Are there any non touch screen phones about?

Ricochet J · 29 Jun 2008 at 23:17

I currently have a K850i. I hate the touchscreen buttons. It's an okayish phone, not better than the previous K800i though.

My brother has the LG Viewty. I hate the touch screen. It's sluggish.

My other brother has the Prada phone. I hate the touch screen. It's sluggish.

My question is are manufacturers making non touch screen phones any more?
(Must be non slide and non flip too!!)

Thanks

Tunney · 29 Jun 2008 at 23:25

Nokia still make traditional phones.

Nokia N82 is probably their top candybar phone at the moment, though I like the E51 as well.

CoreRipOffDuo · 30 Jun 2008 at 00:50

Touch screen is the future. While manufactures won't alienate the non-touch screen users right now, there is a good chance they will do further down the line. Touch screens allow a phone to be smaller and lighter. Both of those are big selling points in today's phone market.

Top price range - Nokia N82
Medium price range - Nokia Classic
Low price range - Nokia 6300

There is other alternatives of course, but I feel Nokia offer the best value for money at the minute.

james.miller · 30 Jun 2008 at 00:55

Ricochet J said:
I currently have a K850i. I hate the touchscreen buttons. It's an okayish phone, not better than the previous K800i though.

My brother has the LG Viewty. I hate the touch screen. It's sluggish.

My other brother has the Prada phone. I hate the touch screen. It's sluggish.

My question is are manufacturers making non touch screen phones any more?
(Must be non slide and non flip too!!)

Thanks

thats because LG touchscreens (at least the viewty and prada) are resistive touchscreens. these work by sandwiching two layers of thin electrically conductive material together and measuring the resistance across them. whenever the top layer is pressed, it touches the bottom layer and a circuit is made. and yes, they are rubbish. slow, unresponsive rubbish. Phones like the iphone, are capacitive touchscreens. they measure capacitance anywhere on the screen and doesnt even require a layer of material - it can work on glass. they are are a world apart and respond very quickly indeed to the lightest touches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen

visit your local apple store to see what a proper touchscreen is capable of

Pug · 30 Jun 2008 at 09:50

james.miller said:
visit your local apple store to see what a proper touchscreen is capable of

i would echo this, however, as standard, basic but decent phones go the 6300 is pretty difficult to pass up.

BlackDragon · 30 Jun 2008 at 11:51

I've just got a TyTn II phone. You can use the touch-screen, or you can slide out the keyboard and use the buttons there. Although I prefer to use the touch screen.

*Chris · 30 Jun 2008 at 11:53

i dont use the gubbins much on a phone, i take a few pictures but nothing that super, so a 2MP camera and a phone with buttons is fine for me (I do a lot of texting and hate the texting on touch screen phones), so I bought a cheap k750i off a friend for £15 and probably wont change it until it dies.

leezer3 · 30 Jun 2008 at 12:47

james.miller said:
visit your local apple store to see what a proper touchscreen is capable of

Being a godawful piece of garbage?

Touchscreens and their ilk are a very love-hate type of technology. I've tried a large number of them, and have never found one which I can stand using properly. (For the record, I also intensely dislike touchpads on laptops; Trackpoint or external mouse please)

I settled on the N95; The slide could feel much better, but otherwise it's better in pretty much all regards to a traditional phone.

Cheers

-Leezer-

james.miller · 30 Jun 2008 at 12:53

leezer3 said:
Being a godawful piece of garbage?
Touchscreens and their ilk are a very love-hate type of technology. I've tried a large number of them, and have never found one which I can stand using properly. (For the record, I also intensely dislike touchpads on laptops; Trackpoint or external mouse please)

I settled on the N95; The slide could feel much better, but otherwise it's better in pretty much all regards to a traditional phone.

Cheers

-Leezer-

oh rubbish. the phone behind the screen aside, the touchscreen itself is sublime. i own a viewty, n95 and iphone by the way. this thread isnt about how good or bad we think the iphone is, its about the screen. same type of screen as that used on the nintendo DS, that too is very responsive.

oh....and my iphone remains the phone for day to day use. my n95 is only used when im out on the town taking pics. the viewty.....well, thats not used at all and its getting sold.there are a lot of things the ipone doesnt do out of the box, most of which can be solved with additional software - ie, my iphone now records video and audio, i can send and recieve mms ect. bluetooth filetransfer probably will never work, but thats not a major issue for me. 3g isnt missed, i can type messages quicker on my iphone than i can on my n95 ect