I've found the best solution if you want a smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard

There used to be many phones with a keyboard, but now it's just a few, and they aren't exactly great. We have an awesome solution, though!
Fast Company

Forget touchscreens: These 3 phones are bringing physical keyboards back

Some of us old-timers fondly remember the satisfying clickity-clack of a physical smartphone keyboard. Back when email was king and multi-paragraph arguments on social networks were few and far ...
Liliputing

This square phone with a hidden keyboard (or gamepad) gives strong Motorola Flipout vibes

The Frog RS1 is an Android phone with a small 3.4 inch square touchscreen display, a MediaTek processor, and a design that lets you flip the screen upward so that it rotates 90 degrees and reveals a ...