most inveterate skeptics, who claim that the button mobile phones on "Android" - this is a failure in the market of sensory smartphones.

To date, Samsung W2014 - a powerful device among smart phones with buttons. 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, one gigabyte of RAM, thirteen megapixels of camera (and considering that the manufacturer is Samsung, it's easy to guess that the pictures will be high-quality), 4 GB of its own memory + up to 64 GB from MicroSD (if desired), two full-size screens , Support for Wi-Fi and, of course, OS "Android 4.3".

Reviews

More than sixty percent of the reviews are positive. Indignant mostly those who do not accept a return to the era of clamshells and other button gadgets. In occasion of the same functional characteristics, there are no complaints. Because, given that the phone on the "Android" with a keypad is done primarily for those who want to use these buttons again, the Samsung W2014 becomes for them an excellent choice.

Samsung Galaxy Chat

Samsung Galaxy Chat - another button model from the company "Samsung". Those who are wondering if there are button phones on the "Android", you should definitely pay attention to it.

Smartphone with Android 4.0. Is no longer a novelty, and therefore its filling somewhat loses to the recently released models, but at the same time it is not simple to call it a simple one, too. QVGA screen 3 inches, extended QWERTY keyboard - Galaxy Chat looks quite presentable. A two-megapixel camera, 800 MHz processor, 4 GB of memory + the ability to use memory cards, a standard set of communication modules - all this at an affordable price pleases buyers.

Responses

Samsung Galaxy Chat took quite a lot of heat. This button phone on the "Android" corresponds to its price segment, and therefore it makes sense to pay attention to it. Which, in fact, some did. Hit button phone sales on the basis of "Android", of course, did not, but I took my niche.

LG Optimus F3Q

Released at the beginning of the 2014 LQ Optimus F3Q combined a pleasant with useful. Or, in other words, became a clear example of the "two in one" model. On the one hand, it's a button phone on the Android, on the other hand, it has a sliding keyboard, so it also has a touch screen , full-sized, as it should be.

The LQ Optimus F3Q has good characteristics: dual-core processor 1.2 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and four - built-in, two cameras (five-megapixel main and 0.3-front). To all this, there is attached only one, but very significant drawback for the domestic buyer - the smartphone is on sale only abroad and is intended only for foreign telecom operators. However, for those who often goes on business trips to other countries, it can become a real find.

Are there any reviews?

Due to the fact that LQ Optimus F3Q has not been released in the territory of the post-Soviet countries, there are almost no reviews about it. Confuses the sensor + keyboard in one bottle - it was an intermediate stage in the evolution of mobile phones and, it seems, there is no sense in returning to it.

Sonim XP6

Sonim XP6 is positioned as an armored button phone on the "Android". The protective properties of its coverage and the truth are stunning - the likelihood of breaking the gadget is very small, and then you need to try hard.

However, due to security, the appearance was lost - it is difficult to call it elegant, rather practical. The monitor, for example, according to modern standards, when smart phones tend to the size of the tablets, and the display occupies almost the entire space, the Sonim XP6 is almost microscopic.

OS Android 4.4, 4 processor cores, gigabytes of RAM and 8 - built-in. About the expansion of the volume with the help of MicroSD from the manufacturer did not hear anything.

Sonim XP6 has support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 5-megapixel camera: these characteristics are not surprising, the device has another advantage - the capacity of the battery is 4800 mAh. This value is not even for all laptops, let alone phones.

And of course, the armor, which was announced at the very beginning: it is made to military standards, the device can withstand temperatures of minus twenty and plus fifty five, a drop from a two-meter height or a dip to two meters deep under the water.

User comments

This phone is for those who engage in active sports and in whose life there is always an extreme - the rest are unlikely to appreciate this miracle. And it's true, to buy for the price claimed by manufacturers, an armored button phone on the basis of "Android", so that he just lay at home and pleased the eye - there is no point. According to reviews, Sonim XP6 absolutely corresponds to all its parameters, and protective functions are performed for one hundred percent.

Finally

The article describes only four basic models, which clearly represent the situation in the smartphone market with buttons. There are not many of them, but there is still a choice. Manufacturers often insert the keyboard as an addition to the touch screen (for example, so did in HTC Desire Z, 2010), absolutely push button smartphones less. Nevertheless, although much more is released every year, it's still too early to talk about the sunset of the keyboard era in mobile devices - after all, there are still demand for such devices.