Entries by Sam Liu

BBC | The phone-makers bringing buttons back

An Android phone that slides open to reveal a physical qwerty keyboard inside has launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The F(x)tec Pro1 phone also has a bespoke shutter button on the side to click when taking photos. The London start-up behind it said it wanted to “return the keyboard” to consumers. Other handsets […]

A Nokia-inspired QWERTY slider in 2019? Meet the F(x)tec Pro 1

Keyboards on phones. They’re a niche a vogue these days from the likes of BlackBerry to Planet Computers. But now, there’s at least one more player that wants to bring the HTC Dream back with a sliding keyboard phone… and a worthwhile experience to go with it. F(x)tec, a UK-based startup, has spent the past […]

F(x)tec Pro 1 – A Slider Phone for QWERTY Keyboard Lovers?

MWC Barcelona 2019 is well underway, and among the big companies such as Samsung, Huawei, LG, and Xiaomi are smaller start-ups. One of those start-ups is the UK-based F(x)tec, a company which intends to bring back well-loved features from the smartphones of old. The F(x)tec Pro 1 is their first device, and it features a […]