HTC Touch 3G revealed

HTC just can't stop the leakage. That Touch HD page was wild enough, but under the "Product Tour" section there's even more magic: instead of a Touch HD Product Tour, as the title would suggest, there's a colorful cadre of the unannounced phone referred to as the Touch 3G. Sporting a slightly refined design and, well, 3G, there's literally nothing else we know about the device. It does seem slightly different than the budget-friendly, EDGE-strapped Opal, but it's all hearsay until HTC actually announces these puppies.

Update: Wow. Just when you though HTC was out of the woods, our friendly neighborhood tipsters have tracked down the full product page for the Touch 3G. Peep the new read link for every spec, dimension and salty tear direct from HTC. Highlights include a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, Europe-friendly HSDPA, 3.2 megapixel camera and 14.5mm of thickness. Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS and 802.11g WiFi all make an appearance as well.

[Thanks, Ben]

Gallery: HTC Touch 3G revealed

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[Heath @ Sep 15th 2008 10:12AM]

Sptint's Touch is already 3G (EV-DO rev A). So not sure...maybe this is gsm 3g?

[JAmerican @ Sep 15th 2008 10:27AM]

Yes, the H refers to HSDPA which is 3.5G in the GSM band I believe.

[OneLove @ Sep 15th 2008 10:58AM]

Paul not being an ass but, though should be thought?

[Vlad @ Dec 1st 2008 1:56PM]

And it's faster than the iPhone 3G: http://vlad.bailescu.ro/gadgets/2008/11/30/htc-touch-3g-review/

[bob sakamano @ Sep 15th 2008 10:13AM]

tomorrows date on that blue phone

[bob sakamano @ Sep 15th 2008 10:14AM]

also, kind of racist that the black guys name is jerome

[GON @ Sep 15th 2008 10:19AM]

??? What are you talking about?

[bob sakamano @ Sep 15th 2008 10:21AM]

the first phone... the guys name is jerome in the pic... a stereotypical name for an afro-american male

[Unknown @ Sep 15th 2008 10:25AM]

maybe because that is his name, they didnt just make it up

[Serial 8-Ball Mouse @ Sep 15th 2008 10:43AM]

@Unknown

Yeah. Because advertisers would never change someone's name in a promotional picture. They always go with the model's real name.

::eye roll::

[Alex Padilla @ Sep 15th 2008 10:48AM]

Nothing stereotypical about it. What would you name him? Kenneth Parcel, maybe?

[CraigJ @ Sep 15th 2008 10:48AM]

People who see racism everywhere tend to be the most racist among us.

[bob sakamano @ Sep 15th 2008 10:53AM]

No, I'd call him Alex Padilla !

Y-O-U G-O-T S-E-R-V-E-D-!

[Aaron @ Sep 15th 2008 10:59AM]

The analog time doesn't match the digital time

[bugmat @ Sep 15th 2008 11:26PM]

Just like on my PC too whenever i adjust the date and time manually to tomorrow's date ;)

[GON @ Sep 15th 2008 10:16AM]

Beautiful.

[kccboy2004 @ Sep 15th 2008 10:31AM]

Just watch apple's spin doctor's and fanbois start working at talking their way out of this one !

[CraigJ @ Sep 15th 2008 2:13PM]

What's worse? A fanboy, or a rabid anti-fanboy?

Anyway, I have the original iPhone, which I prefer to the 3G from a design perspective. This is the fist device I've seen that interests me from a design point of view since the iPhone. This new phone is gorgeous. Here's to hoping it functions as good as it looks. I'd be a lot more interested in seeing this device running android than WinMo though...

[Gus @ Sep 15th 2008 10:21AM]

omg me likey very muchy

[Ike Turner @ Sep 15th 2008 10:22AM]

Yeah that's actualy a GSM Touch 3G with a new TouchFlo2D (mimicks the TouchFlo3D of the Diamond/Pro/HD) UI

[Alan Strangis @ Sep 15th 2008 12:18PM]

I gotta say I like the 2D TouchFlo. Keeping 2D might also let it run on the 400Mhz HTC Touch CDMA version... I guess I'll keep my eyes peeled at XDA-developers, as Mobile Shell is close, but not quite the same. :D

[ZSX @ Sep 15th 2008 6:11PM]

TouchFlo2D is already available from xda-devs as a separate cab file. It looks beautiful and is very slick on my HTC Trinity.

