Today we have our hands-on the newest editions to T-Mobile’s growing smartphone lineup. What we have here are two brand new Huawei smartphones but branded as the T-Mobile myTouch and the myTouch Q. We’ve seen countless leaks on these budget phones, but they’ll soon be available from a T-Mobile store near you. For the extremely low price of $49 lets see what these phones have to offer in our hands-on below.

The new myTouch and myTouch Q are near identical in all ways, other than the simple fact that the “Q” model has a QWERTY hardware keyboard, plus a little more weight and thickness to it. These new myTouch phones come with a 4.0-inch 480 x 800 resolution display, Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread (and probably won’t see ICS or Jelly Bean) and run on a decent Qualcomm 1.4 GHz single-core S3 Snapdragon processor. Under the hood we have 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, micro-SD support, and a 1,500 mAh battery. The battery cover and rear has an odd texture as you can see in the image below, and isn’t very comfortable if you ask me. It looks and feels a little odd.

T-Mobile and Huawei have equipped them with a 5 megapixel rear camera, with LED flash, and they are capable of 720p video. As well as a VGA front for those self portraits and video chat. As usual with most myTouch phones the Android user interface has had a huge overhaul — for the worse. Someone new to Android or smartphones will enjoy it, but the purist surely won’t.
The new myTouch and myTouch Q feature the T-Mobile Genius button powered by Nuance’s Dragon Dictation for voice actions, T-Mobile TV HD for on-demand video, and come pre-loaded with Swype keyboard. Check out our quick unboxing video for a better idea of what to expect with either of these phones.
So far our initial impressions aren’t all that great, but for the budget friendly price of $49 (after $50 mail in rebate) these phones are quite decent. Being aimed at back-to-school shoppers or first time smartphone owners — they’ll do just fine. The soft-touch matte back is very odd and feels a bit rough in your hands as I mentioned above, but you won’t be dropping the phone any time soon. Before we give any additional thoughts on these new budget friendly mid-range smartphones we’ll have to enjoy them for a few days. Expect a full Android Community review with plenty more pictures early next week. Let us know if you have any questions on the myTouch and myTouch Q in the comment section below.
Story Timeline
- SlashGear Reviews myTouch 4G
- T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide Review
- T-Mobile switches to Huawei for next-generation MyTouch phones
- Huawei’s MyTouch for T-Mobile spotted in the wild
- Huawei’s MyTouch for T-Mobile gets the hands-on treatment
- Huawei MyTouch for T-Mobile spotted at FCC
- T-Mobile unveils new myTouch and myTouch Q
- Device Name : Ascend G312
- Manufactuer : Huawei
- Carrier : T-Mobile
- Announced Date : July 11, 2012
- Release Date : TBA
- Also Known As : MyTouch (T-Mobile), U8680
- Screen Size : 4 Inch
- Resolution : 480×800
- Screen Type : TFT
- Height : 4.5 Inch
- Width : 2.46 Inch
- Depth : 0.41 Inch
- Weight : 140 Grams
- Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 1500 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : 185 hours
- Android OS:
- 2.3.x
- Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- AMR
- MID
- MP3
- WAV
- WMA
- Video Playback:
- h.263
- h.264 / AVC
- 3GP
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
- WMV
- Messaging:
- SMS
- MMS
- IM
- CPU : MSM8255T
- CPU Clock Speed : 1400 Mhz
- Core : 1
- Ram : 1000 MB
- Internal Storage : 4 GB
- Front Facing Camera :
- Camera Resolution : 5 MP
- External Storage:
- MicroSD
- Camera Features:
- Auto focus
- Flash
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light
- Proximity
- QWERTY :
- Network Technology:
- GSM
- GSM Band:
- 850
- 900
- 1800
- 1900
- Wi-Fi:
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth 2.0
- A2DP
- Location Features:
- Compass
- GPS
- Cellular location
- Wi-Fi location
- FM Radio :
- NFC :
- Device Name : Ascend G312 QWERTY
- Manufactuer : Huawei
- Carrier : T-Mobile
- Announced Date : July 11, 2012
- Release Date : TBA
- Also Known As : MyTouch Q (T-Mobile), U8730
- Screen Size : 4 Inch
- Resolution : 480×800
- Screen Type : TFT
- Height : 4.9 Inch
- Width : 2.5 Inch
- Depth : 0.56 Inch
- Weight : 185 Grams
- Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 1500 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : 185 hours
- Android OS:
- 2.3.x
- Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- AMR
- MID
- MP3
- WAV
- WMA
- Video Playback:
- h.263
- h.264 / AVC
- 3GP
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
- WMV
- Messaging:
- SMS
- MMS
- IM
- CPU : MSM8255T
- CPU Clock Speed : 1400 Mhz
- Core : 1
- Ram : 1000 MB
- Internal Storage : 4 GB
- Front Facing Camera :
- Camera Resolution : 5 MP
- External Storage:
- MicroSD
- Camera Features:
- Auto focus
- Flash
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light
- Proximity
- QWERTY :
- Network Technology:
- GSM
- GSM Band:
- 850
- 900
- 1800
- 1900
- Wi-Fi:
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth 2.0
- A2DP
- Location Features:
- Compass
- GPS
- Cellular location
- Wi-Fi location
- FM Radio :
- NFC :
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T-Mobile myTouch and myTouch Q hands-on and unboxing


















