I'm planning to upgrade to a touch and type QWERTY phone. I'm more comfortable with having a physical keypad for lesser typing mistakes. Since I don't use my phone to browse unless it's utterly necessary while I'm out of the house, I'm fine with a 3-inch screen. I also find it difficult to browse on a small screen so I mainly keep my online activities on the laptop or on my PC only.
The Blackberry Q10 is still quite expensive at this time. So, if you're like me whose looking for the other available and more affordable touch and type phones here are the ones we can consider buying.
Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330 - Android 4.0 (upgradeable to Jellybean)
LG Optimus Pro C660 - Android 2.3 (upgradeable to 4.0)
Nokia E6 - Symbian
Motorola EX119 - Java
Blackberry Bold 9790 - BlackBerry OS 7.0
Blackberry Bold 9900 - BlackBerry OS 7.0
Alcatel OT-916 - Android 2.3
HTC ChaCha - Android 2.3
Blackberry Q10 - BlackBerry OS 10
BlackBerry Q5
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