T-Mobile G1 Slide Phone Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ the android software is excellent and the interface is great

- i would like to be able to sync with my computer especially outlook

+ good phone with more facilaties

- It is a bit confusing to do bluetooth as i still havent managed to work out how to send songs and to show up on other peoples phone on their devices found list

+ touch screen and key pad, although latter is small

- battery life poor if using mapping

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- battery

+ design

- messy

+ amazing all in all

- battery can die quite quickly
can be difficult to navigate

+ Good User interface. Very quick web browsing

- Battery life is quite bad. Unable to open Office documents.

+ web browsing and email is brilliant, love most the features about this phone, including marketplace where you can get lots of good downloads.

- battery life isn't very good, and the bluetooth is very poor, not able to send files via bluetooth or synchronise with other devices.. havent found another phone that will find the g1 on a scan yet!

+ Great for web browsing, great applications

- Not very good at the simple things - terrible battery life (needs charging about once a day!!!), can delete specific msg's as they appear in thread format, can't forward msg's and can't set phone to just vibrate without a lot of hassle!

+ easy to use

- slow camera

+ nice looking, easy to use, web, navigation

- cuts out when on call. battery life very poor

+ free games and applications

- the bluetooth does not work at all

+ most of it is fine would like a more expensive phone different materials to much plastic

- camera

+ All round good product with some great functions

- Battery life is very poor

+ First android phone with, great web browser, app market, email

- the battery sucks, and is a little bulky, plus the camera not great

+ Versatile easy to use phone

- Very expensive for a handset that has a free OS on it

+ Synchronisation with e-mail and contacts is a breeze. Andriod store lots of fun.

- Battery life is very poor. Phone needs charged every day

+ ease of use and the touch screen works a treat

- battery life could do with being longer to make more use of the net and gps feat

+ GPRS & Wi-Fi

- bluetooth and poor musicplayer/speaker

+ Ease if use with web browsing

- I Followed the steps on the user guide and charged the battery when my product was first delivered, it does not last more than 24 hours without running out of battery power even when the phone has not been used etc.

+ create your own phone by adding software you use

- if you loose signal most ofd the time you have to turn off and on again thats not good,maybee it was rushed out not tested

+ The open source nature of the software and the resulting explosion in applications, excellent choice of hardware that support the production of software.

- Battery life, taking the back off is a bit like breaking the phone, some touchscreen games are infuriatingly difficult to work unless you have pins for fingers.

+ he built in gps is quick and easy to use, google emails on the run and the ability to surf any webpage is brill

- battery life could be a lot better, no onscreen keypad for txts, no ability to record video.

+ looks good keypad

- no flash no radio trying to download my own music from cd

+ Android Marketplace provides lots of cool free apps and games to extend the phone. Excellent for people who like to tinker.
Email alerts almost give the impression of 'push' email systems like the Blackberry.
Smooth, easy to use interface.
Keyboard makes txting and emailing much easier, without the need for predictive text. Although it makes one-handed txting very awkward.

- Battery like is pathetic. Not even a full day's active use without a recharge.
Camera is very average, and shocking in low light.
Speakerphone is tinny.
Ringer is easily muffled (and so, very quiet) if the phone is laid face up on a soft surface (e.g. sofa).
The G1 white has a white backlight behind the keys, making the letter markings hard to see in certain light situations.

+ messaging, camera contacts

- no bluetooth connection with other phones, unforgivable

+ great all in one device. I'm also really enjoying some of the geeky apps! this device will come into its own when I'm away from my broadband connection for work, as it means I can stay in contact with my social circle.

- Gmail has a bad habit of not notifying me of new emails & when I call up the app, it is open on an email I've already read. The touch screen doesn't always select what I've intended.

+ This phone is exactly what is advertised - a fun take on the smart phone with useful internet browsing and free application support. The touch screen is easy to use and means using the phone for calling, as an organiser or for browsing are all quick and straightforward.

- The battery life on the phone seems poor at first, after calibrating (full charge then full power down) 4 or 5 times it improves, but the GPS, Sync, bluetooth and 3G features should ALL be turned off till needed for maximum life.

+ It's easy to use.

- It doesn't bleept when there is a missed call or an unread text message.

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- cant download music easierly

+ Screen, wireless options, link to Google, Android based

- Trackball is flakey, battery life is horrible, no Flash in the browser, awkward to get secure e-mail set up to server with self-signed certificate, camera is slow.

