Andre Yoskowitz
29 Sep 2010 21:46
A number of early pre-orderers have reported today that their T-Mobile G2 has shipped, over a week before the device hits retail stores and Best Buy.
The G2 will be T-Mobile's first device to support HSPA+, the carrier's very fast 3.5G/4G data network.
Furthermore, the device will have an 800MHz Snapdragon MSM7230 processor, which has the HSPA+ support built-in. While slower than current 1GHz chips, the processor can still record 720p video and handle Flash videos and is as powerful as those 1GHz chips.
The G2 will also run a stock Android 2.2 (with no custom UI) and will have Swype as the default keypad.
Made by HTC, the phone has a 3.7-inch multi-touch screen, an optical trackpad, a 5MP camera with LED flash, 4GB of internal memory and an extra 8GB microSDHC card.
Upgrade price is $200 with contract, $500 without.