T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide / T-Mobile Doubleshot

usability, performance, price, portability, design

size, reception, reliability

73% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

portability, performance

73% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Fantastic camera ; Pleasant and easy to use ; Solid and attractive hardware

Lackluster display and keyboard ; Performance could be better ; Average battery life

The myTouch 4G Slide is certainly a worthy contender in the race for best cameraphone, but Nokia's N8 still rules for now.

Shoots like a camera, thinks like a smartphone. Quick on the draw with barely perceptible shutter lag. Solid color in still images. Smooth 1080p video is better than most other smartphone offerings. Responsive and fast across a number of applications....

Feature set calls for more than an 8GB memory card. No optical zoom. Power users may find photo effects too hands-on. Slow to boot. Ho-hum 400×800 resolution display. Optical trackpad is mostly useless. Generic Android “Search” key replaced with an...

Great overall camera experience ; Well-built hardware ; Decent performance overall

Overdependence on the Genius button ; T-Mobile / HTC Sense skin feels overdone ; Screen is uninspiring

If you're a shutterbug or are not dogmatic about a pure Android experience, it might still be worth a look

Excellent keyboard. Good call quality. Elegant software.

Not the fastest processor.

Multimedia and Conclusions The Slide makes a good multimedia phone. It comes with its own media-syncing software, doubleTwist (Free, ), which will sync your photos, videos, and music (including iTunes playlists) to the phone from either a PC or Mac....

Comfortable full QWERTY keyboard ; Intuitive user interface

Some native apps can be slow ; Camera is hit-or-miss

The MyTouch 3G Slide is a solid midrange Android phone with a great feature set, but its camera isn't as good as those on other phones in its class.

Wi-Fi and HSDPA high-speed data connectivity ; Slide-out QWERTY keyboard ; Touchscreen control with widgets ; A-GPS satellite positioning technology ; 2GB MicroSD memory card supplied in-box ; Decent music player with 3.5mm headphone socket ; Swappable...

Resistive touchscreen control system is functional ; 2.8-inch screen dimensions ; Limited camera lacks autofocus and flash ; Video recording lacklustre ; Email wizard set-up could be easier

Samsung has fused elements of both the Genio Touch and the Genio QWERTY to come up with a hybrid device – the Genio Slide.

Fast. Excellent camera. Very good keyboard

Heavy. Voice quality is only average

The big, beautiful, Android-based myTouch 4G Slide is T-Mobile's most powerful handset to date, so it's our latest Editors' Choice for keyboarded smartphones on T-Mobile.

All in all this is a top tier phone. It has the dual-core CPU to match the competition, runs on the absolute latest Android OS, has the shiny Sense UI and that camera for those special moments. This is a great phone with plenty of potential but if you...