Most people are indifferent of a HWKB so a thinner device is more appealing to them. I remember I was. But this was before my first hwkb phone. After that you never go back. And I have seen very few hwkb owners willing to go back. Some company should evangelize the hwkb+ts and capitalize on it. Touch and type is a good, very good idea, I've been saying it for years. Now somebody should make a kb flagship without a vkb counterpart, and give you other reasons to buy it. Next time you will ask for kb, and before the competitors know it, that somebody will sell you their new kb device.