Review of GSM/UMTS Smartphone T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide
Mobile-review have posted their review of the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide. Here is their final impression.
Just like the Nexus One, MyTouch 3G Slide is made by HTC and reminds of the current crop of HTC Android phones a lot. In many respects (screen, processor, memory, software, performance) you can say it is HTC Legend with a sliding QWERTY and in a plastic case.
The shortcomings of the phone are far and between: the battery life (the main problem similar to many other Android smartphones) and impossibility to install Skype, although Nimbuzz is a way around it. There is another complaint I have, but it has nothing to do with the phone itself, but rather with the OS - the impossibility of alarm going off when the phone is shut off. I do want to shut my phone for the night as I do not particularly enjoy 04:00 AM calls by drunks to a wrong number, which for some reason always belongs to me. Unfortunately, if I do it the alarm does not go off either. Combined with another OS weakness, i.e. the lack of profiles and timed switching between them, you have to either spend a little money to get an app that allows doing that or to install a free one and switch manually. Nothing horrible, but inconvenient nonetheless. Again, this whining has nothing to do with the phone in question, it is rather the OS problem present on all Android phones. Again, you can go to our thorough review of Android 2.1 OS to learn more about it.
Overall MyTouch 3G Slide is a great phone if this is what you need – a smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard, very fast speed, with the full set of wireless interfaces, etc, plus it effectively replaces the Personal Navigation Device like Garmin or TomTom at least in the US. I have to add that it also represents a great value – at the moment of writing with a new contract T-Mobile sells it for $179.99 after a rebate, without a contract for $429.99 with $20 per month payment plan, cheaper than a QWERTY-less unlocked HTC Legend. Hopefully this review will help you decide whether this phone is something you want.
Just like the Nexus One, MyTouch 3G Slide is made by HTC and reminds of the current crop of HTC Android phones a lot. In many respects (screen, processor, memory, software, performance) you can say it is HTC Legend with a sliding QWERTY and in a plastic case.
The shortcomings of the phone are far and between: the battery life (the main problem similar to many other Android smartphones) and impossibility to install Skype, although Nimbuzz is a way around it. There is another complaint I have, but it has nothing to do with the phone itself, but rather with the OS - the impossibility of alarm going off when the phone is shut off. I do want to shut my phone for the night as I do not particularly enjoy 04:00 AM calls by drunks to a wrong number, which for some reason always belongs to me. Unfortunately, if I do it the alarm does not go off either. Combined with another OS weakness, i.e. the lack of profiles and timed switching between them, you have to either spend a little money to get an app that allows doing that or to install a free one and switch manually. Nothing horrible, but inconvenient nonetheless. Again, this whining has nothing to do with the phone in question, it is rather the OS problem present on all Android phones. Again, you can go to our thorough review of Android 2.1 OS to learn more about it.
Overall MyTouch 3G Slide is a great phone if this is what you need – a smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard, very fast speed, with the full set of wireless interfaces, etc, plus it effectively replaces the Personal Navigation Device like Garmin or TomTom at least in the US. I have to add that it also represents a great value – at the moment of writing with a new contract T-Mobile sells it for $179.99 after a rebate, without a contract for $429.99 with $20 per month payment plan, cheaper than a QWERTY-less unlocked HTC Legend. Hopefully this review will help you decide whether this phone is something you want.
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