Play along - create a PinePhone keyboard

[captainmorgan]

the hinges are on the side so unless you have got a head thats flat and round i dont see it as a problem. youre not going to try holding it in landscape for phone calls

The hinges aren't the problem (or at least not the main one in this case).

I currently have a wallet style phone case that opens just like the keyboard shown in the mockup, it is not possible to use the phone with the case open unless you fold it all the way back so the phone is flat. If you have it open, as the keyboard will be, you'll either have the keyboard pressed into your forehead and obscuring your vision or it will be jabbing you in the neck (depends on which side you hold the phone). And whichever of those two options you choose you won't be able to hold the actual phone part flat against your ear.