T-Mobile new 4G speed increase is well and good, but it’s a bit worthless without devices to take advantage of it. The first phone to take full advantage for the 42 Mbps offered by T-Mobile increase will come from LG, and will be available sometime this spring.
The first phone to take advantage of this network will be the T-Mobile G2x by LG. It’s better known as the LG Optimus 2X, which was announced in January as the first dual-core Android smartphone. It sports the Tegra 2, an 8MP camera on the back and a 4-inch screen. It will be free of any sort of custom UI, favoring stock Froyo. Would be ncie if it were Gingerbread, but stock is better than having a horrid customized UI.
Instead of the custom UI the T-Mobile G2x will have a number of built-in apps. There’s Need For Speed Shift HD to show off the power of the Tegra 2 and the screen. There’s also DTS Ultra Mobile which is supposed to give you “a premium surround sound experience.” That sounds a bit difficult, but it should be interesting to play around with. Other pre-installed apps include T-Mobile Video Chat powered by Qik, T-Mobile TV, N.O.V.A. (a Gameloft-developed FPS) and Zinio eReader. The last, possibly most interesting bit of software is Nvidia’s Tegra Zone so you can find games that really take advantage of the Tegra 2 CPU.
The phone only has a release date of “later this spring” and no price as of yet. With any luck we’ll get both of those in the near future.
