6/22 | My Touch 3G Enters Competitive Market
My Touch 3G deals for T-Mobile customers
Will My Touch 3G stay afloat in a sea of smartphones?
Among an ever-growing collection of available smartphones, T-Mobile is releasing its latest offering, the T-Mobile My Touch 3G. The announcement falls just on the heels of Apple releasing the iPhone 3G S. Coming out after the new iPhone definitely isn’t going to help T-Mobile.
T-Mobile says the My Touch 3G costs $199 with a two-year contract. I assume the My Touch 3G is only available to T-Mobile customers.
My Touch 3G details
The T-Mobile My Touch 3G operates on the Google Android system. The only advantage it seems to over its competitors is its size, as it’s a bit smaller than the iPhone. Tech Fragments says:
The My Touch 3G phone offers a 3.2-inch touch screen display, 320×480 resolution, and has no hardware keyboard.
Major competitors
Both the iPhone 3G S and the recently released Palm Pre have more memory than the My Touch 3G. The My Touch 3G will likely be most attractive to existing T-Mobile customers who want to upgrade to a smartphone. I don’t think the My Touch 3G will attract new customers to T-Mobile, however. People won’t get money loans to switch wireless carriers.
You can order the My Touch 3G on or after July 8. It comes in three colors: black, white and merlot. The phone comes out in August, when it will be available in retail stores.
Customize is the name of the game
My Touch 3G allows users to customize wallpapers, icons and menus. Here is a full list of specifications from Product Reviews News:
- Battery: Li – Ion, 1340 mAh
- Camera: 3.2 megapixels Resolution
- Internet: Full HTML Browser
- Network: GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) UMTS dual-band global 3G (1700/2100 MHz)
- OS: Android
- Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels
- Size: 4.45 x 2.19 x 0.58 inches (113 x 56 x 15 mm)
- Standby: 600 hours (25 days) of Stand-by time
- Talk: 6 hours (360 mins) of Talk time
- Touch Screen: 3.2-inches
- Voice: Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone
More on T-Mobile
Here is some more information on the provider of the My Touch 3G, T-Mobile:
Globally, T-Mobile has 128.3 million subscribers, making it the world’s eighth largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers and the third largest multinational after the United Kingdom’s Vodafone and Spain’s Telefónica. T-Mobile USA is the fourth largest wireless telecommunications network in the U.S. market with 32.8 million customers after Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, and Sprint Nextel.
You can learn more about the My Touch 3 G at T-Mobile.com, but you can’t pre-order the phone until July 8.