T-Mobile G1 Android Phone, Bronze
- Google Android OS-powered smartphone in bronze with slide-out keyboard–compatible with T-Mobile’s 3G network (available in select markets)
- Wi-Fi networking; Bluetooth for handsfree calls and stereo music; 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; MicroSD expansion; push email from Google Gmail plus instant messaging services
- T-Mobile’s MyFaves service provides unlimited calling to your five most called contacts; access to Android Market for downloading applications; Android 1.5 Cupcake OS
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 130 hours (5.4 days) of standby time
- Includes: handset, battery, charger, 1 GB MicroSD card, USB cable, wired stereo handsfree headset, user manual
Amazon. com Product DescriptionThe long-awaited T-Mobile G1 smartphone combines full touchscreen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes many Google tools you’ve come to rely on with your PC, including. . . More >>
T-Mobile and HTC released this phone way too early! There are many bugs that people should know about. The bugs are related to e-mail and internet. Downloaded software updates only made the problem worse. Spent many hours on the phone with T-Mobile and T-Mobile basically told me that I have to deal with the phone not working properly. What a joke!
Rating: 1 / 5
The phone is nice but I wasn’t told there wasn’t a video recorder until after I bought the phone. Other than that the phone is nice.
Rating: 3 / 5
I hope everyone reads my review with an open mind.
I am a former iPhone user, turned Blackberry, and now the G1. I have been drooling over the G1 for quite sometime. I think its internet, menu system, and qwerty keyboard make it a worthwhile investment. It’s definitely for any cell phone crowd that’s heavy into texting and emailing. I held off on buying a G1 because of the physical design. I found the bottom chin of the phone to be a massive turn off. Plus, everyone that I knew who had the G1 kept telling me how horrid the battery life was. From that comment, I figured out why they were always carrying their charger with them.
Here we are, almost a year later and the G2 has been released. Known as the HTC Magic in Europe and the MyTouch 3G here in the US on T-Mobile. I was so excited to get this phone & as soon as I got home & fiddled around with it – I immediately lost interest after 10 mins. I thought the integration with the Gmail address was great. I sent my Gmail address an email from my AOL account to see how long it would be before I received the email & needless to say, it took over 30 mins. Even when I went into the account and clicked REFRESH, it still wouldn’t come through. I added in my AOL account & it was the same. You can set the phone to check for emails every five mins, ten mins, fifteen mins, and so forth. Certain emails took a whole day before I even received it. This was not a good sign.
So i exchanged it for the G1 so in order to have a real keyboard.
The camera is only 3. 2 megapixel and it’s not the best, but it does the trick. The camcorder is really lacking features. It’s simple & there are no options or settings changes allowed. The battery leaves little to be desired.
Pros:
Keyboard
3G
Threaded Text Message
Responsive Touch Screen
Cons:
This phone had massive potential, but a lot of it was not met!
No 3. 5 MM headphone jack
E-Mail is not the best
Not the sexiest cell phone out there
Rating: 4 / 5
On my previous cell phone I used the calendar feature to send me reminders for every little thing as I forget EVERYTHING. Since this syncs with Google Calendar, I can now update my calendar on the computer and on the phone. Very nice!
After some update, touch-screen keyboard came out. There is just no comparison with the hard keyboard: the TS keyboard is WAY too slow compared to the hard one. That is probably the one reason I would not upgrade to a new Android for a long time, despite the fact that this phones majorly lags in Browser.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve owned this phone for about 4 months and I like it less and less every day. The simple fact of the matter is, in certain lighting conditions the keyboard is completely unreadable. I’m looking to replace it ASAP but don’t want a black g1 as newer, better options are becoming available.
I actually switched to tmobile just for the g1. The phone itself is fine, just this particular model (along with white) has terrible backlighting issues with the keyboard – there is no fix. I’ve researched it extensively.
If you are looking at getting a G1, do yourself a favor and get the (ugly) black model. It might look clunkier but at least it is usable.
Rating: 2 / 5