14 DAY TRIAL // A new piece of the T-Mobile HSPA+ puzzle has been brought to light today, as wireless carrier unveiled to the world the name of its first handset to pack HSPA+ connectivity, the T-Mobile G2. The upcoming device should arrive as G1's successor, while running under Google's Android operating system, as the wireless carrier has announced via a teaser site
put in place for the mobile phone.
“The T-Mobile G2 will deliver tight integration with Google services and break new ground as the first smartphone designed to run at 4G speeds on our new HSPA+ network,” is what the operator announced.
T-Mobile was the first carrier in the world to launch an Android-based mobile phone, the T-Mobile G1.
According to the company, the upcoming T-Mobile G2 is set to continue the revolution G1 started about two years ago, mainly through offering faster download speeds to users.
For what it's worth, there are still a wide range of details that are not known on the upcoming device, but it shouldn't be too long before they emerge, as T-Mobile announced plans to offer more info on G2 within the following weeks.
“In the coming weeks, we’ll share more details about the G2 and offer exclusive first access to current T-Mobile customers,” one can read on the said website.
Rumors on what the said device would actually include have been floating around for quite some time now, many of which pointed towards a HTC device that would be codenamed Vision/G1 Blaze.
The rumored specs of this device include a large touchscreen display complemented by a sliding QWERTY keyboard, along with a fast process for enhanced performance levels, most probably a chip clocked higher than 1GHz.
With the teaser site put in place for T-Mobile G2, the carrier's first HSPA+ device, it should be only a matter of time before more info on the mobile phone emerges, so stay tuned for more on this.