Originally Posted by Steve5424:
“I would say that in a few years nearly all phones will be touch screen, simply because the technology is improving at such a fast rate that modern touch phones are light years away from the early ones a few years ago. Simple to use and really responsive.
Of course there are some that still feature full qwerty keyboards for typing on.”
Simple to use for who? People forget that there are people who find it difficult to see screen for phones. Phones are getting more complex, touch screens are adding more features onto phones, not everyone want a phone that does everything.
Older people prefer phones they can use for calls and maybe the odd text, all the menus some phones have, even some of the ones that are suppose to be easy to use can confuse people who are not into tech.
I can work out how to use most things technical, I am one of these people who don't bother with the manual unless I really have to, the only time I bothered with the manual for my HTC s710 was when the thing went wrong and I had to reset it. But that don't mean I want touch screen. touch screen is fine on say information systems, like say in a museum, but for a phone I prefer proper keys.
Thankfully touch screen have not come on home phones, or I have not seen any, lets hope that don't happening.