In a World Without BlackBerry, Physical Keyboards on Phones Are Making a Comeback ...

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The main reason Apple switched to “slide to stop” is to keep people from accidentally turning off alarms when they’re groggy in the morning. On iOS 18, when an alarm went off, you were presented with ...

Ayaneo is no stranger to Android handhelds, but now it’s turning attention towards an arguably less competitive landscape: smartphones. The Ayaneo Pocket Play combines a fairly modern-looking Android ...

Ayaneo has officially unveiled its first smartphone, the Pocket Play, a device designed to merge mobile convenience with console-level gaming. The company describes it as a phone infused with the soul ...

Slider phones are a core memory for many, between the classic QWERTY phones of the early 2000’s to Sony’s iconic Xperia Play phone that packed a physical game controller inside of a phone. Now, that ...

I love my side kick slide, I have had it for awhile now, its slim, easy to carry around in your pocket, its not to balky, the screen is big and bright, i love the full keyboard, but i don't like that ...

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...

Ayaneo has officially confirmed its entry into the smartphone market. At its 2025-2026 strategy briefing, the company announced plans to launch its first gaming smartphone, named the Ayaneo Phone.

OnePlus is giving a heads-up about the change to its fans, who have been protective of the slider in the past. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and ...

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has announced that the company is ditching the iconic alert slider on its phones. The company is working to bring a customizable button similar to the action button on iPhones.

OnePlus and OPPO could purportedly drop the alert slider feature on their phones. The brands would apparently switch to a remappable hardware button instead. This would be a major change for OnePlus ...