T-Mobile G2 versus T-Mobile G1

by Antonio Wells Sep 9, 2010 11:24 AM – 22 Comments

With the T-Mobile G2 set to launch later this month. We thought we would take a look back at the phone that started all this Android madness, T-Mobile G1, and pin it against its young sibling in a side-by-side specs sheet and cool infographics. Who wins?!?

Key Differences in T-Mobile G2 versus T-Mobile G1:

	T-Mobile G2	T-Mobile G1
Android OS	Android 2.2 (Froyo)	Android 1.6 (Donut)
Internet Speed	4G (up to 14.4Mbps)	3G (up to 7.2Mbps)
Processor	Snapdragon MSM7230 800 MHz CPU	Qualcomm MSM7201A, 528 MHz
Internal Memory	4GB	192MB
External Memory	8GB micro SD card (up to 32GB)	1GB micro SD card (up to 8GB)
Display	3.7 inch (480×854 WVGA)	3.2 (320×480 HVGA)
Camera	5 megapixel w/ LED flash & autofocus	3.2 megapixel w/ auto focus
Video Recording	HD record and playback up to 720p	SD record and playback up to 480p
Audio	3.5mm jack	mini-USB

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T-Mobile G2 versus T-Mobile G1 Chart

<a href="http://www.androidtapp.com/t-mobile-g2-versus-t-mobile-g1/" title="T-Mobile G2 versus T-Mobile G1 by AndroidTapp.com"><img src="http://cdn.androidtapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/T-Mobile-G2-versus-T-Mobile-G1-Chart.jpg" alt="T-Mobile G2 versus T-Mobile G1 by AndroidTapp.com" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.androidtapp.com/t-mobile-g2-versus-t-mobile-g1/" title="T-Mobile G2 versus T-Mobile G1 by AndroidTapp.com">T-Mobile G2 versus T-Mobile G1 by AndroidTapp.com</a>

Conclusion:

Obviously the G2 prevails as the hardware and software are far superior. But surprisingly their are some die-hard G1 fans who won’t give that antique up… Whether you’re upgrading, converting or switching to the G2 tell us your thoughts in the comments below!

Tags: 4G, Android Smartphone, Android Smartphone Comparisons, G1, G2, G2 vs G1, HSPA+, Infographics, T-Mobile, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile G2

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22 Comments

By WeekendProducer on September 9, 2010 at 3:55 pm:

Why you tech people, for which we regular people suppose that you know more about the technology than we do, lie to us telling about 4G mobile phones. If the phone has it in its name it doesn’t mean that this is really a 4G phone. It would be nice if it is but it’s just a marketing. And I don’t get it how you smart tech people can buy it so easily.
Some of you can start asking questions about what the hell he’s talking about.
It’s name says 4G, it’s faster than 3 or 3.5G. So what’s the point? The point is that the phones with the 4G in their name doesn’t use 4G tehnology. They use WiMAX instead.
Lie repeated for thousand times obviously becomes the truth. That’s maybe OK for Sprint and their marketing (HTC Evo 4G-fake), to lie and believe that they have 4G phone and technology. But it is not OK for the people which should know more (by that I mean you so called techno reporters) to be stupid and accept their lies and share it with others as it is to late to make changes.

I wonder what will you talk about when the real 4G phones come out? For all of you there, real 4G will be something completely different and much faster than WiMAX you ‘re using now and the 4G phones will come, but only after the 4G standard is approved which still didn’t happen.

Shame on you.

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- By Jason Norment on September 9, 2010 at 5:34 pm:
  
  @WeekendProducer: Okay, let’s visit what 4G really means.
  
  4G stands for the next level of wireless technology. Commonly, the two types of technology being discussed as 4G is WiMax and LTE. HSPA+ is considered a bridge standard before carriers move into LTE.
  
  The statement found in Wikipedia says: “Although LTE is often marketed as 4G, first-release LTE is actually a 3.9G technology since it does not fully comply with the IMT Advanced 4G requirements.”
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GPP_Long_Term_Evolution)
  
  WiMax was introduced before LTE and is still referred to as 4G technology by many companies (Sprint, Clear) considering the increase of speed of the technology vs current 3G technology.
  
