T-Mobile G1 Specs

8.5
PhoneArena Score
T-Mobile G1 Review
8.7

Description

T-Mobile G1 is the first phone to run on Google's Android operating system. It is a side-slider with QWERTY and large touch-sensitive display. Features include 3-megapixel camera, microSD slot, Internet Browser and Email.

This device is also known as HTC Dream

Pros

  • Hardware QWERTY keyboard

Cons

  • Thick body (0.62 inches)
I want it 3 users
I have it 12 users
I had it 125 users

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Display

Size: 3.2-inch
Resolution: 480 x 320 px, 180 PPI
Technology: TFT
Screen-to-body: 47.57 %
Colors: 65 536
Features: Scratch-resistant glass

Hardware

System chip: Qualcomm MSM7201A
Processor: Single core, 528 MHz
RAM: 0.2GB
Storage expansion: microSDHC
OS: Android
ROM: 256 MB
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 1150 mAh
Type: Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera
Main camera: 3.2 MP (Autofocus)
Dimensions: 4.60 x 2.16 x 0.62 inches
(117 x 55 x 16 mm)
Weight: 5.57 oz (158.0 g)
Features: Full keyboard
Keys: Left: Volume control

Cellular

3G: Bands 4(1700/2100), 1(2100)
Data Speed: HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA, UMTS

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 2.0, EDR
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b, g
USB: miniUSB, USB 2.0
Location: GPS
Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass
Other: Computer sync

Phone features

Notifications: Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (40 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval:
Date approved: Aug 18, 2008
FCC ID value: NM8DRM
Measured SAR:
Head: 0.71 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz
Body: 0.84 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz

Availability

Officially announced: Sep 23, 2008
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Carrier Availability

Discontinued

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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
8
Camera quality
7.5
Performance
7.5
Display
7.5
Battery life and charging
8
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
9
First Android Phone - not much else needs to be said
Phone owned for more than a year

This was the first android phone available to the public, running Android 1.5 Cupcake out of the box. Not too much else can be said about it. It was a great phone, had a unique keyboard slide out feature, great build quality from HTC, including the matte black, rubberized body. It was very sturdy, had great call quality and introduced what is now the Google Play Store with all of the fun apps cataloged nicely for us.

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7
Aaroser
Phone owned for more than a year

Htc introduce more better esperience
it's world first Google Android smartphone
Display: 3.2 in (8.1 cm) TFT-LCD flat glass touch-sensitive HVGA screen with 480×320 pixel resolution and capacitive touchscreen.[20] Although the touchscreen hardware is capable of multitouch gestures, official releases of the Android OS (versions 1.0 to 1.6) Users can patch the supplied version of Android, update to Android 2.0 or later to make use of the multitouch screen.Keyboard: The HTC Dream has a sliding full 5 row QWERTY keyboard. I

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9
Phone owned for

The T-Mobile G1 is the best phone I've ever had, (only had like 3 phones) had Cricket for 2 yrs, wasnt satisfied anymore, jump ship to T-Mobile, like I said G1 is the best phone yet for me.  Love the fact you can make it your own phone, such as having all the good icons on the center screen, then having two different screens to put other stuff on, got a screen for widgets and other two are downloaded - pre-downloaded apps.  Was gonna go for the myTouch, but decided against cause of the fact of a physical QWERTY keyboard, and virtual keyboards, got 3 different options style of keyboard, one good for driving, one good for work, and the other is good when just hanging out and chillin'.  Had issues with email, but found out that port 25 is blocked for a Cableone account and just put the outgoing server as Yahoo!'s and voila, works, love the pandora app, or even the fact that i can sync music to the device and still have substantial amount of space for more apps, love how contacts and calender events, etc... sync over the air with Gmail, so if i lose the device, or contacts get erased, BAM!!! i have copys in my Gmail account, cant go wrong with that.  All in all G1 is the best phone, but if myTouch had a physical keyboard i would of went with that, but hasnt happened.  Browser a little slow, but you can just get opera mini and be good.  design is alright, could be a little thinner but good enough.

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