Yes that’s another thing I’ve heard that people have trouble with: needing to type a number quickly in order to get where you need to be in a menu on a call. Not something I’ve needed to do as yet.
> On 4 Jan 2019, at 10:19, Arlene <arlenes71...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > When we go out I always take one of our button phones, there are times we > need to check our bank balances and it's more doable with the buttons. With > inputting the numbers from the screen, you would need to be real quick for it > to work, and some of you might be quicker than me at doing that. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Angie Nutt <mailto:an...@comproom.co.uk> >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2019 3:36 AM >> Subject: Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen >> >> In my job I come across plenty of people who have either tried and don’t >> like the touch screen or have tried and just can’t get on with it. While I >> personally use the touch screen most of the time I can appreciate why >> buttons are useful as in making phone calls and I would probably find it >> quicker but I don’t use my iPhone as an actual phone that often. I am of >> course referring to numbers not in contacts being quicker to type on a >> hardware keyboard. I also know quite a few who really loved their original >> RIVo and those who have the RIVO 2 seem to feel the same. Personally, I just >> couldn’t get my head round it; it just isn’t for me. >> >> >> >>> On 3 Jan 2019, at 16:09, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca >>> <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote: >>> >>> I think I heard about this before and maybe this is a newer version, but >>> for the most part I am amazed at how much trouble people go to and how much >>> money they spend to take away the strength of the iPhone or, for that >>> matter, other advanced smartphones. I understand that there might be a few >>> cases where a person for whatever reason can't touch the phone, e.g. if >>> they are quadriplegic, have no hands etc. Apple and now Google have put a >>> lot of very smart people to work to come up with this incredible way to >>> make touchscreen devices extremely accessible, apps like Flicktype make >>> typing very efficient with a bit of practice yet some people still think >>> they are better off trying to avoid touching that screen as much as >>> possible. 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