BELLEVUE, WASH. —
T-Mobile announced April availability
of its previously announced LG-made G2x and
Samsung-made Sidekick smartphones.
Both are Android 2.2 smartphones equipped with
4G HSPA+ service.
Both models will be in stores April 20. The G2x —formally
called the T-Mobile G2x with Google by LG — will also
became available through the carrier’s website on April 15.
The carrier also disclosed a G2x price of $199 with
two-year service contract.
For its part, the Sidekick will retail for $99.99 with
an unlimited-data plan and $149 with other data plans.
The G2x, unveiled at the recent CTIA convention,
is a version of the previously announced 1GHz dualcore
LG Optimus 2X, billed as the world’s first phone
to capture, store and play back video in full 1080p/24
fps resolution. The G2x features what the carrier calls
a “Google experience” and comes with 4-inch 400
by 800 capacitive touchscreen, 8-megapixel camera,
front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, and HDMI mirroring.
The Sidekick 4G, like its Sidekick predecessors, is
designed particularly for messaging and web browsing,
but for the first time, a Sidekick phone gets the Android
OS and a touchscreen, which faces up like a typical
smartphone’s touchscreen to enable users to dial and
access apps. The touchscreen pops up at an angle via
a pop-tilt hinge to reveal a five-row QWERTY keyboard.
Other new features include 1GHz processor, a frontfacing
camera, and pre-installed video chat capability.
