Yes it's true
the 6-keys board of mobile phone is quite popular in Chinese market, as Yau quoted, this draw-to-draw inputing method is primary formation of Chinese words, but in consideration of today's complex communication, finger-in every information through mobile phone is impractical, but that depends, many Chinese young people chat on phone by fingering in words using this primary input system, that's quite time-saving! I can input quite fast, 500 words in half an hour, that is enough for short messages, but if we want to chat on more words, why not use Internet?
Otherwise, the 6-key is basis for all kinds of input systems, because other complex system must have complicated keyboard to reduce word options, but its keyboard and application rules are confusing to foreigners and vulgar Chinese.
So your T9 system is quite useful now!
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