They greatly improve usability&productivity imho, plus having the keyboard higher ( on screen buttons) is annoying for people who don't have massive hands like mine.
I've always been using Samsung (S2 for 2 years, then S4 for 2 years), with no complaints, then I went to a Z3 for 4 months, which is now at the insurer for repairs/replacement, now I'm temporarily using a HTC One M7, my dads old phone. Also from work I use an S3 ( usually I used my own private Z3 for work calls too, as I hated carrying more than 2 phones and have unlimited calls anyhow).
Now that I'm using the HTC One, I come to realise, how much I miss the dedicated buttons on bottom: Home, back and taskman/applications. Why do the Android devs insist/recommend placing them on screen ?
It's a waste of valuable screen space, plus it moves the keyboard upwards, which is annoying. The new HTC One lacks these buttons and I personally think that is a mistake.
I'm tempted to just replace the cracked screen myself, perhaps replace the battery while I'm at it, and keep the HTC One M7, as since I updated the software ( dad was running ancient android 4.2 or so) to 5.0 and new HTC Sense, I love it, fair enough I'm not multitasking as much as on my Z3, and I miss the SD slot ( 32gb is to litte space), but overall, this phone is FAR superior to the Z3 for my use, if only it had 3gb of ram, an SD slot, and a newer APU
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Before Android I have had an N97, and my dad had a Desire Z around my S2 times, both of these had a physical QWERTY too, I loved both these phones, Symbian was terrible but the physique/body was great. The Desire Z was also awesome, and I find it very unfortunate they never made a new one with better hardware ( cpu&ram).
But, long story short, I got 2 buttons back and got rid of the on-screen buttons on the bottom, and the phone immediately works far more to my liking, why does Google insist for phone makers to remove them ? Luckily there still is Samsung who are dominant enough to keep the buttons and tell Google to FO basically
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I've always been using Samsung (S2 for 2 years, then S4 for 2 years), with no complaints, then I went to a Z3 for 4 months, which is now at the insurer for repairs/replacement, now I'm temporarily using a HTC One M7, my dads old phone. Also from work I use an S3 ( usually I used my own private Z3 for work calls too, as I hated carrying more than 2 phones and have unlimited calls anyhow).
Now that I'm using the HTC One, I come to realise, how much I miss the dedicated buttons on bottom: Home, back and taskman/applications. Why do the Android devs insist/recommend placing them on screen ?
It's a waste of valuable screen space, plus it moves the keyboard upwards, which is annoying. The new HTC One lacks these buttons and I personally think that is a mistake.
I'm tempted to just replace the cracked screen myself, perhaps replace the battery while I'm at it, and keep the HTC One M7, as since I updated the software ( dad was running ancient android 4.2 or so) to 5.0 and new HTC Sense, I love it, fair enough I'm not multitasking as much as on my Z3, and I miss the SD slot ( 32gb is to litte space), but overall, this phone is FAR superior to the Z3 for my use, if only it had 3gb of ram, an SD slot, and a newer APU
.Before Android I have had an N97, and my dad had a Desire Z around my S2 times, both of these had a physical QWERTY too, I loved both these phones, Symbian was terrible but the physique/body was great. The Desire Z was also awesome, and I find it very unfortunate they never made a new one with better hardware ( cpu&ram).
But, long story short, I got 2 buttons back and got rid of the on-screen buttons on the bottom, and the phone immediately works far more to my liking, why does Google insist for phone makers to remove them ? Luckily there still is Samsung who are dominant enough to keep the buttons and tell Google to FO basically
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