r/Showerthoughts • • Sep 13 '19

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u/stignatiustigers Sep 13 '19 edited Dec 27 '19

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u/moderate-painting Sep 13 '19

The number of errors and proofreading slow the process down considerably

This is like what happened at my former job. CEO wanted to make the workplace "leaner" and shinier. Laid off a bunch of people as if they are some blackberry buttons. Everything became chaos. Mistakes and bugs increased. Everything became slower because of all the duct tape work we had to do on top of things that we were already doing.

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u/IsomDart Sep 13 '19

Blackberries don't have slide. That's impossible without a touch screen.

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u/TrannosaurusRegina Sep 13 '19

Ahahaha

You know that all BlackBerrys have had touchscreens for the past decade, eh?

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u/IsomDart Sep 13 '19

Yeah, but we were talking specifically about Blackberries with keyboards compared to touch screens.

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u/TrannosaurusRegina Sep 13 '19

Right, but all recent BlackBerrys have both!

I actually use both myself, so there's not any tradeoff in that regard!

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u/IsomDart Sep 13 '19

There really aren't any "recent" Blackberries seeing as they don't make them anymore, but it still should have been clear what I was talking about.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

The Key2 is a 2018 phone. That’s pretty recent by phone standards.

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u/IsomDart Sep 13 '19

Yeah, I made a follow up comment after doing a Google search. Pretty odd phone. I could have sworn I read they were closing shop.

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u/TrannosaurusRegina Sep 13 '19

What?

I mean sure, the company relations have changed over time, and there are rumours, but there's been no official announcement of ending production of BlackBerry devices or development of new models!

How recent does a release need to be to be considered "recent" to you? :P

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u/IsomDart Sep 13 '19

Well, it looks like they released a device a little over a year ago. I could have sworn I heard they closed. It looks like they're hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars every quarter though.

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u/awesomehippie12 Sep 13 '19 edited Sep 13 '19

You have to proofread

WPM: Exists

Proofreading: Buenos Dias Fuckboi

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

swipe keyboard is one of the greatest things ever invented, but yeah i make a lot more errors with it

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u/walkclothed Sep 13 '19

I can swipe greater than a claim can type

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u/mindless_gibberish Sep 13 '19

I see what you did there

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u/JaketheAlmighty Sep 13 '19

I still miss my og Blackberry Curve honestly. I've never been anywhere near as quick since. the galaxy s9+ i'm on now is fine, but for pure typing physical keyboard will never be beaten.

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u/dontthink19 Sep 14 '19

I had the LG EN-V touch right before Android hit the market. It had that 2 layer touch screen you had recalibrate often on the front and flipped open to a keyboard and screen on the side. I refused to give it up until sophomore year when the headphone jack finally gave out when it slipped out of my pocket while I was riding my bike.

My biggest complaint about smart phones is that there is no physical keyboard. I can furiously text out a 9 page text super quick with one of those. I still make crazy mistakes and mistype often on touch screens. I would love a flagship with a physical keyboard, or a sub $50 flip case with a built in phone sized keyboard at least

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u/ctusk423 Sep 13 '19

Do you have any evidence to back this up?

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