T-Mobile Vivacity

General     2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network     HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced     2011, November
Status     Available. Released 2011, November
Body     Dimensions     115 x 58 x 10.5 mm
Weight     118 g
     - Touch-sensitive controls
Display     Type     TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size     480 x 800 pixels, 3.5 inches (~267 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch     Yes
Sound     Alert types     Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker     Yes
3.5mm jack     Yes
Memory     Card slot     microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included
Internal     512 MB
Data     GPRS     Yes
EDGE     Yes
Speed     HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth     Yes, with A2DP
USB     Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera     Primary     5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, LED flash
Features     Geo-tagging
Video     Yes
Secondary     Yes
Features     OS     Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Sensors     Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging     SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser     HTML
Radio     Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS     Yes, with A-GPS support
Java     Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors     Black
     - SNS integration
- MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
Battery           Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by     Up to 200 h
Talk time     Up to 4 h

T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide

General     2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network     HSDPA 1700 / 2100
Announced     2011, June
Status     Available. Released 2011, July
Body     Dimensions     122 x 66 x 14 mm
Weight     184 g
Keyboard     QWERTY
     - Touch sensitive controls
Display     Type     S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size     480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches (~252 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch     Yes
Sound     Alert types     Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker     Yes
3.5mm jack     Yes
Memory     Card slot     microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included
Internal     4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Data     GPRS     Yes
EDGE     Yes
Speed     HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth     Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
USB     Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera     Primary     8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features     Geo-tagging, face, smile detection, HDR
Video     Yes, 1080p@30fps
Secondary     Yes
Features     OS     Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
CPU     Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion
GPU     Adreno 220
Sensors     Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging     SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser     HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio     Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS     Yes, with A-GPS support
Java     Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors     White, Black
     - T-Mobile TV
- MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
Battery           Standard battery, Li-Ion 1520 mAh
Stand-by     Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 240 h (3G)
Talk time     Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)

T-Mobile USA

Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive Officer Rene Obermann said Thursday a merger of the T-Mobile USA division is an option, while ruling out revisiting a complete sale after its fallout with AT&T last year.

“We do not exclude any option for the T-Mobile unit in the U.S., also not a merger,” Obermann told shareholers Thursday at an annual meeting in Cologne. “A complete sale is unlikely. You understand that I can't say more in public on T- Mobile USA.”

The comments are the clearest yet on Deutsche Telekom's plan to hold onto the asset — at least partially — five months after the $39 billion proposed sale of T-Mobile to AT&T collapsed because of regulatory resistance. Deutsche Telekom is discussing a merger of T-Mobile with MetroPCS Communications Inc., with other options including an initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said this month.

“We don't see any value creation by T-Mobile USA if it stays as a stand-alone company,” said Alexandre Iatrides, an analyst in Paris. “The alternatives would be a merger or some kind of network-sharing agreement with MetroPCS or Sprint Nextel.”

Verizon Wireless and AT&T serve about 60 percent of U.S. wireless subscribers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. T-Mobile accounts for 9.5 percent, and MetroPCS has 2.7 percent. A combination of T-Mobile and AT&T would have created the largest U.S. mobile-phone operator.

“The failed sale of Deutsche Telekom's U.S. subsidiary is a harsh setback in the attempt to clean up the pile of broken glass of the failed expansion in foreign countries.”, Klaus Kaldemorgen of DWS Investment, a unit of Deutsche Bank AG, said at the Deutsche Telekom's shareholders meeting Thursday. “One cannot discern a plan B for the U.S. business.”

The uncertainty about T-Mobile's future has affected the unit's business, Obermann said Thursday.

“We must find other ways to increase the return on our capital, or to reduce our capital investment,” he said. “Believe me, we are really working very hard on this, but we are not going to make a snapshot.”

In the first quarter, T-Mobile increased profit as prepaid clients helped offset the loss of 510,000 contract customers. T- Mobile has announced at least 2,800 jobs in the past months as it closes some call centers and reorganizes departments across the company.

Deutsche Telekom is considering a stock-swap transaction with MetroPCS Communications that would give the Bonn-based company control over the combined entity, which would be publicly listed, people familiar with the matter said this month.

The German company also has hired bankers, including TAP Advisors, to sell a large portion of its network towers and has said it will spend $4 billion over two years on the construction of an LTE wireless network.

T-Mobile Arizona

Dimension     104 x 55 x 12.9 mm
Weight      100 g
Battery      Talk time Up to 4 h, Stand-by Up to 200 h
OS      Android OS
Memory      Phonebook, internal 100 MB, Card already in 2 GB included, Card slot up to 32GB
Processor       -
Connectivity      Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, EDR, GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps, EDGE Class 12, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,
Display Size     240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches (~143 ppi pixel density)
Display Color      TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
Operating
Frequency      2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, 3G HSDPA
Browser     WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Colors     Black
Entertainment      MP4/H.264/H.263 player, MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player, MP3 Player, Games, Voice Memo, GPS Receiver, Photo EditorA-GPS support, Java MIDP emulator, Organizer, Voice memo/dial, Predictive text input,
Camera      2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels
Other Features     Standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh, Sensors Accelerometer, Geo-tagging
Ring Tones     MP3, WAV ringtones, Loudspeaker – 3.5mm jack, Vibration
Messaging      SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging (IM), SMS (threaded view) 

