Call buttons - an endangered species
by Volker Weber
Call buttons have become an endangered species. And they are one of the things I love about the Nokia 808 PureView. You can always take or reject a call without looking at the phone. The menu button is in the middle, the right side of the phone has the only other buttons: volume rocker, shutter release, lock/unlock screen. Almost perfect. Would only like to have a rotation lock.
Comments
I can understand manufacturers wanting only softkeys - easier to customise. But a very small number of hardware buttons do have their place. The ability to accept/reject call easily via hardware button is one of the features I really LIKE about the BlackBerry 9930 I use for work.
It's more difficult on my personal phone - android Razr MAXX. On the Razr, I have to press a softkey to access the softkeys that then allow me to answer or reject the call. And this operation, of course, requires one to look at the phone.
The design I see in your pic of the Nokia shows a better option than either of my phones offer.
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Das ist das größte Ärgernis am N8, manchmal packt man in der Hosentasche einfach auf die falsche Stelle des Screens...
