Speculation: T-Mobile to launch QWERTY equipped G3 in early Q3

wileykat · 18th July 2012, 01:49 PM

Speculation: T-Mobile to launch QWERTY equipped G3 in early Q3

http://androidandme.com/2012/07/smar...3-in-early-q3/

captainreynolds · 18th July 2012, 03:55 PM

If only, if only...

kbeezie · 18th July 2012, 07:26 PM

If they do, it won't be from HTC, as HTC a while back said they were done with qwerty phones.

matijaerceg · 18th July 2012, 07:37 PM

I think they said they're 'moving away' but not necessarily 100% done

wileykat · 18th July 2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by matijaerceg

I think they said they're 'moving away' but not necessarily 100% done

Aye, indeed. Ur right, there is still hope from HTC. But i'd be more than happy if we got an GalaxyS3 with a hw kb. I doubt we'l get a removable battery/sd from HTC again.

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riahc3 · 18th July 2012, 10:33 PM

It wont be from HTC. They have said they are done with QWERTY phones.

Nospin · 18th July 2012, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by riahc3

It wont be from HTC. They have said they are done with QWERTY phones.

Moving away does not equal "We will never make one again". Besides, releasing one keyboard model for a single carrier is not exactly a crazy notion.

kbeezie · 18th July 2012, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Nospin

Moving away does not equal "We will never make one again". Besides, releasing one keyboard model for a single carrier is not exactly a crazy notion.

Especially if you consider how many G2 users might actually renew their 2-year contract for a free upgrade to a G3. (most of my family has already done this with their own phones, and I'm eligible to upgrade as well from my G2... if there was a comparable phone for it...)

blk_jack · 19th July 2012, 12:14 AM

IF this happens I hope they follow suit and also release it in Canada / Worldwide under the same bands as the DZ. That's the reason the G2/DZ has such a strong community, because it's worldwide.

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kbeezie · 19th July 2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by blk_jack

IF this happens I hope they follow suit and also release it in Canada / Worldwide under the same bands as the DZ. That's the reason the G2/DZ has such a strong community, because it's worldwide.

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One would hope, it would also be more profitable for HTC to be able to sell the same phone on a worldwide market with simply different branding like they did with the G2/DZ. It's just a matter of, is there a demand for it outside of say T-Mobile users. (I would say there is, but HTC would have a better idea of the numbers).