24,Female,slideout,"I preferred using an actual keyboard because I can actually feel the keys. After my hands get used to the keyboard, I could type very fast. Using a virtual one is much harder because you don't actually feel the keys you are typing."
39,Male,slideout,"I find it easier to use a slide-out keyboard as it increases the speed for typing. Since my fingers are a bit bigger in size, I tend to press two keys whenever I use the virtual keyboard. I use a Sony Ericssion Xperia with a slide-out keyboard and I have always found it easier to use rather than my Motorola which has a virtual keyboard."
23,Female,slideout,I prefer typing on the slide-out keyboard more because I find it to be more easier than typing on the virtual keyboard. Typing on the virtual keyboard makes me press letters and numbers that i don't want to press.
60,Female,slideout,I can put my fingers on the actual keys just like a typewriter and know they won't slip off and hit the wrong key. I was heartbroken when then got rid of almost all qwerty keyboards in the new phones. They are now almost impossible to find
22,Male,slideout,I've always liked slide outs more because you can actually feel it instead of just hoping.
33,Male,slideout,"I prefer a slide-out keyboard only if the keys are big enough. I have large thumbs and can mash too many at once easily. If the keys are small, I'll take the virtual keyboard, unless the screen sucks at picking up taps."
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26,Male,slideout,I liked the tactile feeling of the slide out keyboard.
19,Male,slideout,The slide-out keyboard offers more accuracy and feedback than a virtual keyboard. I can easily tell if I'm pressing the wrong letter key on a physical keyboard than a virtual one. I also prefer my keyboard to be off of the screen so I can easily see what I'm typing.
31,Male,virtual,It's just easier. Most slide out keyboards are to small and flimsy and hard to use.
23,Male,virtual,"Because the virtual keyboard is there only when you need it , the slide out keyboard is only used for writing."
20,Female,slideout,I think its easier to type on a slide out keyboard. With the virtual ones I'm always spending half the time correcting the mistakes.
23,Female,slideout,"The slide-out keyboard is actually far easier for me to type messages on than a virtual keyboard.  The one I had had slightly raised bumps on two 'homerow' keys, that made it easier and more accurate to type.  I have very large hands and the only way a virtual keyboard works for me is if I rotate it horizontally, but when I do it cuts off part of the screen and I can't see what I'm typing.  With a virtual keyboard, I end up pressing extra keys as well.  A slide-out keyboard is a better tactile experience."
35,Male,virtual,The virtual keyboard makes the phone more compact and easier to use. Plus you can change the way the virtual keyboards look and cannot do that to a slide out keyboard
26,Female,slideout,"It's easier to type on a phone with a slide-out keyboard, but it would also have to have a touch screen for scrolling, apps, etc."
26,Female,slideout,I prefer entering input on the phone with the slide-out keyboard because the virtual keyboard is too sensitive to use and it is easier to make mistakes.
31,Female,virtual,"I use a swype keyboard on my touch screen, which is just faster all around than pressing the physical keys. I think I make fewer errors now when typing as well since I'm not having to press every key to type each letter."
27,Male,virtual,Slide out makes the phone too bulky..and generally the keys are too small for my rather big fingers.
30,Male,slideout,I preferred the tacticle feedback which a slide-out keyboard provided.
19,Female,slideout,"I preferred slide-out keyboards because you could actually feel the crevices that separate each letter on the keyboard, and this allowed you to type much more efficiently. There's just something more beautiful and human about physically touching something rather than using the heat in your fingers to make unreal letters type on a screen."
28,Male,slideout,it is lot more convenient to press keys on physical keyboard then to press keys on virtual keyboard. also you make a lots of mistake when you use virtual keypad.
29,Female,slideout,i made fewer errors typing on a slide-out keyboard. also is was convenient to not have to switch keyboards to enter numbers
33,Male,slideout,The tactile feel of the real keyboard allows me to type faster. The feel of pressing a button is nice.
29,Male,virtual,"The phone is less bulkier and I enjoy the touch screen. Also, usually the keys on the slide-out keyboard are really small."
41,Male,virtual,A virtual keyboard is faster and less cumbersome than a slide out keyboard.
45,Female,slideout,The slide out keyboard is much easier for me.  I can never seem to hit the right numbers or letters on the touchscreen phones and always have to have my kids do it for me.  With the slide out keyboards I can hit the numbers and letters and go much faster. I also prefer being able to feel when I actually press the key rather than to look at the screen to know if i hit it.
