Hello people, I hope this wasn’t discussed in a previous topic (made just a simple search): Would it be possible to produce a fairphone with a hardware-keyboard? Thought about ordering a second fairphone for me after we bought the first one for my girlfriend but in the end I went for an used Motor…

[image] saljut7: So I thought: There would be a chance to produce a fairphone with a real qwerty-keyboard? Nothing is impossible, but, that I know of, a model with physical keyboard is not in the short nor long term plans for Fairphone. Sorry. :wink:

With the present Fairphones something you can do is pair a bluetooth keyboard. And there are some that are very small, I have seen ones encased within a phone protective case, for instance, that’d just deploy like a flap. While there may not be “the exact case for fairphone size”, searching along …

Thank you for your replies and advices. In my opinion the fairphone is related to it’s price more an “upper class device” (especially because there are no possibilities to get it cheaper with a contract - a lot of people who really would love to use a fairphone can not for financial reasons). So es…

@saljut7 - it does depend what country you’re in. There are a couple of countries (including the UK) which Fairphone have established deals with mobile operators. In the UK you can buy your Fairphone outright through the Phone Co-op or you can take it out on contract without the upfront cost. It is…

Hey Chris_R, thanks for your answer (especially for the information how you can buy a FP in UK), took me a while to answer here. Well, got a new idea about enhancing fairphone with keyboards (I would deny your statement people running away from blackberries - I recognize the opposite, two of my f…

You could add this to the FP2 wishlist . :slight_smile:

[image] Stefan: You could add this to the FP2 wishlist . :slight_smile: /done :blush: (Edit: some more characters)

Now that the specifications of Fairphone 2 have been announced, it looks like something along the line might be possible. There are connectors that could be used for stuff like NFC, wireless charging, and possibly also for a keyboard. Somewhere I’ve read the connectors speak USB, which sounds like a…

[image] jftr: Now that the specifications of Fairphone 2 have been announced, it looks like something along the line might be possible. There are connectors that could be used for stuff like NFC, wireless charging, and possibly also for a keyboard. Somewhere I’ve read the connectors speak USB, w…

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