  HSPA+, also known as Evolved HSPA, “provides data rates up to 42 Mbit/s in the downlink and 11 Mbit/s in the uplink”. This is obvious far from WiMAX or LTE in speed so I’m not sure why T-Mobile’s release calls it “4G speeds”. Please note T-Mobile’s press release here: http://press.t-mobile.com/articles/T-Mobile-G2-with-Google
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX)
  
  The question then comes: What is a 4G network? Obviously WiMax and LTE are both faster than any 3G connection available so how do you understand the different? Why is HSPA+ being considered as 4G speed?
  
  LTE’s original release wasn’t fast enough to be considered 4G. LTE-Advanced is “expected to offer peak rates of at least 1 Gbit/s fixed speeds and 100 Mbit/s to mobile users” while WiMAX’s update (IEEE 802.16m) is “expected offer up to 1 Gbit/s fixed speeds” as well.
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX)
  
  I guess it’s left up to interpretation on how you define true 4G but for now LTE and WiMAX and definitely the leaders in that department. Because the Sprint Samsung Epic and HTC Evo are based on WiMAX, thus being branded as 4G technology. HSPA+ is much slower than the other two so there is some confusion there.
  
  Here is an excerpt from T-Mobile’s press release about the G2:
  
  “About T-Mobile’s HSPA+ Network
  
  T-Mobile continues to expand its super-fast HSPA+ mobile broadband network, which now covers 100 million Americans in more than 55 major metropolitan areas. T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network — which offers theoretical peak throughput speeds of 21 Mbps — offers today’s available 4G speeds to more people than any other wireless network in the country, with plans to reach more than 200 million people this year. For more information on where T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network service is available, please visit http://t-mobile.com/coverage.”
  (http://press.t-mobile.com/articles/T-Mobile-G2-with-Google)
  
  The confusion with the different technologies and standards being put into place for LTE does cause a grave amount of confusion for consumers. Unfortunately, I don’t think this will get resolved anytime soon.
  
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  - By thornrag on September 29, 2010 at 2:39 pm:
    
    You’re being awfully pedantic about an essentially meaningless marketing term.
    
    You’re right only insofar as 4G does not refer to any standard or technology.
    
    Beyond that, you’re wasting your breath to hold carriers accountable for what they call their network technologies.
    
    The only thing you can count on is the name of the technology actually used by each provider. Otherwise, any series of numbers in front of a letter ‘G’ will get you nowhere.
    
    4G, 3G, 3.5G, 3.9G… it hardly gets more ridiculous than that. If you care, just use the real name, WiMAX or LTE or HSPA+. If you don’t care to use the real name, call it 4G all you want. Hell, call it 1283G.
    
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By Gunderstorm on September 9, 2010 at 4:14 pm:

Awww, go easy on the old timer! With custom ROMs, I had mine running Eclair with style. It also handles 16GB micro SD cards just fine, not just the 8GB you list here.

Oh and one more thing, since the math seems to have escaped you – the G1 isn’t two years old yet. People are still using “that antique” because they signed a contract with T-Mobile.

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- By Jason Norment on September 9, 2010 at 5:07 pm:
  
  @Gunderstorm: The G1 was released on October 22nd 2008 in the U.S.
  
  Technically, it is two-years old in regards to when it was introduced. Technology of Android phones have grown significantly in the past two years. It’s definitely “outdated’ technology compared to new devices that have been released recently or upcoming before the end of the year.
  
  With the same argument, Blackberry Curve 8300 series have been out since 2007 and they are STILL used with new contracts at different carriers.
  
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  - By Gunderstorm on September 9, 2010 at 5:19 pm:
    
    I wasn’t making any argument. I was simply pointing out that many people are still using the phone because they signed a two year contract with T-Mobile so they could get one cheaply. Not everyone gets a new phone every year.
    
    On October 23rd 2010 you can officially laugh at people with less money than you, Jason.
    
