T-Mobile G2

Finally, a mobile phone that does everything without the screwy touchscreen

Power without speed is pointless, which is why we've passed on geeked-out phones neutered by creaky networks. The slide-out QWERTY-equipped G2 puts up respectable specs, such as a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, 720p video recording, and 4GB of internal storage. That's nice. But what's noteworthy about the G2 is that it's the first handset with an HSPA+ chipset that can take advantage of T-Mobile's new network. While HSPA+ isn't technically 4G (it's more like 3G on meth), it does sport theoretical download speeds up to 21Mbps that come extremely close.
$200 with a 2-year contract, t-mobile.com

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