Will I get used to a touchscreen phone?

nym10/23/2004

I just got the HTC incredible from Verizon a week ago. I have 14 days to return it and get a different phone if I don't like it. I just don't know if I can get used to the touchscreen! Right now I am really wishing I got one with an actual keyboard but wondering if I give it some more time if I will get more used to it?

AmyRI

When I first got a touchscreen phone, I loved it. It took a little adjusting to, but not bad. After 2 years with that thing, I was going nuts. I hated texting on it because I couldn't do it without looking at the phone. I now have a phone with a slide-out qwerty keyboard for texting, but when that's closed it's all touchscreen except a send, clear, and end button at the bottom (it's a Samsung Impression, but it's AT&T so it doesn't help you much...) and I absolutely love it. If you don't like it already, I'd trade it in.

lburkey21

I switched the the enV Touch that had a flip out qwerty keyboard to the Incredible about 6 months ago. It took me a little bit to get adjusted to because I was so used to using the keyboard every time I sent a text. But now, I love the phone! Give it a little time and if you get close to the 14 days and still don't find yourself adjusting well, return it for one with a keypad.

Sophietk

I had a touch screen for a while and ended up going back to my old phone. I did get used to the touch screen but I just preferred using buttons and find it faster. I guess it depends on what you use your phone for most.  I'm a big texter but apart from that and the occasional call I don't use my phone for anything else.  I guess if you spend a lot of time navigating through extras and apps then perhaps you should stick with the tough screen.

LauraT25

Sophietk:

I had a touch screen for a while and ended up going back to my old phone. I did get used to the touch screen but I just preferred using buttons and find it faster. I guess it depends on what you use your phone for most.  I'm a big texter but apart from that and the occasional call I don't use my phone for anything else.  I guess if you spend a lot of time navigating through extras and apps then perhaps you should stick with the tough screen.

Pretty much this.  If I could have exchanged my phone, I would have.  However, I think that texting is most affected and that's what I use my phone for 99% of the time.  Also, it may be that my phone (LG Chocolate Touch) is particularly crappy - after a few months, it got extremely non-responsive to touch and it's often WAY off (I'll touch 'a' and it will put an 'x' kind of thing).  If I need to enter numbers without error, I have to use DH's phone because it's so frustrating.  Sometimes it works fine, but other times it takes me freaking forever to send a five-word text.  I've found that it's particularly hard to use when it's very hot or cold outside, and I basically can't use it if it's raining at all.  I'll definitely be going back to a phone with a real keyboard, but I do think it depends on what you use your phone for, and possibly the type of phone you have.

tuarceatha

I keep asking myself the same question.

I have a Motorola Backflip, so it has a keyboard for texting and typing. But I still hate the touch and pause aspect of this phone. I had an LG EnV, which I loved! But switched to AT&T to join a different plan. After 6 months with a touch screen to deal with, I am super bummed to think that this is what technology is going towards. Call me old fashion but I like buttons! Dragging and tapping tiny spaces on a flat screen is enough to drive a person mad. 

BUT I love having the internet on my phone and viewing web pages as web pages actually appear, not just as text. So I guess I will have to adjust... Plus BF and I are talking about purchasing a tablet over the summer.  (Something tells me I will still favor the laptop by then...)

 

 

kcircell

This is why I loooovvve the HP/Palm phones the best of both worlds touch screen for quick navigating, keyboard for quick texting and not the wonky side slide out ones.  I can't text worth a darn on DH's iphone.  HP/Palm phones aren't very big on verizon I think they still have the Pre 2, I am holding out for the Pre 3.  But that might not be an option for you.  Good Luck. 

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