If it has a physical keyboard, then it's going to be thick.
I found myself not using the physical keyboard much at all.
I have no huge issues with it, certainly no more than using a physical keyboard to type while walking.
A slide out physical keyboard would really help this phone out.
Sorry but I know a lot of people who prefer physical keyboards, myself included.
Still- I wouldn't want one without a physical keyboard.
So I'm a fan of a physical keyboard with actual buttons on it.
On a real physical keyboard, you can feel the boundaries of each key and the space between them.
For people who cannot operate either a physical keyboard or mouse, several other options are available.
Without a physical keyboard this device looked very different from later versions.