T-Mobile rolled out its latest device, the G1 phone which uses Android (Google’s open-source OS for mobile devices). Now that the hype has finally died down, here’s my take on the phone:
- it’s rather ugly: cheap plastic keyboard, looks too much like all the other old devices with their cheap plastic keyboards (thinking of the Sidekick)
- no desktop syncing application
- no video playback except for YouTube; you need an SD card for music or video playback
- you can use only one Google account with the phone
- no headphone jack
- the device is not really open because you can’t run VOIP apps on the 3G connection
- SIM locked to T-Mobile but they will unlock it after 90 days
- price: $179 with a two-year (!) contract
- the data plus voice subscription plan is convoluted and pricey (you have to pay an extra $25 for data on top of your voice plan)
- there’s a data cap of 1GB; if you exceed this limit, T-Mobile bumps you down to the slowest speeds imaginable, turning your G1 into an ugly brick (update: T-Mobile says it is simply “reviewing” the cap).
So which device would you rather have?
T-Mobile G1
OR
3G iPhone
I would never change my iPhone for anything else…
you realize your picture of the ’3g’ iphone is a 1G iphone right?
I uploaded a new photo of the iPhone.
Hey we gotta see what the open avenue of third parties can do wit the 1G…. Give it some time it should knock the haters out the box and probably if possible put them on mute!!!
i own both the phones and a heavy user n def think g1 is betta than iphone 3g , and juss to clear there is a video playback player and a bunch of apps in the phone , juss get ur facts right b4 writing anything about anything