Handheld gaming device maker GPD is working on a follow-up to last year’s GPD Win 3 handheld gaming PC. The upcoming GPD Win 4 will have a similarly compact design with a screen that slides upward to reveal a hidden keyboard. But under the hood, it will pack a lot more horsepower. GPD hasn’t announced […]
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17 Comments on F(x)tec Pro1-X smartphone with a physical keyboard begins shipping (a few years late)
F(x)tec Pro1-X smartphone with a physical keyboard begins shipping (a few years late)
17 Comments on F(x)tec Pro1-X smartphone with a physical keyboard begins shipping (a few years late)The F(x)tec Pro1-X is a smartphone with mid-range specs that manages to stand out in a market that’s probably oversaturated thanks to a few distinctive features. It’s one of the only modern smartphones with a slide-out keyboard for thumb typing on physical keys. And it’s designed to support multiple operating systems including Android 11, Ubuntu […]
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AYA Neo Slide handheld gaming PC has a slide-out keyboard and Ryzen 7 6800U
Handheld gaming PC maker AYA is expanding its product lineup. This month the company plans to launch the thin and light AYA Neo Air with an OLED display and a lower-than-usual price tag. Then the AYA Neo 2 with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor and RDNA 2 graphics is coming later this year. The […]
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Crowdfunded Astro Slide phone with slide-out keyboard, Linux support should ship in 2022
18 Comments on Crowdfunded Astro Slide phone with slide-out keyboard, Linux support should ship in 2022The Astro Slide is a smartphone with a 6.39 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a MediaTek Dimensity 800 processor, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a 4,000 mAh battery and support for wireless charging. But those aren’t the features that make this phone unusual. It also has a physical keyboard that slides out from behind the […]
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GPD Win 3 hits Indiegogo Jan 15 for $799 and up (handheld gaming PC with Intel Tiger Lake)
27 Comments on GPD Win 3 hits Indiegogo Jan 15 for $799 and up (handheld gaming PC with Intel Tiger Lake)The GPD Win 3 is a handheld gaming computer that features a 5.5 inch touchscreen display in the center and game controllers on the left and right sides. The screen can also slide up to reveal a keyboard that you can use for entering usernames, passwords, or chats. First revealed in November, the GPD Win […]
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LG’s next weird phone could have a slide-out display
The LG Wing dual screen smartphone with a T-shaped design may be the strangest phone of 2020 so far. But LG says it’s not done experimenting with new form factors yet. LG’s next weird phone might be a device with a slide-out display that provides extra screen space when you need it, and hides away when […]
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Hole punch cameras killed the pop-up selfie cam
Over the past few years smartphone makers have declared war on bezels. The black borders that surround displays have gotten smaller… and phone makers have found new places for the fingerprint sensors and cameras that used to hang out in those borders. But it looks like one solution is on its way out. Pop-up selfie […]
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F(x)tec Pro1 smartphone with keyboard slider set to ship within a week
The F(x)tec Pro1 is an oddity in the modern smartphone world — it has a physical keyboard that slides out from behind the screen. That’s a design that was fairly common a decade ago, but which has gone nearly extinct in recent years. So that might explain why it’s taken so long for the folks […]
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F(x)tec Pro 1 smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard delayed (but beta testing starts soon)
9 Comments on F(x)tec Pro 1 smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard delayed (but beta testing starts soon)When the folks behind the F(x)tec Pro 1 first unveiled their Android smartphone with a touchscreen display and a slide-out keyboard that hides behind the screen when it’s not in use, they promised the F(x)tec Pro 1 would ship in July, 2019. That’s not going to happen. But the company has been showing off working […]
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Samsung Galaxy A80’s rotating triple cameras face the front or back
Samsung’s new Galaxy A80 is a smartphone that’s nearly all screen on the front, thanks to slim bezels and no visible front-facing camera. But that’s because the three cameras on the back of the camera are also the phone’s front-facing cameras. When you fire up the camera app and switch to selfie mode, the camera […]