Not long has the HTC G1 been released, when the HTC G2 pops up with a European release in April 2009 on the Vodafone network. Being a touchscreen phone, there will no doubt be comparisons drawn against all the other ones out there. No news on a US release date, although phone availabilty across the pond isn’t exactly great. Presumably AT&T won’t be picking this up since it would step into iPhone territory and Mr Jobs won’t be best pleased. So maybe T-Mobile US…
I am looking at the pictures now, and it still doesn’t give me the va-va-v00m factor I get when I look and hold the Touch HD. I prefer to have minimal button arrangement, with the front of the phone using up 90%+ for the screen. As you can see on the G2, the bottom half is taken up by button space which I don’t think is necessary. I guess that could be me nitpicking, but I am extremely fussy when it comes to technology. It still looks quite nice though.
I need to pop down to the T-Mobile store this weekend so I can see what Android is all about. I am hoping it lives up the the hype.
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I love HTC products, since I have 2 devices from their lineup. But this one however, hmmm. To me it looks ugly, in fact when I showed it to my American friend she pointed out that it looks awfully familiar to the T-Mobile Sidekick range. Since our American cousins have completely different phone lineups to the UK/Europe, I took a gander on their US site. The similarities are striking I have to admit. I’m not one for simply going for aesthetics with my purchases, but I do like innovation in style and the G1 is lacking.
Before I go on any further, this is Google’s first step into the mobile phone arena with their Android OS. I have a feeling that HTC had limited say in what the phone looked like, with T-Mobile at the helm. Unfortunately, I cannot comment on functionality since it is not out here across the pond yet. It would be very difficult for another phone to turn up, to tear me away from my HTC Touch HD. But you never know.
This reminds me of what happened to Motorola. When they first released the Razer, their design was revolutionary and it sold by the bucket load. But they got complacent and well I don’t hear much about them anymore. Competition is fierce and I hope the G2 will look better and that they do not re-use the same designs. I have taken a glimpse of the G2 and it seems to be a touchscreen phone, so it does look promising.
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