T-Mobile G2: Priced at $200 and runs 800MHz
The new HTC G2 slated for T-Mobile shelves is quietly coming down in anticipation. With new information revealed about the devices processor, it may seem that the G2’s could face some back lash from potential buyers. The G2 has been spotted in the wild once or twice in the past; even T-Mobile produced a teaser site dedicated to the very first HSPA+ device that should be released at the end of the month. So where does the back lash come in? Well simple really its processor.
In the past few months, the processing power on mobile devices has climbed considerably fast, with HTC phones slated to run at 1.3 GHz in the near future it would stand to reason that a company would no move backwards with their flagship phones. T-Mobile’s website has recently confirmed the existence of the G2 as well put some specs for us to chatter about. The new HSPA+ G2 device will be running Froyo 2.2, however, the device will unfortunately only be running a 800 MHz Scorpion processor. As the first ever HSPA+ device capable of running speeds that rival 4G, T-Mobile is boasting the new G2 as it becoming the “fastest smartphone experience in America”. Maybe we don’t need 1GHz processors and T-Mobile knows it? The G2 will be an exclusive to the T-Mobile moniker and 
will spawn the “official” birth of the companies HSPA+ network, with an onslaught of HSPA+ devices sure to follow.
TmoNews has also come across some internal T-Mobile documents that put a $499 retail price on the G2 without a new service agreement. With a new contract the G2 device is slated to run you about $200 bucks. Sound fair?
But is the slightly slower 800MHz a deal breaker for all my QWERTY loving Android users? I know there were a lot of people eyeballing this one. With this news on the G2 has your opinion changed?
Tags: 2.2, Froyo, T-Mobile, Android
G1 specs
Processor- qualcomm 528 mhz
Operating system – android
Memory – Rom = 256 mb / Ram = 192 mb
Display – 3.2 inch tft lcd touch =320 × 480
Keyboard – 5 row qwerty
Camera – 3.2 mp with auto focus
Gps, wifi , bluetooth , built in mic and speaker
Now here’s my G2 custom dream design
That t-mobile should consider and fix it b4 it releases alot of plp gonna be pissed with alot of stuff they lefted out and better specs the true g2 succesor should have t-mobile shame on u i know im gonna be upset as a t-mobile customer and g1 lover wow fix this t-mobile something like this plz keep the design of the g1 with better finishes and hyped up specs we t-mobile users deserve this treatment plz,,, neways have a look @ my creation the true succesor to the g1 my g2 custom ====
G2 custom specs
Processor – 1.5 ghz dual or 2.0 ghz dual
o.s – android 2.2 or 3.0 gingerbread
Memory – Rom 1gb / Ram 512mb or 1gb
Display 3.7 inch tft lcd high def touch screen
Keyboard – g1′s 5 row qwerty everyone loves
Camera – front 5mp/back 8mp flash n focus
Gps , wifi , bluetooth , built in mic /speaker
Thats that my dream custom g2 phone i would easily pay 300 to 400 hundred easy for this dream phone especially with t-mobiles new hspa+ imagine the possibilities t-mobile /g1 loyal customers plus it was the 1st phone to have android and was the best phone in design to me so i prefer it the same design a lil bigger for a bigger screen tilt feature for movies , and it will kill alot of phones dead t-mobile and yeah a better track ball this 1 gets annoying @ times but its ok a better 1 a plus well thats it i tried i can only pray t-mobile doesnt ruin this phone as the g1 succesor ima cry if they do especially being fast with hspa+ wow i can on dream .,..,.,if ya interest in the though wow i could see this thing be a major threat to mobile companies tryna compete with hspa+ t-mobile rules i hope hahaha sincerely g1 user loyal t-mobile customer ha booyahhhhhhhh suckas lol check this out yaa spread my word if possible 1
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I was planning to get one of these as a backward thinking qwerty lover.
I loved the idea that upgrades would come quickly because of the vanilla Android interface.
But what about Gingerbread? The rumored minumum specs included a 1GHz processor. I’d hate to be stuck with 2.2 forever. I’m not enjoying being stuck on 1.6 on my G1.
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From what i understand, and believe me, i have trolled the forumns on this one, the new chip in the 800mhz processor is next gen. (scorpion processor) and will be faster than the current 1ghz snapdragon. But as with all android phones now a days, give it 3 months and the handset will be obselete! haha, i think i’m gonna wait for android 3.0 or 3.5 to upgrade my phone.
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i was hoping that it will be at least 1ghz. i’ll be reluctant to buy this phone because of the processor. i guess i will wait for the next phone.
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Does this phone have a flash? HD screen?
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I’ll be waiting and not jumping on board so fast. I upgraded to the mt slide without checking the specs thinking it was an upgrade from the g1 but it wasn’t.
I’m not really sure what’s going on but htc made the evo. The evo will be on top for at least 2 years. I think tmobile should focus on and produce one superphone a year (like auto makers do). This way they’ll have time for research and they’ll keep there customers.
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Keep in mind that this is a new chip architecture, clock speed isn’t everything. Have the desktop CPU wars taught us nothing?
This new chip is packing some new features and cores and should give the older architecture a good beating…
Wait for the benchmarks before jumping the gun on clock speed.
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other sites says 1ghz, but even at 800mhz, relative to the screen size-it’s more than enough to be snappy in the android os. what set it apart is the gpu it’s packing, which is in par or better than the samsung hummingbird (current fastest mobile gpu). even in modern pc, cpu isnt always the main factor. try playing ur quad, or hex-cores cpu w an budget gpu, and i bet it wouldnt be able to run crysis.
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