QWERTY-bar Android phones

List of phones with small keyboards - available or roumored

Updated January 2017

(loosers are in there too)



Or check out GSM-ARENA's full list

 No phone today fulfills my requirements.
The best match is BlackBerry Mercury (above pic) but it lacks arrow keys.

The perfect phone for me:
  • Newest Android version
  • Updated by Google (Pixel/Nexus
  • Portrait display (at least square)
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • Physical or haptic buttons
  • Arrow keys (at least right/left)


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