gullikit hall effect sticks reportedly have a square outer limit, which leads to overshooting/disproportional diagonals.
elecgear tmr sticks supposedly do have a proper circle pattern.
i welcome physical keys, but them being swappable plates just screams at me
"you won't be carrying any other than the attached with you, so you might just aswell get a phone with a fixed keypad instead"
much bigger screen
counter argument: make it pocketable
i mean, that's my requirements. OP didnt specify what it would be and i dont wanna put out a blanket yes or no and then be called a liar or something when it eventually comes out and doesn't cover my requirements for a definite buy.
depends.
if it's basically a continuation of the xperia play, but otherwise a regular modern day smartphone with passing safety net, unlockable bootloader, a 3,5mm jack, sd card slot, stereo front firing speaker, decent camera,
absolutely.
a gaming phone without a latency-free (*) 3.5mm jack? ಠ_ಠ
(*) yes, there's always sooome latency :P
no. no, it isn't worth $500, unless they somehow managed to cram in a solution so it literally NEVER needs to be charged again. and even then, it might be a bit too much.