Smartphones can have virtual keyboards or physical keyboards. What are 3 advantages and disadvantages to each one?

Advantages to virtual keyboards:

- You have easy shortcuts

- Cooler emojis

- And we have google voice (or Siri) with a click of a key

Disadvantages to a virtual keyboard:

- It is very easy to send something you don't want to send by

accidentally touching the send button

- It is harder for people with big hands to use

- typing speed will likely be negatively impacted on a virtual keyboard.

Advantages to using a physical keyboard:

- The keyboard takes up no space on the front panel or on the display area.

- you are making use of muscle memory, which increases your speed

- Typing on a touchscreen requires an on-screen keyboard, which lacks the tactile response of a real keyboard.

Disadvantages to using a physical keyboard:

- For the average consumer, phones with a physical keyboard are a bit bulkier.

- Most phones with a physical keyboard have to be designed a certain way to minimize space and increase efficiency.

- I t is a slow method when you need to write a long piece of writing when there are faster ways such as scanning and dictation