And fix the spring steering thingy maybe. Feels like you're driving a boat, which is dangerous, because you underestimate speed.
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It is not only safety - stupid screen is eating the battery for no reason.
There used to be a concern of lights draining a car battery preventing it from starting the ignition, but nowadays all the lights are LED so it's many times more efficient.
The power consumption of a tablet is next to nothing compared to the power it takes to move an EV.
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Glad they return to the old proven ways. It’s so much safer to have proper buttons and dials.
Hyundai and now VW? Who's next?
Most of them, probably. It's a new requirement in EU to get 5/5 stars safety rating.
That's also why it's specifically 5 features - that's the bare minimum.
honestly, I'm all for buttons on phones too, I miss my sideout keyboard.
Even on "near 100% screen" devices, there's still real estate on the side, for some function buttons, like ~~bixby~~, back, home, etc. My Windows Phone Nokia had a dedicated camera button that could have alternative functions in some applications.
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I am too young and missed this era of phones, but personally I don't like the idea of slide out keyboards. They seem like they would be very prone to dirt clogging it up. Would it even be possible to get an IP68 rating with a slide out keyboard?
The one phone feature I miss most is the alert slider from the OnePlus 5T I had. The 3 position switch is so intuitive when it comes to putting the phone on vibrate or mute. It sucks that no other phones have it, as I vowed never to buy a OnePlus phone again due to them never selling phones officially in my country. That, the increase in price, the trend towards more mainstream conformity, and the software deficiencies really soured my opinions of OnePlus.
the keyboards back in the day were generally dustproof, yes, with only the gap between the keyboard and the rest of the phone being an issue. the keys weren't like the keys on a laptop, generally, they were more like buttons under a solid plastic sheet, that's how they kept it from gettng dirty!
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Especially for gaming. My old Nokia N81 kicked this rectangular piece of glass's ass when it comes to gaming because I could actually comfortably play games that weren't turn based and didn't need to slap an overlay onto the screen.
My favorite phone was my LG enV2 with the physical qwerty keyboard. Thing would keep its charge for weeks, and I could just chuck it across a room with no consequences. Not a smartphone obviously, but it was great for its time.
This will be another nice side effect of Tesla shitting the bed. They were the ones that started this trend and now that they are out of fashion, it will become unfashionable again.
Whoever thought touch button for blinking signs is a good idea 😆
So many Teslas blinking wrong on the streets now…
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Tesla already backtracked on some touch-screen controls.
The world is healing
Step 1: Make insanely stupid design decision to save $2
Step 2: Sell reversal as an upgrade