Hardware Keyboard aren't going anywhere anytime soon. As long as there are business people out there that need a hw kb to pump out a fast email or doc. Than its safe to say there will be a few hw kb phones out there. The real question(s) you need to be asking yourself is do the phone maker brand I prefer will produce a hw kb as well as do the OS I prefer will produce a hw kb. That's the real question(s) needed to be asked. Since the N950 won't come out I'm stuck with upgrading to another hw kb android phone.