32,Male,slideout,It is easier to type on a physical keyboard
48,Male,virtual,"keys are bigger and on virtual keyboard and more options,  you can go from keyboard to keyboard with ease with virtual keybaord"
43,Male,virtual,"I have become accustomed to using the ""swipe"" feature of the android virtual keyboard, and prefer that to the physical keys on a phone I had years ago."
20,Male,slideout,"When I used to have a physical keyboard on my phone I didn't have to look at it to type, I could touch type very quickly while looking at my screen or off in some other direction. This is nearly impossible to do with a virtual keyboard."
31,Female,virtual,Because i have long nails and its hard to hit the buttons on a slide-out keyboard. I make alot of typos but the virtual keyboard only responds to my actual skin so it doesn't type things i wasnt trying to hit.
24,Male,virtual,Ive haved both phones and I think the virtual keyboard has always beenmore responsive for me
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19,Male,slideout,I preferred the slide-out keyboard because it was easier to text. Having physical buttons made the likelihood of hitting the wrong button far less. I mess up typing on virtual keyboards all of the time.
26,Male,virtual,"If you add a keyboard it does on of two things, reduces screen size or increases phone size. Virtual keyboard is easy to use without reducing screen size."
32,Female,virtual,I like the virtual phone because the slide out phone felt like a very tiny keyboard that I had trouble finding the correct keys. The virtual keyboard allows the keys to be larger.
29,Male,virtual,"I liked the tactile feeling of the slide out keyboard. I found the keyboard slide to be more bulky however. I like the virtual keyboard because it allows me to use a larger amount of screen space on my phone when I am not typing. You can also do cool keyboard gestures with the virtual keyboard, such as sliding the finger to type. The virtual keyboard also has an auto correct feature built in which is handy. My old slide out keyboard phone was cool at the time but lacks the features modern virtual keyboard have. Also, real keyboards make clicky noises, which can prevent you from sending texts out under your desk during meetings, haha."
30,Female,virtual,"I prefer the on screen keyboard, it's much easier to use especially with the swype option. You also don't have to worry about it getting dirty or keys sticking. It's easy to customize it."
34,Male,virtual,The decreased overall weight of the device due to the lack of physical keyboard is the biggest benefit to me. Plus the added benefit is that virtual keyboard technology has come a long way in the last few years and offers unique features such as swiping words whereas a physical keyboard still limits you to typing and switching between buttons and the screen in order to select or correct words.
30,Female,virtual,Virtual Keyboards are more easy to use. Using a slide out keyboard takes more time but with virtual keyboard I can just type right on my screen and not worry about anything else.
31,Female,slideout,"I prefer the slide out keyboard because I find it easier to type on.  When I can feel the buttons being pushed down, I feel like I make less mistakes.  My fingers are not little, so using the virtual keyboard, I often mess up and press letters that I didn't mean to press.  This makes it take longer for me to write what I am trying to write and it is frustrating."
33,Male,virtual,"While a real keyboard is nice, most mobile phone keyboards are way to small for me to use with my big hands. The on screen does a better job for me when I can put it in landscape mode instead or horizontal."
22,Female,slideout,"Phones with the slide out keyboard are easier, as the keys are physical and can be more easily pressed without typing errors, or hitting the key you didn't mean to hit. Virtual keypads, in my experience, also have the tendency to misread your presses and can input too many characters, which can make texting more difficult. A slide out keyboard is just easier to use all around."
22,Male,slideout,"There were inaccuracies with the touchscreen, and the slide out felt more familiar, like a computer keyboard. I used a friend's ""swype"" keyboard once though, and that was good."
42,Female,virtual,virtual keyboards are sturdier than slide out keyboards.
28,Female,virtual,I prefer the swype.  It makes typing much easier.
46,Male,virtual,"I don't find it easier to type on the slide-out. I use swype-it a lot so if anything I'm quicker on the virtual.
As a 46 year old male I would actually feel goofy owning a phone with a slide-out."
27,Male,slideout,"I never liked the virtual keyboard.  Before I had a smartphone, I saw my friends using them.  They seemed to be able to type quickly on them, so I thought I could too.  Well, I've had a smart phone for quite a while now, and I still hate them.  I would much rather prefer a slide-out keyboard, as I am used to typing on a mechanical keyboard at home."
24,Female,virtual,"I prefer the virtual keyboard. It's easier to bring out, type, and close out for me."
45,Male,slideout,"Its far easier to hit the right key the first time with a slide out. With virtual, I'm often backspacing and correcting myself."