+ Using the apps is a lot of fun and unlike Apple, they are free

- Terrible battery life, you will need to charge by lunchtme

+ Large screen good coverage easy to navigate

- Battery life

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- battery life poor, navigation system available know where near as good as tomtom for uk yet

+ smart design and applications which are free

- i am allways haveing to check my batery level

+ a good phone all in all

- the battery is a joke all the technoligy you must be able to overcome such a minor fault

+ A lot of good functions packed in to an excellent design. Keyboard works very well. Excellent for texting.

- Takes a while to get to grips with it, but that's possibly because it has a lot more in it than simpler phones. Thin plastic back feels flimsy and is difficult to remove. Too much web use uses the power very rapidly.

+ Great Phone Great Market Cant Wait for the new updates

- Battery Life Just wish it could last 2 days without a charge

+ the android market is amazing and th email features are good aswell

- the battery life is completely shocking, it last for about 7 hours general use

+ Fantastically intuitive. It's great for flicking around the features and using the web whilst listening to music and reading your emails. Does the lot. The Market is great and I have downloaded some useful, fun and pointless apps.

- Although I understand that using these fantastic features does burn the battery a bit, I would like to go for a few days without charging it. Currently I have to charge every night when I get home. Thankfully there are some apps on the Market Place which help with conserving energy.

+ it has none

- everything! the battery lasts 24hrs if your lucky. the phone its self is big and heavy, its just a horrible phone. i personally wish i hadnt purchased it.

+ Relayability.Thers always something new that you finding about it.

- Battery life.Even if Im not using browser and turning of the 3G it still goes down ferly quickly.
Not enough accessories available.

+ Google, Maps, Apps

- Battery life - poor indeed
Text composure before sending message doesn't allow you to create new paras etc. with carriage returns, so everything runs into one long sentence structure
keyboard keys not very positive to use - compared to my old Samsung i600

+ Keyboard. Brilliant Screen. Plenty of aftermarket programs available.

- Terrible battery life. Some software such as Email program crashes often.

+ everything

- bluetooth

+ incredible phone. lots on it and easy to use.

- no bluetooth to send or recieve data. very bad point. and battery life is too small

+ the touch screen is cool and the internet is handy to have. other great facilities on the phone aswell.

- you cannot forward on a text message , i have to recharge the phone every day.

+ the g1 has amazing applications that i have had alot of fun with

- the case could easily scratch and the battery life is poor

+ small and easy to use

- battery life is poor

+ Everything for it is open source and free and being able to use the internet as I would at home literally anywhere I go is a godsend, I don't know how I coped without it!

- Needs much better battery life, MSN Messenger and voice activated search. Also needs optimising abit better as things can get a little sluggish when browing some websites and it needs a better way of zooming in and out of websites like multi-touch gestures like the iPhone does.

+ Excellent touch screen - very clear and sharp. Qwerty keyboard is good to use (once you get used to it, rather than a numeric key pad). Android market for apps is worth its weight in gold...

- Battery life!!!!!!! If use solely as a phone it isn't too bad but when you use the extra features like web browsing, email, music etc it can eat through it in a very short time.

+ Navigation is intuitive and the dropdown menu for emails and messages is excellent. The Android market place is brilliant and the fact that the majority of the apps are free gives it a massive plus point over the iPhone.

- Two basic things missing - flash for the camera (doesn't need a xenon flash, a LED would have done), and a radio tuner. So much excellent technology has been incorporated that it seems like an oversight to leave these out, especially the flash.

+ Interface

- Battery does not even last a day of normal usage, almost unusable.

+ great online keyboard its great

- bluetooth not working batt life is not gd at all and worse if on 3g
txtin on fone is not gd find it easier on normal fone

+ Great phone, brilliantly designed. Simple to use once you become familiar with its features.. Brilliant for internet usage (especially facebook) and shows web pages as though you are using a pc. You can download additonal applications, so phone is constanly updated.

- Still waiting for blue tooth facility.. No camera flash and some application bugs (force closure). But still a really great phone.

+ The applications that can be added to this phone from the marketplace are great! You can get some really good ones and the developers take on board feedback and improve them. The screen on this phone is very large so you can actually watch videos on it if you want to. The touch screen is very responsive. It has an inbuild gyroscope that means when you play some games you just need to tilt the phone in the direction you want. This is very sensitive and adds loads to the types of games you can play on the G1. Its very easy to operate once you get used to it. It can store alot of files. Easy to browse the internet!!