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    - By Jason Norment on September 9, 2010 at 5:40 pm:
      
      @Gunderstorm: It’s up to the consumer to decide to upgrade or keep what they have. My HP desktop is almost two years old. Does that mean I need to buy a new one? Absolutely not. There was no distinction to say that technology that is two years old is unusable or does not fit a consumers need.
      
      I have no desire to laugh at anyone that uses anything older than what I own. As stated in the article, many users of the G1 may not upgrade to a G2 because their current device gives them what they need. I had a 8330 Curve that I loved for quite some time. I only switched when I felt I needed more from a mobile device that what it offered me. That choice is left up to you
      
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By kaboom on September 12, 2010 at 6:54 am:

both phones have the same time lol

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- By Jason Norment on September 12, 2010 at 8:41 am:
  
  @kaboom: Good eye! I’ll have to ask Antonio about that one lol
  
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By Safi Ahmed on September 25, 2010 at 7:35 pm:

Whys the g1 on wifi?? lol is it really that bad, you need wifi on to compare them??

I got the g1 riight now i wanna upgrade =]

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By Mark Nyon on September 28, 2010 at 12:50 pm:

I just wanted to point something out. I have a G1 with a 16GB SD card. I think the chart needs to be adjusted. Otherwise, nice comparison.

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- By Jason Norment on September 28, 2010 at 1:38 pm:
  
  Thanks for the info Mark. We know there was a firmware update for the G1 so users have reported using a 16GB card, but at it’s original launch it only supported 8GB.
  
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By TruXter on October 6, 2010 at 11:28 pm:

With the larger screen 1 gb cpu and the 512 mb of ram and install capacity of 4 gigs. and expansion memory slot of up to 32 gigs,
I think I have to stick to my G1
If I had tiny girly fingers the G2 keyboard would rock. but I do not.

It sure is a nice phone. that stupid narrow keyboard they put on all of the other droid phones is what has kept me from leaving my G1

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By Ubudog on December 3, 2010 at 2:27 pm:

I have a G1, rooted with CyanogenMod 6 (Android 2.2) and I have been super happy with it since I got it when it launched. I have no reason to upgrade, it is super fast.

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By Ubudog on December 3, 2010 at 2:28 pm:

That is a kick ass phone though…

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By Elle on December 9, 2010 at 8:01 am:

Im a G-1 user that doesn’t want the upgrade bc of the problems I’ve heard of new Android users. My phone is dying so I think my upgrade maybe coming soon. This phone is just awesome though.

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By David on December 29, 2010 at 5:17 pm:

Does anyone know if the G2 can use WiFi in airplane mode? I travel a lot with my G1, but I can’t use the WiFi that is offered on planes because the G1′s airplane mode turns off WiFi.

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By James Owens on January 3, 2011 at 1:37 am:

Alright you tekkies, why does my 8 gb sd card not function properly on my android g-1? Please help me if you can, and be as plain as possible as I do not know the language of technology well at all. Thank you in advance; I am prompted that my storage space is low and it’s not.

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- By Jason Norment on January 3, 2011 at 9:49 am:
  
  This is probably due to your phone running out of internal storage. This is separate than the memory on yout SD card. Android installs apps internally first. If your running Android 2.2, you can move apps to your SD card to save on space.
  
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  - By James Owens on January 4, 2011 at 1:15 am:
    
    Jason,
    thank you so very much, I never would have entertained that cerebral thought; that’s why you are the answerer and I’m the questioner. I know that these two words don’t really exist but since people are constantly shortening words, thought I’d roll one past them;; can you imagine the argument? Thank you again Jason.
    
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    - By Jason Norment on January 4, 2011 at 11:34 am:
      
      Not a problem James. Anytime!
      
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By Jody Bruchon on February 2, 2011 at 8:23 am:

One of the biggest features of a G1 that is often ignored during casual reviews is the feature the G1 possesses which NO other Android phone created since the G1 (including the G2) has: a FIVE-ROW KEYBOARD! Until they make a new phone with such a keyboard, I’m sticking with the G1. It’s so much easier to type on, especially when I use my phone for clever tricks like accessing a Linux system at home or work through a SSH app such as ConnectBot. I think it’s unfair to compare the phones without pointing out that the G1 still has THE best keyboard on a cell phone, bar none.

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