Cellphones with QWERTY keypads are the latest cool thing to have, especially among people who like to text a lot or who browse the internet and check emails from their mobile phones. They are useful because they have keypads that are similar to computer keypads. This makes it easy to type SMS’s, emails and everything else. They are also better than touchscreen keypads because you can physically feel the keys with your fingers, and because you don’t have to smudge your screen to type.

QWERTY keypad phones used to be quite rare and hard to find a few years ago. Luckily they are quite easy to find now, even though some of them are quite expensive.

How to decide on the best QWERTY phone for you

You need to read up on all the different phone models available and get to know all the features of each one before you can decide which is best for you. It also depends on which features are important to you. Maybe the keys on the keypad matter more than the layout of the phone, or the operating system. You need to think about these things while you look around.

Advantages of having a QWERTY keypad on your mobile phone

It’s convenient for typing because you don’t have to bother with cumbersome dictionaries or bash keys 3 times or more to get the letter you want. You can type almost as fast as you can on a regular computer, it just depends on how fast you can move your thumbs (console gamers will have a huge advantage here with their gamepad experience). If you’re a workaholic, it’s even better because it makes it easy for you to keep up on work related things no matter where you are.

QWERTY phones also have all the same features as other phones and smartphones, like email, internet, MP3′s video and all that other good stuff. Lots of people disagree on a proper definition of a “smart phone”, but they tend to differ from normal phones in two basic ways: how they’re built, and their feature list. A smartphone is a lot like a small computer (like a PDA), and they generally have some kind of operating system, like Windows Mobile, Android or Symbian. The operating system could either open source, like the Android and Symbian OS, or be totally proprietary like on the iPhone or Windows Mobile. With the iPhone, you can’t easily add your own apps that you programmed yourself unless you hack the iPhone (known as jailbreaking). Windows is a little easier but it’s still not open source. So, open source operating systems are better, just because there will always be a way to customize it 100% to your liking. And also because you won’t be supporting anything proprietary.

Mobile phones have become a lot more than just phones these days, now they’re more like little portable computers. QWERTY keypad phones take this one step further and make typing a breeze as well… so, which one will you get? Check out this list to help you decide.