- It has shut down unexpectedly a few times half way through use. I dont know if this is a fault on mine or them all, but its quite annoying! Not so bad that it would put me off getting one. Should be 'word' available to download so it can be used as a word processing device if you want. At the moment only 'notebook' is available which isnt great for compatability with other devices.
The camera isnt great: It doesnt have a flash so you cant take very good pictures if the lights not great. You would have thought the pictures would be better quality on this phone.

+ phone book and ease of texting

- having to go on line to recieve mms pictures and messages and not being albe to forward messages

+ Linux based phone, good apps available in the market place,
decent integration with some Google services. The phone is fast, the
interface is excellent.

- Battery life isn't brilliant. Doesn't support java. Can't run existing Linux apps.
No root access without hacking the phone. No voice dialing, although this
is possible in the US. Traffic option in Google maps app doesn't appear
to work.

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- too expensive

+ Easy to use, lots of depth with additional apps, good keyboard.

- Battery life is initially quite poor but after a few goes of fully discharging then recharging to full it's been fine.

+ good messaging

- no video or place to save messages

+ its compact fairly easy to use

- there is no bluetooth facility

+ easy to text, camera has good quality.

- battery life.

+ ease of use Qwerty keyboard pacman

- No Flash player real player no bluetooth file transfer only good for mono headphone what use is that? cant send contact cards

+ Smart design with loads of features.

- Menu navigation with ball a little difficult due to sensitivity. Many other devices have difficulty connecting to the device by bluetooth. Battery life a bit poor

+ I love this phone, especially the Android OS. As a software developer I love the fact that I can write software for it and make it do whatever I want. Yes, it may not be as pretty as an iPhone, but I'm a PC user anyway - I've never gone for supermodels ;-)

- Battery life!

+ the applications run smothly and without a lot of hassle, and the connection is very good a lot of the time

- the touch screen can be over and undersensitive at times

+ Free(ish) Software, Good Satnav, Accelerometer is very accurate in phone, responsive, Big Screen, Nice Controls..

- Hard to close apps down sometimes, CRAP Camera, Would benefit from stereo speakers, like Nokia N95

+ I love everything about this phone internet access anywhere and the design is great

- the battery life is shocking I have to charge the phone every day

+ Email integration with gmail, calender, web works well and easily. Market is good for new apps.

- can't read PDFs. Have to reinsert the SD card from time to time. Keyboard _slightly_ too small. Dislike the headphone cable - most tangley EVER!

+ The way it flips up.
It is touch screen as well as having a keypad.
Google Maps

- Battery Life is very bad.
Bluetooth does not work for me
Camera does not have a flash, even though it is 3.2mega pixels

+ is an ok phone design.
has lots of applications to download.
has a huge memory

- doesnt origionally come with bluetoooth.
doesnt have a video
is a bit like a brick.

+ Keyboard..Screen size...Web browsing

- Lack of compatibility as a browser..ie no pdf or word reader. Difficult to input new e mail address protocols

+ you can have most applications on the phone and browse the web,as if on a laptop, great phone, music player, camera, messenger, flashlight light, games console, its not just a phone its a must have gadjet with so many application to choose from its totally cool weather your young or old :o)

- the battery life totally sucks BIG TIME :o(

+ Web is the best I've uesd

- No flash auto misspelt replace didn't work blue tooth even £10 phones get this

+ always something to do or look at on this great phone

- shocking battery life reallyreally bad

+ the market place downloads

- battery life is terrible, also know of two people who along with myself have had to return the phone, as it keeps switching itself off.

+ great with internet as good as a desktop computer

- navigator if you got big fingers a problem,camera and batterlife useless

+ Cannot fault the phone in terms of functionality; the hardware keyboard is a real plus.

- Only the battery is a negative aspect; lasts about 1 day so is best to charge and turn off durning night to maximise uptime.

+ nice screen, good ress. love getting e-mails straight to my phone.

- battery life and the fact you cant take videos with the camera.

+ Great interface and works very fast and well, the apps store is great

- Poor battery life

+ love the androyd market, ace idea

- battery life needs improving, im only gettin a few hours out of mine

+ everything, i LOVE this phone i have already recommended it to my friends and family, my brother jsut got his and he loves it, my best friend is waiting for his upgrade and he is getting it and a few other friends said there gonna get it too.

