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The T-Mobile myTouch or myTouch series is a product line of private label smartphones manufactured by HTC, LG and Huawei sold and marketed in the United States by T-Mobile USA under the T-Mobile brand. [1] [2] [3] Each phone in the series runs a version of the Android software stack.

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The T-Mobile myTouch 3G is a version of the HTC Magic, but the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide and the T-Mobile myTouch 4G are both unique to T-Mobile USA.

The myTouch series has thus far included simultaneous marketing of slider-keyboarded and keyless versions of otherwise similarly equipped models.

Product models

Touchscreen-Keyboardless:Slider-Keyboard:
* T-Mobile myTouch 3G (aka HTC Magic),
(unveiled: February 17, 2009 & on sale via T-Mobile: 5 August 2009),		* T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, made by HTC
(announced: May 4, 2010 & on sale June 2, 2010)
CyanogenMod is available. [4]
* T-Mobile myTouch 4G, manufactured by HTC,
(Released: November 3, 2010)
CyanogenMod is available. [4] ,		* T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, made by HTC
(announced: July 11, 2011 & on sale July 26, 2011)
Also known as HTC Doubleshot
Cyanogen Mod and related Virtuous Inquisition (Ice Cream Sandwich) now available
* T-Mobile myTouch by LG,
{also referred to as the "E739"}

(announced: 2011 & on sale 2011)		* T-Mobile myTouch Q, made by LG,
{also referred to as the "C800"}
(announced: 2011 & on sale 2011).
* T-Mobile myTouch by Huawei "U8680" [5] ("Phoenix")
(released 7/11/2012) [6] [7] 		* T-Mobile myTouch Q by Huawei "U8730" [8] ("Buddy")

(released 7/11/2012 [6] [7] )
See also "External Links" section below.

See also

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The two phones have similar features except for these differences:

References

  1. ↑ T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide Release Date and Price Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine . Android Community (2011-07-11). Retrieved on 2011-10-07.
  2. ↑ "Hands-On Video With T-Mobile's Next QWERTY myTouch Device From Huawei". Archived from the original on 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  3. ↑ "T-Mobile's Next myTouch Devices Will Be Made By…Huawei". Archived from the original on 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  4. 1 2 "Devices | CyanogenMod". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  5. ↑ "FCC Docs Confirm Rumors On T-Mobile's Next myTouch". Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  6. 1 2 "T-Mobile's Planned Dates For Ice Cream Sandwich, Upcoming Device Launches". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  7. 1 2 "Huawei - Pocketnow". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  8. ↑ "Upcoming Huawei myTouch Smartphone Gets Benchmarked On Camera". Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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