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I agree. The "real" buttons are one of the reasons I chose a Droid X over an Incredible. I don't think I've liked capacitive buttons on any device I've ever tried them on: my laptop's media keys, my old ipod... it never feels right. I prefer the physical feedback.

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For me, a physical keyboard is very preferable for the same reasons. Unfortunately, most of the high-end phones with physical keyboards that are coming out soon have capacitive buttons. It seems to me that people who prefer physical keyboards would also prefer mechanical buttons, so I'm a bit confused by the behavior of phone manufacturers in this case.

It's funny that I prefer mechanical buttons, but not a physical keyboard. At least not any implementation of a physical keyboard that I've tried so far.

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