Can't connect external (USB) keyboards to my phone

[Nanchy]

I like to write on my phone so I need external keyboards. Only, out of the four I've tried on this phone, neither worked. I've tried two of those keyboards on my old phone, Xperia E3, and they work perfectly. For some reason they won't work in E5. 

It's frustrating to have to use my old phone for my writing. I was just wondering is it some E5 characteristic that doesn't allow tablet keyboards, or is it perhaps that I got a faulty device? 

[Christofer]

Hi @Nanchy, apologies for the late reply.

Based on the information available to me I'm afraid that Xperia E5 does not support USB host. This is required to connect USB peripherals such as a mouse and keyboard.

Please let me know if you have further questions about this.

[glnelso50]

The E5 does not have OTG USB support (for connecting USB drives and devices) you can get a keyboard that connects vía Bluetooth (I got one on Amazon and works fine)