Forget the folding screen phone, this is the smartphone you really need!

The promise of Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X about a screen large enough to allow you to finish the job quickly is still there, but in fact, the screen of these two products is considered suitable for tasks that are more entertaining than work. Simply because the screen is one thing, but when it comes to the ability to support the work, the keyboard is also extremely important factor. Surely you won't want to work hours with a virtual keyboard! At the same time, the selling price of the two folding screen devices is also too high, which is difficult to reach the majority of users.

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For now, take some time with MWC 2019 and join me in learning about F (x) tec Pro1 - a special smartphone, featuring a typical physical keyboard, reminiscent of a heyday of Windows Mobile or Motorola Droid that many people still have regret when mentioning.

Yes, F (x) tec Pro1, a phone with a rather difficult name to remember is not outstanding, and the design of this phone itself is the same, classic, hard but still contains the charms undeniable. See, F (x) tec Pro1 is the successor of the spirit of Droid and HTC with the presence of a full physical keyboard, which has been "extinct" in the past few years by the arrival of fashionable, polished, fashionable metal plates, it seems that for a long time, phones have been gradually regarded as jewelry, a technological toy and not a work-related device. However, the people behind the F (x) tec Pro1 project did not think so.

The difference is that F (x) tec Pro1 is significantly more powerful than any device that supports previous physical keyboards: Owning one of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 leading chipsets, along with 6GB of RAM , 128GB internal memory, 12 megapixel main camera, AMOLED screen 5.99 inch 2160 x 1080 resolution, 3.200mAh battery can be charged via USB Type-C and technology support Quick Charge 3.0. WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, and NFC are also integrated, and 3.5 mm music port has not been removed.

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With this configuration, you will definitely not be able to get top performance when compared to a smartphone in 2019, but this team behind the start-up believes that such power is enough to please comedy. all those who have been looking for a small, but still able to give them a great input experience with a physical keyboard instead of virtual keys.

For those who have experienced the keyboard of F (x) tec Pro1, the general conclusion of most of them is 2 words: Great! However, if you have been accustomed to texting and data entry on a glass panel (screen) for a long time, getting used to this physical keyboard will take a bit of time. However, after mastering this keyboard, you will see that the speed and accuracy of data entry will be significantly improved. In general, the keys of F (x) tec Pro1 have good feedback, the distance is also arranged reasonably, minimizing the wrong typing.

To get such a good physical keyboard and input experience, what you have to trade is the size. This is also the biggest drawback of F (x) tec Pro1, with measurements up to 154 x 73.6 x 13.98mm, which is nearly twice as thick as other regular smartphones like the Galaxy S10 and Pixel 3 XL. Besides, software compatibility is also a big problem for this phone. As mentioned, F (x) tec Pro1 will be pre-installed with Android 9 Pie, but is a version that the company tweaks to suit horizontal screen usage. However, the problem is that not all applications are viewed in landscape mode, so currently the phone displays the majority of popular applications that are not really good (Instagram can is the most common example of vertical application layout only). The end result will be a bit confusing, but F (x) tec has said they are also planning to improve compatibility for vertical applications. Actually, there is no need to worry about this, F (x) tec group still has many months to make necessary software tweaks before the device is officially sold.

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The more interesting thing is that this start-up is focusing on the extremely narrow segment of users, in other words, F (x) tec Pro1 is not a product for the majority. This is certainly not the first time we've seen the emergence of smart phones with physical keyboards. The brightest star in this segment at the moment is probably BlackBerry Key2, but before that there were dozens of similar products. Anything that is commented on is good, attractive, worth owning, but in the end most people are still "premature" after just over half a year of launch, and whether F (x) tec Pro1 will follow this trail?

Certainly, the number of people who want to buy smartphones with physical keyboards is also less than those who want to own regular touchscreen smartphones, but according to F (x) tec, this is an advantage because of that, the company can focus on developing their products in a specialized way in this direction, ie only suitable for customers that the company aims to. In general, F (x) tec will have a lot of work to do if he wants his "pet" to succeed.

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