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by SonderDesign 2204 days ago
I'm one of the Founders at Sonder. We found from our test units that uses can work up to 30% faster with dynamic keyboards and had strong responses particularly from developers. The company, the intellectual property and some of the key talent was acquired by Foxconn, the current design is quite polished, as is the user interface. In regards to the cost point, it's one large display is a magnet mechanism operating within the periphery. This greatly reduced the unit cost and complexity of the design so it was scalable and comparable in price to an existing laptop keyboard module (when supply chain costs and keyboard layout revenue factored in).