T-Mobile Move Balance

T-Mobile Move Balance is a Touch Bar phone weighing 142g. It′s dimensions are 118.5MM x 59.5MM x 10.5MM . The talk-time of the phone is Up to 11 hours. The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA MHz. The Phone has a Display of 3.7 inches, TFT Touchscreen, 256K Colors. This model comes with Camera of , 5.0 Mega Pixels Camera with Geo-tagging with , Digital Zoom

T-Mobile Prism

The T-Mobile Prism (Best Deal: $149.99 at Amazon) could've been a contender—if it was still the beginning of 2011, that is. Aside from a mediocre camera, there isn't anything terribly wrong with the Prism. It has pretty good call quality and a nice design that feels comfortable to hold. But its specs are better suited to an entry-level smartphone released well over a year ago. You can do much better than the Prism now, for not a lot more money.

Design and Call Quality
Made by Huawei (though you'd only know that by peeking under the battery cover), the Prism measures 4.6 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.4 ounces. It's comfortable to hold and a very good size if you don't like huge phones. The back panel is made entirely of dark gray rubberized plastic, with a shiny gray plastic ring surrounding the all-glass display on the front. The 3.5-inch capacitive touch LCD sports a standard 480-by-320-pixel resolution. It's not going to wow you, but it looks fine and gets the job done. The on-screen keyboard is large enough and I was able to type on it without an issue.
The Prism is a quad-band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and dual-band HSPA 7.2 (1700/2100 MHz) device with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. It also supports T-Mobile's UMA-based Wi-Fi calling, which is a good way to save some money on your phone plan and a nice fallback in areas where network coverage is lacking. The Prism can be used as a mobile hotspot with the appropriate data plan.

Reception is average, and voice quality is pretty good. Voices sound nice and full in the phone's earpiece, though maximum volume is still a bit low. Calls made with the phone sound clear, if a touch computerized, with good noise cancellation. Calls also sounded fine through a Jawbone Era Bluetooth headset ($129, 4.5 stars) and voice dialing worked well over Bluetooth without training. The speakerphone sounds fine, but is far too low to use outdoors. Wi-Fi-based calls sounded good as well. Battery life was average, at 6 hours and 1 minute of talk time.

Android and Apps
The Prism runs Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) with some very minor customizations from Huawei. There's no word on an update to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), but it isn't likely. There are five customizable home screens you can swipe between that come preloaded with a number of apps and widgets. There's also some non-deletable bloatware, about on par with that you'll find on most other Android devices nowadays. You get free Google Maps Navigation for voice-enabled, turn-by-turn directions, along with a built-in FM radio. The phone should also work with many of the 400,000+ third-party apps in the Google Play store.

Unfortunately, all of this is powered by a thoroughly out-of-date 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7627 processor. The Prism turned in some of the lowest benchmark scores we've seen in quite some time, and you can really feel that while using the phone. Even paging between home screens or scrolling through the app menu can feel stilted. You can count this phone out for gaming, since even basic tasks can be slow.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions
The Prism comes with 149MB of free internal memory along with a preinstalled 2GB microSD card; my 32 and 64GB SanDisk cards worked fine as well. There's a standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack on top of the phone, and music sounded fine through both wired earbuds as well as Altec Lansing Backbeat Bluetooth headphones ($99.99, 3.5 stars). The phone was able to play AAC, MP3, OGG, and WAV test files, but not FLAC or WMA. Video support wasn't as strong. The phone was only able to play back H.264 and MP4 test files at resolutions up to 800-by-480, but at that resolution, they were somewhat stuttered.

The 3.2-megapixel auto-focus camera lacks a flash or autofocus. Shutter speeds are slow at 1.2 seconds. Photos snapped lack detail, and colors look a bit muddy. The camera also records 800-by-480-pixel video at a shaky 19 frames per second outdoors and 16 frames per second inside.

The T-Mobile Prism isn't a terrible phone; there just isn't much of a reason to buy it. For only $10 more, the Samsung Exhibit II 4G ($29.99, 3.5 stars) gets you a faster 1GHz processor, and a nicer 3.7-inch 800-by-480-pixel display. It also runs on T-Mobile's much faster HSPA+ 21 network. Meanwhile, $50 will get you either the T-Mobile myTouch ($49.99, 3.5 stars) or the T-Mobile myTouch Q ($49.99, 3.5 stars). The myTouch features a nice 3.8-inch AMOLED display and a 1GHz processor, while the myTouch Q sports the same 1GHz processor and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Each of those phones will offer a much smoother experience than the Prism. Or for something completely different, the Nokia Lumia 710 ($39.99, 3.5 stars) is running the easy-to-use Windows 7.5 "Mango" operating system, is powered by a fast 1.4GHz processor, and runs on T-Mobile's faster HSPA+ 14.4 network.