- u now have to pay for some app although there are lots of free ones, some problems with sd card, no flash on camera, no video recording but the phone makes up for these with other features

+ looks good, an messagin is great

- battery life an camera are awful

+ Most of it, but I'm a bit of a pessimist.

- Creating appointments in the calendar is less straightforward than it should be, seems to be showy rather than useful
Can't find a way to install applications to SD card, which is annoying given the phone's very limited internal memory
Overly restrictive in the shell
'Agenda' view on the calendar only shows the current month, You can scroll through the days, and it's about ideal for me, but you can't get past the end of the current month.
In Agenda view, days with no appointments just don't exist.
'Enter' sends a text message. I'm used to being able to stick linebreaks in my texts.
The web browser doesn't scale sites particularly well. It has a pretty neat magnifying glass-like feature which is clumsy to get to, though
Can't find a 'send mail in plain text' option on either mail client, also threading doesn't work.

+ looks good, easy to use

- battery short lived, always on charge. bluetooth is not true bluetooth. cannot transfer files

+ This phone is so very close to having your PC with you! web browsing is fast and smooth. Android market place has to be seen to be believed!! massive screen size full qwerty key board and a easy to use track ball make sure you get the most from it.

- It doesnt really get a top notch grade for anything other than the internet. Camera is very basic, the volume is not brilliant and as i am sure you have already read the battery life is poor.

+ i have nothing bad to say about this phone

- Battery life is the only downpoint about this phine

+ Its good is good and comparable with Iphone and it is vary easy to understand and use and got really good function

- Its Major Bad points is its Battry time really not good. There should be some action for its battry either change it or make like Iphone

+ Great phone full of useful features and lots of useful apps on the android market. Great web browser and google maps, google mail etc all very good apps.
Better than the iphone, Andriod is a great phone OS.

- Battery life only lasts just over a day, especially if you browse the web and use your phone a lot.

+ It looks very good and the web connection is very fast and the screen image is the best of any previous mobiles, I was very impressed with the sound quality of the sound when listening to music.
I like the wide choice variety on the mobile and the different applications that are available.

- I would prefer if the whole length of the phone slid up and not just three quarters of this, I find this awkward when typing emails. The battery life is not very good, I do not consider myself to be a heavy user of the phone and yet my battery does not last a couple of days.

+ open platform

- no bluetooth sync, sometimes bad performance, battery life

+ Does 1000's of things! even makes phone calls

- Quite complicated, it takes a while to figure it all out.

+ One of the best things about this phone is that the access to the internet and to loads of other content you can download.

- the battery life is not exactly the best. The more you surf the net the quicker it runs out.

+ Internet acsess is brill and really fast

- camera is really bad on it

+ The amount of applications and diversity of them mean that you are unlikely to say, "I couldn't find an app to do <something>". The integration with the online experience is really well done with synchronisation to GMail, Google Calendar and your contacts done in the background. The phone itself is a little unusual in the design but it works well for what it is with an on-screen keyboard (portrait or landscape) as well as the physical QWERTY keypad to use.

- One very obvious bad point, battery life. For such a feature packed phone it is to be expected but some reports are more than a little flawed. After first getting mine I had issues with the battery and it was only after a few full recharge and discharge cycles that it fully calibrated properly. Before calibration - 12 hours meant <50% battery. After calibration - 12 hours meant about <90% sometimes still over 90%. Both times with light to medium use with 3G on, WiFi off, Bluetooth off and location via network. Anyway, it isn't as bad as reported but it is pretty poor. There are extra capacity batteries available though. Another thing to note is the touch-screen can be a little unresponsive near the outer edges, sometimes requiring an extra prod to find the spot you need to hit. That's where the trackball comes in handy.

+ Best web-browser on any phone I've used. YouTube app is very cool.

- Camera is nowhere near good enough for a phone of this quality. Flash needed for browser.

+ This is the best phone I have ever owned, the design, the input methods, everything just wonderful. I live my life through google products, (googlemail, calendar etc) and this phone integrates seamlessly will them. Fantastic!

- Camera is not great, however if it was better then the battery would have to be the design may change to accommodate etc. Works brilliantly with still life in a light environment.

+ easy to uselooks good

- ia not compatable with mac. as they are the biggest competitor this seems mad. if i had realised that i would not have bought the phone. i have a mac and so far have been unable to download music. i love the phone but will change to an iphone when my contract is upfor ease

+ good screen
keyboard is great

- bluetooth doesnt like connecting to other devices
battery life is poor when using any type of the applications