Newone Rose75 vs Velocifire Virtual 87
Get the Velocifire Virtual 87 for hot-swappable and qmk.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Newone Rose75
Build quality in the bottom 25% of 75% boards at any price.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
- No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
- No numpad.
Get the
Velocifire Virtual 87
Hot-swappable
Build quality in the top 10% of 80% boards at any price.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No numpad.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
Newone Rose75
Velocifire Virtual 87
Layout size
75%
80%
Hot-swappable
No
Yes
Switch changes without soldering
Case material
Aluminum, Plastic
Aluminum
Mount style
Top Mount
Gasket Mount
QMK
No
Yes
The deep option when you want to remap every key
- Newone Rose75
- Velocifire Virtual 87
- Performance
- 4672
- Build quality
- 5582
- Productivity
- 4477
- Customizability
- 4091
- Portability
- 5870
Newone Rose75 vs Velocifire Virtual 87 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
10 of 18 specs differ
Newone Rose75
Velocifire Virtual 87
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
Case material
Plate material
Weight
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
Released
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Newone Rose75
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
Velocifire Virtual 87
Listed on the product, not split by store: ISO.
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