Once, very long ago, I had the Samsung SGH-I780,
which is great for those times made equipment Windows
Mobile touch screen resistive, optical trackball,
housing retractable stylus and full QWERTY keyboard. Then
it was something. Then for several years been told to me, however, that the physical
the keyboard is death, and the only right are touch-sensitive keyboard.
It’s almost believed it when he recently fell into my hands
Samsung Keyboard Cover, namely not quite
Normal plecki Galaxy S6 Edge +. Their unusual element
is … mechanical QWERTY keyboard .
Samsung Keyboard Cover is available so far only for two
the latest and expensive smartphones Samsung – Galaxy S6
Edge + and Galaxy Note 5. In future it will be reportedly offered to
more devices, but more important than its universality
should be the answer to the question whether such a solution yet
make sense?
A handful of thoughts on Keyboard Cover
So once I began to wonder what would make me
buy Keyboard Cover ( price is US $ 80
Poland is not yet known ) instead of classical, 3, or
4 times cheaper plecków and wearing such a mini keypad
pinned at the back or the front so smart devices (including
more so because it will check only for vertical work with
smartphone). The enemy Keyboard Cover is the fact that the Galaxy S6
Edge + has a large and comfortable-to-use on-screen keyboard. On
quickly I could find only two meaningful applications -
comfortable and blind writing and support smartphone winter
gloves – but not too thick, because size
Additional keys of the keyboard is very small (5 x 8
millimeters). I suspect, however, that the manufacturer dear Galaxy S6
Edge + Keyboard Cover created for entirely different reasons – wanting
a large crowd to please business users who
still believe that the real phone to work must have a physical
QWERTY keyboard.
The first impression
Set Keyboard Cover includes slightly modified
plecki Galaxy S6 Edge + and a small plastic keyboard with
38 mechanical keys mini . Three of them contained
at the bottom of the keyboard, replace the control buttons work
operating system. Keyboard Cover made of plastic
light-impermeable, and therefore it is not difficult to guess that after
connecting an additional keyboard at the front smartphone lose
the possibility of using a fingerprint reader, which will be
it is blocked.
Galaxy S6 Edge + no detachable rear panel, and therefore
Keyboard Cover must be secured to the housing by
corner tabs (see photos below). Plecki hold
confident housing smartphone, but it is definitely not a solution
too aesthetic , especially in the case so elegant
device, which is the Galaxy S6 Edge +.
Plecki are made of good quality materials, significantly
improve the grip while protecting your smartphone and optics
camera, which is normally much above the surface of the rear
Galaxy panel S6 Edge + (photo top right). Amazingly, even
clipped the rear of the mini keyboard does not affect
noticeable negative impact on the comfort of hand-held smartphone
Wrapped in Keyboard Cover .
Weight Galaxy S6 Edge + with integrated Keyboard Cover is 189
grams (instead of the original 152 grams). Same plecki weigh 22 grams,
a keyboard extension for another 15 grams. Keyboard Cover for
Galaxy S6 + Edge is available in three colors – black
(tested), gold and silver .
Keyboard Cover is not limited in any way to access
buttons that control the Galaxy S6 Edge +, placed at the bottom
smartphone sockets or invested at the top of the housing flap SIM card
and does not suppress the operation of the main speaker (see pictures below).
Support Keyboard Cover
An additional keyboard is not required to operate any power or
establishing a wireless connection to a smartphone -
used for capacitive touch screen.
The fastening the front Edge + Galaxy S6 makes
displayed on the screen automatically becomes shorter,
which conforms to the surface, which is not
Covering keypad .
Effective screen size of Galaxy S6 Edge + now falls to 4.5 inches
(11.4 centimeter dimensions of 9 x 7.1 centimeters), the resolution
decreases to 1440 x 1828 pixels and aspect ratio of the display
image become similar to the format of 4: 3. Of course, the
moving the keyboard on the back of the enclosure or disconnecting it from
your smartphone automatically recover old, good,
5.7-inch screen with a resolution qHD.
The installation of smart phone keyboard with front also means
disable the auto-rotate
Screen . We do not have even the possibility of its manual activation.
until the images from the display external keyboard Galaxy
S6 Edge +.
The size of the additional keyboard corresponds to approximately
vertical size, onscreen keyboard Edge Galaxy S6 +, but in
model is incorporated will not see visible on the phone screen
the top row of touch fields with figures. Substituted was also
keyboard layout slightly compared to the on-screen keyboard, which
It may initially require us time habits (photo
bottom left).
A good exterior lighting additional services
the keypad is quite convenient (photo bottom
right), though people with large hands may have initially slightly
the problem with some hitting the right buttons. If, however,
we want to write SMS at night, then we are left with the only option of writing
memory / on feel or switch to on-screen keyboard, as
extra keyboard keys are not
Highlight , and therefore under very poor
lighting not see their descriptions.
After pressing the Alt on the mini keyboard
We gain access to marked in orange numbers and symbols
(picture top left). Keyboard Cover is a plus, since this
how we call them faster than normal.
By clicking Sym , you will get access to the list
displaying symbols above the mechanical keyboard (picture
on the bottom left). Orange face visible on the same
key above the string Sym suggests that the
press the Alt and Sym should see
on the screen the list of emoticons. Unfortunately, the test Galaxy S6 Edge +
such a combination was not working.
When working with additional keyboards, we must also reckon with
that Polish characters will cause as little
less convenient than ever . On the onscreen keyboard
enough to hold down the button for most
appearance similar letters (for example, when we wanted to get from
or Z), then slightly slide your finger up choosing
Polish appropriate sign (the image at the top, second from left). Using
with additional keyboard too must no longer hold
most similar sign, but later the letter you choose from
bar display above the mechanical keyboard (picture on
top, second from right), which usually means the need to perform
a much larger finger movement than has been the case
use the onscreen keyboard. Fortunately, the still
we rely on language prompts built into the phone
Dictionary (image at top right), as well as by
Keyboard Cover quickly write text messages without Polish
characters.
After entering the mode dial manually keyboard
automatically switches the mode dialer and we can now choose
digits without having to push a button
Alt .
Summary
Keyboard Cover is a solution as much interesting as controversial.
The absurd appears to be hiding such an elegant and slender
smartphone like the Galaxy S6 Edge + in any cased nawetw
then, if it improves the reliability of the handle. Plastic,
additional keyboard fits qualitatively to the structure of the Galaxy S6
Edge + like a punch to the nose , though … perhaps gold version
better color komponowałaby the test, the gold
smartphone.
Who can therefore recommend Keyboard Cover? Tested
set probably be useful to people who send a lot of messages
Text and e-mails on smartphones and already they write or keyboard
they want to learn to write without looking . Convex points
indicative deployed on the keyboard and felt under the fingers
Keys will be in this task very helpful.
However, if you type constantly need to look at the buttons
and often write in low available light (evening and night), it is
no backlit buttons make the keypad notes that
Keyboard Cover likely going to be a hindrance than a help.
Open remains the matter of the price of this gadget. If
Keyboard Cover count the price of the US market for a buck,
This comes to us very specific amount – about 300 zlotys
($ 80) . With a suggested price of Galaxy S6 Edge +
3999 of gold it might be a drop in the bucket, but
classic, original plecki to the smartphone (Clear Cover or
Glossy Cover) cost 80-90 dollars. If you Keyboard Cover
in Poland in a similar price as in the US, it is meant that
Samsung has measured an extra mini-keyboard for about
200 zlotys, or a larger amount than the one that we have to spend on
classic mobile Bluetooth keyboard.
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