[F(x)tec Pro1-X Guides, News, & Discussion] Antinee:
I have to say I am more than satisfied. I love my F(x) Tec Pro 1X. I have stock Android 11. Of course, I don't like that there have been no firmware or OS updates. I don't like that the processor got downgraded from Snapdragon 835 to Snapdragon 665 (someone said 662 wtf). Also, I don't think the battery life is good enough, even though it gets me through an entire day it usually dies late at night. Phones don't usually do that to me. I really don't like that F(x) Tec has ignored every attempt to contact them, I simply ask how to get the 2 years of updates because I have never gotten any OS or firmware update. And, I don't like the small screen size and resolution. I also think the phone is too small for my hands, and I think there should be a plus size. And there is probably a lot more I am leaving out...

But all that said, I love the Pro 1X. Mine feels snappy. I don't have a speed issue with the 665. I have over 80 apps installed. I love the backlight white color of the new keyboard versus the yellow backlight color of my Pro 1. I got lucky, and I got mine way before the intended, announced ship date. I love the split screen for multitasking. (there are apps on the Playstore that make shortcuts to open 2 apps at a time) Also, if you put the "Smallest Width" setting in Developer Options to at least "600" all Google and Microsoft applications utilize landscape view with app layouts specialized for landscape view which makes the device feel.... complete for a phone with a physical keyboard that was designed for landscape view, more productive, more optimized... and dare I say more premium. I also love that the Pro 1X has complete OS dark mode, unlike the Pro1.

I love a physical keyboard sure... but it is only because of the Keyboard Mapper app in the Playstore that I am in love with the Pro 1X. I love that Keyboard Mapper has allowed me to make so many keyboard shortcuts, fixes, and other customizations like with the camera button. (You can also create a backup file for all your rules so you only ever make any rule once) One press on my camera button opens Google Tasks, 2 quick presses opens Bamboo Paper, and pressing and holding the camera button opens Google Calendar. 2 quick presses of the power button opens the camera app. And, Keyboard Mapper allowed me to fix issues where the attached slideout physical keyboard did not print the correct things on the screen like the question mark button now prints a question mark on the screen.

But the absolute best thing about a physical keyboard is the unparalleled productivity power that Keyboard Mapper unlocks for a physical keyboard because I created a physical keyboard shortcut for every app. With only 2 keys I can be in any app instantly. By holding down any one key like: Ctrl, Alt, Sym (cause I never change the language), "F", the left "up-arrow," or the right "up-arrow"... then, tapping any second key, for example, "C" I can be in the Calculator app in an instant.

No scrolling endlessly for an app not in a folder. No typing out the app name after finding and then touching the search bar, then tapping the app icon. No tapping the home button to get to the "home screen," tapping "all apps", tapping the "folder", then tapping the "specific app" to open the app.

If someone were to race me on doing multiple tasks at once like adding a calendar appointment, taking a note, adding a contact, then sending an email, I would destroy everyone by finishing well before anyone even on their fast processor phones simply because I can jump from app to app immediately after I finish a task.

Now if someone challenged me on the quality and speed of playing a video game or the quality of seeing a high-resolution movie, or the quality of the sound from the speakers in the Pro 1X... Then, my Pro1 X would lose.

But, for extreme productivity in short periods of time like standing in line at a grocery store.... there is no rival to a well-organized, app shortcut-loaded, physical keyboard. :)