Do you remember first generation smart (!) Phones? I’m not talking about those with touchscreen, iOS, Android or Windows operating system. I am talking about phones with a physical QWERTY keyboard, which allow you to access the Internet or check your e-mail with a rather slow connection speed. With the new generation mobile operating systems, the number of phones with physical keyboards has decreased rapidly since Multi-touch or Turkish multi-touch smartphones have been released. However, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has received a patent that will combine physical QWERTY keyboards with next-generation smartphones. Image of Oppo’s patent that will give smartphones a physical keyboard According to the patent application approved by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Oppo is developing a physical QWERTY keyboard that you can connect externally to your smartphone. According to the patent, the keyboard will be connected to your smartphone via a case. Then you will be able to use your device like a mini laptop by turning it on its side. As a matter of fact, the technology that Oppo has shown in its patent is not very foreign to us. For some time now LG has been introducing external accessories that give some smartphones a second screen. Also, bringing a physical keyboard to a full screen device with the help of a case is an experience that we are more than used to with iPads. Although Oppo’s patent is not a harbinger of a revolution in the smartphone industry, it can be considered a positive development for those who want to write ten fingers on their smartphones. However, the physical keyboard in patent images has smaller dimensions than even a standard smartphone screen. How possible is it to write ten fingers on a physical keyboard of such small size; The answer to this question remains to our valuable followers.
