It’s all free (if you make it yourself) and open source.

https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry

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I had an idea for a similar product, just didn’t have the time to get the right people to make it :p Really cool, and I didn’t think of using an actual replacement keyboard.

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The replacement keyboard removes like 90% of the headache and the minimum order quantity.

If you want to go and make it, I’d be more than happy. I’d even be happy for someone making them and selling them, as long as my repo is mentioned somewhere.

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Indeed. Tho there probably aren’t too many left in stock to make a larger-scale product, unless there’s a full warehouse of them from when BB started losing to touchscreen devices.

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There are actually surprisingly many of these still around, considering that the Blackberry Q10 came out 10 years ago.

But yeah, to sell >1000 or so of them, there’s probably not enough supply.

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Pretty neat, I likey 👍. Looks impressively slim too, especially being a DIY thing

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I’d love to see that for an iPhone.

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What emoji did you use here? Can’t see it on my Android ☹️

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I didn’t use any emoji, but I will now: :-)

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It is actually iPhone (theoretically) iPhone compatible. Just hasn’t been tested.

You just need a Lightning OTG connector instead of the USB C OTG one, and you need to adjust the case to fit the iPhone.

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That’s super cool.

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Thanks!

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it’s an interesting concept but are physical keys better/more responsive than the software/digital keyboard?

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It’s a real keypad from a BB device, so I’m pretty positive they are.

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Oh yes! :)

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Much better. I use the software keyboard when I want to type quietly or when the phone needs to charge and it’s always a major main, compared to the physical keyboard.

I can type on the physical keyboard while walking and not looking at it, without making mistakes. While right now I struggle (on the software keyboard) to output anything resembling correct Englisch while lieing in my bed and looking at the phone.

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