The successor model of the iPhone is a sliding type with a keyboard

Apple's mobile phone which gained popularity with a novel operation style adopting the full touch screen "IPhoneHowever, it seems that the successor model may become a sliding type equipped with a hardware keyboard.

It may be good news for those who want "iPhone but do not touch the operation of the touchscreen".

Details are as follows.
Apple considering slider-style iPhone? | One More Thing - CNET News.com

According to this article, Apple seems to show a sliding-type iPhone equipped with a hardware keyboard as a prototype of iPhone's successor to executives of a telecommunications carrier.

And a sliding iPhone with a hardware keyboard may appear may be that business users prefer smartphones equipped with hardware keyboards like BlackBerry instead of touch screen etc. It is.

As Apple already has applied for a clamshell type iPhone patent, apparently it seems that we can not completely deny the possibility that sliding iPhone with keyboard will appear. It would be extremely helpful if a full keyboard easy to strike was to be installed ....