I remember going from my small "t9" style flip phone button texting to my first touchscreen texting and thinking it was a huge downgrade- I had internalized my keypad well and could easily text one handed under a desk or in my pocket without looking at what I was typing, whereas on the new smart phone I was constantly accidentally fat fingering one letter over another even while staring directly at it using both hands. Not to mention how much bulkier smartphones are compared to flip phones, the battery life being way worse, etc.

This got slightly better with autocorrect fixing some of the accidental misses, but it's really a bandaid over the fact that key misses still happening constantly on touch screens, and now anytime you need to type something other than what the autocorrect expects it becomes doubly hard, since you have to not only fight the touch screen but also fight the autocorrect trying to help by actively changing your inputs.

I'm still looking for a great "smart" flip phone. It should have a decent screen and camera, real buttons, be not too big, but still be able to use most standard apps like maps, web browsing, etc. I did see a friend with a foldable double screen smart phone, which is... sort of in the right direction? Cool tech, but doesn't help with the tactile feedback issue.