{"id":11849,"date":"2025-06-23T04:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/we-solved-the-smartphone-keyboard-problem-back-in-2013-its-time-to-bring-this-concept-back\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T04:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:29:58","slug":"we-solved-the-smartphone-keyboard-problem-back-in-2013-its-time-to-bring-this-concept-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/we-solved-the-smartphone-keyboard-problem-back-in-2013-its-time-to-bring-this-concept-back\/","title":{"rendered":"We solved the Smartphone Keyboard problem back in 2013\u2026 It\u2019s time to bring this concept back"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve owned a smartphone for a decade. I think a decade should be enough time to really go over a learning curve and become a master of something\u2026 but here\u2019s the problem. I\u2019ve typed relentlessly on touchscreens for ten freaking years yet I still make typos \u2013 more so than ever. Ten years should be enough to be able to navigate a keyboard without problems, right? Enough time to develop muscle memory to type flawlessly. I still make at least one typo every 2 sentences, which by ANY standard, is horrendous\u2026 especially after a decade of it.<\/p>\n

Touchscreen keyboards are fundamentally broken. No level of swipe-to-type or alternative keyboard formats\/designs will fix this. I also got my hands on the Clicks<\/a> keyboard for my iPhone 15 Pro, and while it solves the typing problem (phenomenally well, if I may add), it doesn\u2019t solve the real estate problem. The resulting device is at least 40% longer than my existing phone\u2026 resolving a typing issue by creating a size issue doesn\u2019t seem like the best kind of fix, but I found myself stopping dead in my tracks when I stumbled across this concept from Jet Weng (founder of case-making brand SUPCASE<\/a>). Concept Plumage builds a keyboard right into the phone\u2019s case in a way that doesn\u2019t extend the phone\u2019s inherent footprint. For a concept released in 2013 (when Windows Phones were still a thing), it seemed way too futuristic its time, but in today\u2019s reality, Concept Plumage can absolutely exist\u2026 and it should.<\/p>\n

Designer: Jet Weng<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When Weng designed the Concept Plumage, he envisioned the phone as having just \u2018half\u2019 a screen. Sort of like a Blackberry-esque device, Plumage would remain shut most of the time, but would open sort of like peeling a banana to reveal a screen on top and a physical keyboard at the bottom. Flip, type confidently, navigate the web, use the upper touch-sensitive screen, flip back to shut the phone. It\u2019s elegant and user-friendly, even though the Concept Plumage essentially absorbs half of your phone\u2019s screen space (or rather, the space where the screen could have been).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s really look at the big positive here \u2013 this format of \u2018flipping over a flap to reveal half a keyboard\u2019 is actually a brilliant idea. Smartphone cases could implement a keyboard like this with absolute ease. Flip the flap halfway down for a keyboard, flip it completely to use your phone\u2019s screen in its entirety. The logistics are manageable, but the pros outweigh everything I can think of.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Imagine having a smartphone with a dedicated keyboard that disappears when you don\u2019t need it. Your average smartphone now has AI \u2013 it\u2019s VASTLY more powerful than laptops from a decade ago \u2013 the only thing really stopping it from becoming a full-fledged personal computer is the fact that typing on a touch-sensitive screen is still such a massive problem\u2026 nearly 20 years after Jobs unveiled the first multitouch display on the first ever smartphone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Weng\u2019s concept from 12 years ago still sounds extremely promising for phones of today. If anyone from SUPCASE is reading this, you\u2019re sitting on a goldmine. Keyboards run on BLE, and can be made to be really thin. Develop a keyboard that snaps to the front of your phone and runs for weeks (if not months) on a minuscule battery. Since half the flap houses the keyboard itself, the other half could be the processor, battery, and potentially a wireless charging coil that juices your keyboard flap in minutes, allowing it to run for months. Or better still, ditch the wireless charging headache for a simple solar panel that keeps your keyboard perpetually juiced.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 2025 \u2013 I really don\u2019t think we\u2019re making much progress if humankind still wastes 10-20% of their time backspacing words because of dumb typos. We could fix keyboards, smartphones, and by extent, portable personal handheld computing. It\u2019s just a question of who builds the prototype first.<\/p>\n

The post We solved the Smartphone Keyboard problem back in 2013\u2026 It\u2019s time to bring this concept back<\/a> first appeared on Yanko Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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