Google and T-Mobile unleash the G1 for $179 and a two-year contract

23 Sep, 2008
That's it folks, the HTC-made T-Mobile G1 is now official with pre-orders opened over at the dedicated T-Mobile website. The device will start shipping in US stores...

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  • whizzert
  • PFM
  • 24 Sep 2008

ok. i cant see the qwerty keypad. so where's it hidden?

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    • Field Tech
    • j@Z
    • 24 Sep 2008

    Ralph Ginella, 24 Sep 2008TMobile is the worst carrier in the USA. I switched to ATT ... more@ Ralph Ginella

    How exactly do you think T-Mobile going into 3G is a bad thing?

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      • Rmondo
      • qJe
      • 24 Sep 2008

      Tmobile, what are you thinking!!! Get with the program... no video. Who uses both hands to text? Why would they not come out with a phone that us drivers can use. Disapointed! it looks like a sidekick, and everyone knows those are for kids.

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        • TZ
        • j@v
        • 24 Sep 2008

        This was supposed to be the iphone killer, what happened the HW design is so bad

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          • LvAlex
          • 4GE
          • 24 Sep 2008

          I ordered the phone today... I'm so excited!!

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            • ohemgee
            • NGA
            • 24 Sep 2008

            The One, 24 Sep 2008Great phone at a great price. If you don't think so then do... morethats like, like .. like sayin doin naughty stuff in public is allright. if you dont like it, dont watch :O!!!

            SIR!!!, this phone is an outrage to those upholding family values!! Its MADNess i tell ya MADNESS!!!!

            It should be banned and burnt at the stake so it can goto hell and burn for eternity with SATAN!!!

            HAVE YOU NO SHAME!?!!

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              • ahsan
              • u1v
              • 24 Sep 2008

              Hello all the people out there
              Simply don't turn against anything which you have not experienced by your self. It is the way a person looks a thing. If you look positively, you will find benefits and good things. But if you are looking at a thing just to criticize, then u wont find anything good in it.

              I think we must give time to Android, so that its all features are brought in front. As far as the HTC set is concerned, its looks are not good at all. Android looks a better platform with a open market and it will soon emerge with many applications. Any mobile maker can make Android capable mobile phone.

              And people who praise iPhone, don't forget its too much limitations, i have one and i know many, e.g., no flash player, no mms, no text forwarding etc. These functions are basic and available in even world's cheapest set.

              Google's Android seems good and it has long way to go. Its just only a start......

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                • MicroKid
                • bhD
                • 24 Sep 2008

                Well, the G1 looks quite cheap and unattractive. I am surprised that HTC created such an ugly device. Even low-end models from other manufacturers (e.g. Nokia) look more upscale. I would be extremely embarrassed to own one in view of the other available smart phones on the market. Design-wise Google is a boring company and may be that's why the G1 looks so ridiculously cheap and uncool.

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                  • altezza
                  • QJ2
                  • 24 Sep 2008

                  T-Mobile has definitely started an new revolution, Open source = Future, no one wants to be tied down, freedom is what our country started with and definitely will be embraced by the greater populous. Google and T-Mobile leading the charge of freedom.

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                    • Coco
                    • 4uH
                    • 24 Sep 2008

                    T-Mobile is a nationwide Revol, plain and simple and is a mess. They need more than the G1 to save them. Its the wing with android on it yippie!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 3Ce
                      • 24 Sep 2008

                      you guys said it GSMarena...thats right man, i'm disappointed to this is pretty much a proto type just for testing the Android, Bluetooth transfer will be added later?? its like saying touch screen will be added later lol and yea after devices like the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro and for even Xperia, HTC can do way better and the home screen ain't to Eye Candy happy either, thats right man we wait for the next

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 47w
                        • 24 Sep 2008

                        mizzo, 23 Sep 2008this is just a bad iPhone replica (3rd party, accelometer,)... moreok for the "smart person" that said the accelometer is a copy and the 3rd party thing..............ok first of all get your facts right....first of all the accelometer is way older than the i phone even the n95 had it........and the 3rd party stuff its what Google is always been about the openness of everything and they announced this openness way back when they announce android way before the iphone

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                          • jay
                          • xX8
                          • 24 Sep 2008

                          the plans are too much like i can use the 400 messeges in one day

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                            • Ralph Ginella
                            • 4cd
                            • 24 Sep 2008

                            TMobile is the worst carrier in the USA. I switched to ATT and now I have more bars in more places. TMo kept dropping calls and this new foray into 3G with a new touch screen phone will be disastrous for them.

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                              • The One
                              • 4w}
                              • 24 Sep 2008

                              Great phone at a great price. If you don't think so then don't buy it. Simply isn't it?

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                                • edunaville
                                • PHi
                                • 24 Sep 2008

                                its just the beggining of the Android era...let's just no forget that...the first iphone didn't have many features....its funny to think that phones like nokia's N95 had all those features...and much more since 2005

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                                  • gourki
                                  • q}x
                                  • 24 Sep 2008

                                  i understand why they dont have better screens on windows mobile..i think its because windows cant support it .. or i could be wrong.. but whats with the 65K screen? i thought we were over that 5 years ago?

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                                    • mizzo
                                    • 0kZ
                                    • 23 Sep 2008

                                    this is just a bad iPhone replica (3rd party, accelometer,).. well, come on! even the bluetooth is simmilar to iphone!! i'm very disapointed...

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • uBZ
                                      • 23 Sep 2008

                                      In continuation of my comment posted at 23:06, it seems T-Mob is capping the 3G transfer limit at 1GB/month, after which they'll throttle you back to a something we had back in the dinosaur era - 50kbps. Seriously?? AFAIK, this phone is being marketed as a 'Jesus phone' killer. What use are the dozens of Goog apps if the phone is going to remain in my pocket all day? T-Mob really need to axe their current consulting team.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • uBZ
                                        • 23 Sep 2008

                                        Folks who think this is a beautiful phone need to get their eyes not just checked, but replaced. The entire freakin world waited for more than a year for this piece of junk? No video recording, no stereo A2DP, no file transfer and most importantly - no MS-Exchange support.. does Google think that mobile users are a bunch of morons? T-Mob just lost a bunch of corporate customers who use their phones as AIO devices.

                                        Thanks, but I'll stick with my trusty Symbian devices (N95-2 and P1i).

                                        And to the person who thinks SE should migrate to Android, please no! SE is known for making decent looking phones, not a dumb passionless brick.