UK Price reduction

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T-Mo UK now has the G1 free on a £30/m 18m contract. You get an 8GB memory card and WnW Plus (which gives you access to Wifi hotspots as well as "unlimited" 3G).

Quite tempted, but read so many so-so reviews of the hardware.

I just got mine on an upgrade. But i only got a 2gb card. No biggy. IMO the phone is great.

Its got a 528mhz processor
192mb ram
256mb rom
3mp camera
Bluetooth
wifi
gps
compas
accelerometer

Comes with a wired headset (usb connection, u can get a usb to 3.5mm adapter if you want to use a better headphones)

Battery life is ok. If your a heavy user of internet its going to drain the battery quick. Ive been charging twice a day when i use it alot. You can get a higher capacity battery aswell. Though its possible theres still a few bugs thats causing battery loss.

Dont have everything on all the time.

Its permenantly connected to the internet. Browsing speed is respectable and the browser is nice.

The hardware is great. We just need software to go with it. At the moment it only supports bluetooth headset. But that will change with new updates.

No virtual keyboard, but again thats coming aswell.

Gmail is great on it.

Text messaging works, though mms doesnt support videos and i dont think you can save to SD yet.

Theres still alot of support to add yet. pdf word etc

If your willing to put up with some missing features then its a great phone.

When you get it, its probably be on rc7. Youll get a notification of a new update. If you want to keep root access dont install it. rc8 update fixes the root access and isnt reversible at the moment.

If you no what your doing with linux terminal commands, id install the modified rc8 update that keeps root access, its explained in the development thread.

Originally Posted by patp

T-Mo UK now has the G1 free on a £30/m 18m contract. You get an 8GB memory card and WnW Plus (which gives you access to Wifi hotspots as well as "unlimited" 3G).

Quite tempted, but read so many so-so reviews of the hardware.

Do you know what minutes and messages you get on that?

I'm on the £40 one which allows you to spend £250 a month but i'll probably never use that so going down a level might be good for me...

Originally Posted by Audiofreq

Do you know what minutes and messages you get on that?

I'm on the £40 one which allows you to spend £250 a month but i'll probably never use that so going down a level might be good for me...

from what I've been told, you can't go down the price plan till you come to upgrade so you're stuck on what you've got unfortunatly.

the £30/month is either ther combi 25 + web'n'walk plus(£25/month + £5 for the web'n'walk. 300mins, 600texts) or the flext 30 + free web'n'walk plus(£30/month, £140 to spend a month). I tempted to get the flext 30 but also got my eye on the touch hd so not fully decided yet.

Ive just picked up the £30 a month combi plan from carphone warehouse. Got a 2gb memory card with it, not fussed about that. Really pleased with the phone so far, shame I was so hasty about upgrading. No root access for now .

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Originally Posted by patp

T-Mo UK now has the G1 free on a £30/m 18m contract. You get an 8GB memory card and WnW Plus (which gives you access to Wifi hotspots as well as "unlimited" 3G).

Quite tempted, but read so many so-so reviews of the hardware.

Hi there mate, on the wnw plus for the G1 you dont get unlimited hotspot

access because it's a promotional feature. You do get it usually but not with this Only know this because I work for T-Mobile

that sucks. do you think they coukd be persuaded to give in on that?

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Originally Posted by saffyreuk

that sucks. do you think they coukd be persuaded to give in on that?

No mate because of the way it would have to be set up on the account the features arent compatible
Its only a tenner for unlimited hotspot access which you can use on BTOZ's too.

10 a month? or a one off payment? i doubt i would use it very often and i have 3g. cant say it would be worth 10 a month but it would be nice on occasion.

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Originally Posted by saffyreuk

10 a month? or a one off payment? i doubt i would use it very often and i have 3g. cant say it would be worth 10 a month but it would be nice on occasion.

Yeah 10 a month, would be good if you were in starbucks a lot