T-Mobile G1 Touchscreen 3G mobile phone reviews

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Score 8.0/10 Read 1855
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+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores very poorly on battery life.

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T-Mobile G1:Smartphone Quad Band Touchscreen See full product description

Ease of use	8.3
Features	8.6
Battery life	4.4
Design	8.1
Value for money	8.3
Overall rating	8.0

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Score 8.0/10

Good points:: user friendly menus, features, camera picture quality, connectivity.
Bad points:: running internet connected apps not always "live", lack of sms presentation options on new message, lack of startup management features and the ability to manage background running applications.

Ease of use	7.0
Features	9.0
Battery life	3.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 19 Sep 2009

Confirmed purchaser

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: every thing is good really. but esspecialy Gtalk
Bad points:: battery life.

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	5.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Sep 2009

rebecca, ashfield cum thorpe Basic text and chat user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Great apps!
Bad points:: terrible battery life.

Ease of use	9.0
Features	9.0
Battery life	2.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Sep 2009

rodney, bolton Music and entertainment lover

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Good design lots of things to do ie games,internet,
Bad points:: Can't get bluetooth the battery goes flat very fast can't get flash player but apart from them thumbs up

Ease of use	9.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	2.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Aug 2009

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Keyboard
Bad points:: Volume is limited

Ease of use	7.0
Features	8.0
Battery life	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 12 Sep 2009

Dyna, barking

Score 4.0/10

Good points:: getting music
Bad points:: like i said poooooor battery

Ease of use	7.0
Features	5.0
Battery life	1.0
Design	4.0
Value for money	2.0
Overall rating	4.0

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Confirmed purchase: 09 May 2009

Neil, Clackmannanshire

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: The phone is excellent! I would recommend it to anyone.
Bad points:: The only real problem with the phone is that it can't send or receive files through bluetooth.

Ease of use	8.0
Features	7.0
Battery life	7.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 03 Jul 2009

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Product Features

Operating system	Android
Software on which the device runs
Type of phone	Smartphone
Smartphones are phones with mobile computing systems and the ability to perform complex processes such as image and video capture and app downloads.
Shape of phone	Slider
Mobile phones come in a variety of shapes: the most common is the bar (or ‘candy bar’) a rectangular block shape. Other common forms are the ‘slider’, which elongates when one section is slid out from the other and ‘flip’, where the two sections of the phone are hinged.
3G	Yes
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen or keypad	Touchscreen
Touchscreen phones do not have physical buttons, instead you can dial numbers and type texts using equivalent numeric and QWERTY keypads on the screen. Numeric and QWERTY keypad phones have buttons to allow you to dial number and write texts.
Connections	Bluetooth

Connections	WiFi

Connections	USB

Extra functions	Email

Extra functions	Instant messaging

Extra functions	Camera

Extra functions	Satellite navigation

Band	Quad
Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	320

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	480

Camera resolution (MegaPixels)	3
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Talk time (Hours)	5
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Stand-by time (Days)	16.9

Memory card slot	Yes
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Weight (g)	158
The weight of the product in grams.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
FM tuner	No
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom.
MP3 playback capable	Yes

Java	Yes
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
Release date	2008-10-30
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Google G1, HTC G1, HTC T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile

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Manufacturer's Description

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to lose track of the really important things in your life. Your social calendar is just a bit out of synch and friends are just a bit too far out of reach.