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what is the best t-mobile android phone as of now

honda4life

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i am wanting to get opinions on what is the best t-mobile android phone that is out right now i currently have the mytouch 3g but i was thinking about the behold 2 so can anyone tell me some goods and bads about changing or should i just wait until 2010 and something better comes out thanks for the help in advance.
 
why not wait and get the nexus?
should be out next month and its much better than anything you can currently get.

this is true , but is it a real confirmation that it will be 199 and coneout in january?
im within my 30 days and thinking of taking my mytouch back and waiting for the nexus

welcome to the forum honda
 
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i agree with waiting to see what happens with the nexus; but as of right now i would say a rooted G1 is the best Android phone on TMO. It has a pretty good KB, large, extremely active dev/hacker community, etc.; anyone who tells you different is not really being honest with you. Well the same applies for the myTouch, also, except for the KB.
 
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Nexus will be the best Android phone on the market when it hits (most likely January 5th and $199). If you want a phone now, go with the CLIQ. Once you disable all of those widgets (which are an absolute joke; slow down the phone and absolutely eat your battery), it's a solid Android device.

But seriously, be smart and wait three weeks for the Nexus.
 
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At this exact moment, I would have to say the Behold 2.... however, just by a tiny bit. And that's assuming you don't want a physical keyboard. Even then, you're going to have to make some changes to get rid of Samsung's terrible "TouchWiz" interface.

But there is really very little difference between the MyTouch and the Behold 2. They both have the same super crappy 528mhz qualcomm processor, which is what causes the G1, MyTouch, Hero, Eris, and Behold 2 to stutter and be generally rather laggy.

I would definitely agree with the others.... there will be sooooo much difference between the Nexus One and the MyTouch it will totally put the Behold 2 and the MyTouch to shame.

Besides, the Behold 2 is just crazy over priced. I mean, it's $30 more than the Droid, and $130 more than the Eris... both of which are much superior to the Behold 2. (other than the fact that you'll be paying way more for Verizon.)

So yeah, wait a month or two. You'll be glad you did.
 
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i woudnt have gotten the g1, if 2.0 is released for tmobile. it is doubtful that the g1 will get it
Why does everyone say this ? No one has officialy said the G1 can't get 2.0. Matter of fact some of us (rooted) have already received parts of 2.0. Cyanogen is getting it out as fast as he can.

To the poster who asked about rooting...

Rooting gives you complete control of your device. It let's you change the ROM (operating software) and add custom roms. It also let's you have all your apps stored on the sd card and not on the devices internal memory. Plus it makes your phone so much faster.

Just google " cyanogen rom " and go to his wiki page. Its a lot simpler than it looks.
 
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Yeah I'm looking forward to that Nexus :)

this is true , but is it a real confirmation that it will be 199 and coneout in january?
im within my 30 days and thinking of taking my mytouch back and waiting for the nexus

welcome to the forum honda

Are you sure about 30 days? T-mobile only does 14-days except in CA
Phone return and replacement policy FAQs
I just signed up last night and while I really want an Android, I just couldn't get the current models. I liked the mytouch 3G most but was only 1.5 on the demo unit. Got a BlackBerry to hold me over (and my Verizon Droid) until.....
 
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I'd say go with whichever one you like most. If you're a fan of a physical keyboard go with something like the Cliq. If you're ok with not having the physical keyboard, the MyTouch and Behold2 will work well for you.

The latest news on the Nexus is that January 5 is the date of the announcement and that the phone will possibly launch for retail purchase somewhere around the end of Q1. The rumored $199 price point is also very off as people are placing it at the same price point as the other devices without a contract, $400-$500. There has been no official announcement of a subsidized version of the Nexus yet, let alone how much that subsidy would be.

Technology can always turn out to be a wait and see gamble. That's just how it is. If we're talking what's available now, I'm very happy with my BH2 and like it much more than the other Android devices (Cliq, MyTouch, Droid) that I've played around with.
 
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The latest news on the Nexus is that January 5 is the date of the announcement and that the phone will possibly launch for retail purchase somewhere around the end of Q1. The rumored $199 price point is also very off as people are placing it at the same price point as the other devices without a contract, $400-$500. There has been no official announcement of a subsidized version of the Nexus yet, let alone how much that subsidy would be.

hopefull it's released to the public way before the "end" of Q1.
 
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