T-Mobile UK are the second carrier to announce that they will be offering the HTC Hero, after Orange UK threw their hat into the ring earlier. Unlike Orange, however, T-Mobile will be renaming the Hero; it will be known as the T-Mobile G1Touch, to better link with the original G1.
The specifications of the device are, unsurprisingly, exactly the same as with the Orange version. Orange claim to have exclusivity on the “graphite” finish, so we can only assume that what you see in these photos is a more generic gray.
The T-Mobile G1Touch will be available from mid-July (no word on whether that means it will land on Orange – who say “early July” – beforehand) priced free as long as you take out a minimum of a £40 ($60) per month contract. That will get you £225-worth of credit to be spent on calls, SMS and MMS messages, together with free on-device data access.
[Thanks afriendcalledben!]
This is Nice, even thou it looks like the G1
I want it!
woot woot as long as at&t doesnt get it like the rumors stated
Chris
Being that they are the only American phone company with Android, they are going to milk as many sales as they can out of each model. It would not supprise me even if they pocket this model stateside until some other comapny rolls out an Android set. Remember, TMO US is also supposed to have the Samsung i7500, later this year, Motorola appears to have a teenage 'droid texting machine ready, and Huawei keeps saying that they're going to give TMO it's sweet slate.
The question isn't when will TMO come over the pond with the Hero, but rather: Will TMO US actually have the Hero, as opposed to Verizon or ATT? Just because TMO in UK or Europe has a phone doesn't guarentee that the US variant will be next in line for it. Proof positive is the iPhone. TMO Germany has it, but ATT's got it locked down for the US market, apparently forever.
I hope that TMO will bring the Hero to the US. I would love to play with the HTC Sense, and cram the UI in all my Apple fanboy friends' faces. After all, this is what Android was meant for: An open-source, user-friendly, revolutionary (if you would) manner to forever change the mobile market worldwide. HTC Sense is the first delivery of the promise Google made so long ago (at least is seams like an eternity) for the future of cell phones and mobile devices. And this is, in all likelyhood, the opening of the floodgate for other companies (Samsung, MOTO, ACER???, etc...) to start manipulating Android and continue to up the ante for all of us. How you like them Apples?
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