Though we still don't have a great sense of exactly when or where T-Mobile plans to kick off its long-overdue
3G launch, the hardware is thankfully starting to materialize -- so they'll at least be ready when the time comes to flip the switch. Boy Genius Report has apparently scored some additional intel detailing the Samsung SGH-T639, a phone we saw
grace the FCC not long ago (which is how we happen to know it rocks T-Mobile's particular flavor of WCDMA, 1700MHz). If this slide pans out, it looks like the T639 is a pretty unremarkable offering considering its rather remarkable place in T-Mobile history, sporting a meager one megapixel camera in an ultra-conservative flip package. It looks like it'll hit on the 10th of September, though there's no indication whether any 3G markets will light up on the same day. In other T-Mobile news, it looks like the carrier will be rereleasing the first-gen
BlackBerry Pearl in three new colors on September 4 while the more interesting
8320 variant of the Curve -- WiFi and all -- hits on September 24. Finally, Motorola pulls two out of its sleeve for the month: the low end W490 clamshell and the "RAZR V3 06," which as far as we can tell, is yet another rehash of the tired RAZR V3. At any rate, kudos, T-Mobile!
Read - Samsung SGH-T639
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Read - Motorola RAZR V3 06, W490
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
T. Winnis @ Aug 15th 2007 5:54AM
I can't give Kudos to T-Mobile, no matter how great the phone looks. I would never sign up with T-Mobile again ever. They are a greedy, one-way company with only one thing in mind - getting over on the customer any way they can. Too bad that phone wasn't picked up by one of the competition first.
Hellraiser @ Aug 15th 2007 9:33PM
---- T. Winnis, maybe that why they keep getting all those JD Powers awards for great customer service???
Hellraiser @ Aug 15th 2007 9:34PM
Good job T-Mobile! Bout time too!
HTC Kid @ Aug 15th 2007 11:59PM
LOL go T-Mo! And as for the JD power awards statement... when I have personally seen the money transfer hands then we got the award... I question it. Yes I work for VZW now but I used to work for good ol' T-Mobile.
Phil @ Aug 17th 2007 3:47PM
So T-Mobile is greedy and the other cell companies are not? Rates, termination fees... what are your facts? I don't trust any of them.