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Jason Lee
11-09-2010, 02:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/t-mobile-mytouch-4g-review/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/...ouch-4g-review/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Coming hot on the heels of the ultra-impressive G2, T-Mobile has returned to its myTouch series with the myTouch 4G. While the G2 is the natural enthusiast flagship, the 4G represents a flagship in its own right of a skinned, curated Android experience."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/adt/auto/1289227851.usr206.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>Engadget has given the T-Mobile myTouch 4G a&nbsp;thorough&nbsp;going over in their lengthy review of the device. For the most part I must agree with them. When I first saw this device I dismissed it as a low to mid-range mass market Android device. It wasn't until I saw some of the benchmarks coming back that I perked up and started paying attention. The hardware design really doesn't do anything for me and the software... I totally agree that the software tries way too hard to be "user friendly" and just ends up taking too much away from what could otherwise be a great device. Hardware wise though this is still very impressive. Anyone looking forward to picking up the myTouch 4G?</p>
Vincent Ferrari
11-09-2010, 03:18 AM
Engadget's review is one of the biggest pieces of garbage I've ever seen.

Is the MyTouch 4G a perfect "Google Experience" phone? No. It's carrier-customized just like just about every other Android phone on the planet (save for the G1, G2, and Nexus One). The stuff they criticize, though, makes me scratch my head.

First, the design. They trash it mercilessly talking about seams and angles and so on. Honestly, that's crap. Hold it in your hand. It feels solid, refined, and substantial. It's not the least bit plasticky and it's the first phone I've felt, aside from the Nexus One, that doesn't feel "Android Cheap," something I've noticed about most of Samsung and Motorola's offerings. In reality, in a tactile sense, it's like a pumped up Nexus, a phone which I always thought was beautifully designed.

Secondly, the software. Is there a custom launcher? Of course there is, and honestly it's not that big of a deal. There is a lot of preinstalled stuff on the phone, I'll give them that, but none of it is actually in your way, and the home screens are completely customizable just like every other Android device out there. It's a very mass-market device and it's important to remember that.

Finally, the genius button is bad? Really?
There are four buttons under the screen. Home, Menu, Back, and Genius. The genius button replaced the search (the same one you can add as a widget on your home screen, btw). When I handed the MyTouch to someone who had never used one before, they totally fell in love with the genius button. I guess if you bother to put yourself in the shoes of the non-geek "I need to customize this" mode, you can understand why the average joe would like it.

I'm really disappointed in this review from Engadget, mainly because I feel like they've gone from a site obsessed with gadgets to a bunch of raving gadget snobs. Having spent well over 2 weeks with the MyTouch 4G, I can honestly say it's nice enough to have put me in the process of ditching my iPhone4. Anyone who knows me knows that's a seriously big deal.