[GON @ Sep 15th 2008 10:25AM]

Also, does anyone else think they look a little like Zunes? They're real nice.

[Billy Gun @ Sep 15th 2008 10:38AM]

Please make this cheap!

[Fastman @ Sep 15th 2008 10:38AM]

Why bother releasing this model? Its just a lame version of the Touch HD!

[Alan Strangis @ Sep 15th 2008 12:13PM]

Only if you think the Touch HD is the pinnacle of mobile phones. Sure the HD has a gorgeous screen, but it's the same physical size as an iPhone, which I found both too big and found a pain in the ass for 1 handed navigation.

It's easy to hit the upper right corner of the screen with your thumb on the original Touch, and I image that it'll be about the same on this, though the spread from the top of the screen to the D-pad looks to be a bit too much, though it IS narrower, which might help.

I'm also betting that this will be a lot cheaper than the Touch HD, and sales wise, the original Touch and the Palm Centro have shown there's a real market for devices in this space. Coupling that with slightly pared down version of the Diamond's TouchFlo is an awesome move on HTCs part.

(though I'll checking xda-developers to see how the new interface runs on

[Serial 8-Ball Mouse @ Sep 15th 2008 10:41AM]

"HTC just can't stop the leakage."

Too much Olestra.

[Rogue_Genius @ Sep 15th 2008 11:06AM]

LOL!! Incontinence FTL!!!

[Don Corleone @ Sep 15th 2008 10:54AM]

Nice looking phone. My iPhone envies the camera and video recording.

[ahdok @ Sep 15th 2008 10:59AM]

Damnit guys! - the primary thing I want in a phone is for it to be really tiny, so it doesn't annoy me when I carry it around.

All these newfangled superphones are HUGE.

[Rogue_Genius @ Sep 15th 2008 11:08AM]

Wait, you call these dimensions HUGE?

102 mm X 53.6 mm X 14.5 mm
(4.016 inches X 2.110 inches X 0.571 inches)

Wow, you must be quite popular with the ladies - _ -

I kid, I kid!

[telepheedian @ Sep 15th 2008 11:33AM]

In person, the phone is actually pretty small, the pictures make it look huge.

[Tony @ Sep 15th 2008 11:44AM]

Then don't buy a smart phone.

[Alex @ Sep 15th 2008 6:23PM]

Whereas I've been waiting since the Universal for another PDAphone that's got more than 320x240 pixels. I'm fed up of all these QVGA phones - I want another proper VGA one!

[Jess @ Sep 15th 2008 11:02AM]

Looks like its due out on the 10th November in the UK : http://www.devicewire.co.uk/htc-touch-3g

Jess

[azz0r @ Sep 15th 2008 11:04AM]

When are all these HTC Touch phones making it over to the UK?

[azz0r @ Sep 15th 2008 11:04AM]

I'm thinking of getting the HTC Diomand on Orange for £30 a month.

Hows the phone? Am I better waiting a few months for something like this to finally come over?

HTC-D does GPS/3G so?

[Josh @ Sep 15th 2008 11:10AM]

This is one of the most beautiful phones I've seen.

[Jonathan @ Sep 15th 2008 2:44PM]

It looks like a toy.

[-sun @ Sep 15th 2008 4:51PM]

Maybe his name actually is Jerome .. lol .. there are some black people who are named Jerome :).

-from a black guy with a white guys name

[Laura Mora @ Sep 16th 2008 10:19AM]

this is sooo cool if only i could afford one, but i think the price would be worth it, because of how advanced it is!!!

[hyoomen @ Sep 17th 2008 10:47AM]

Please be in the near future of Android/HTC releases, please be in the near future of Android/HTC release... How can T-Mobile/HTC/Google be hyping the fugly Dream at the same time as working on this?

[Amaretto @ Sep 27th 2008 2:28PM]

When will they be sold to genereal public.....WIll sprint pick them up?

[ali @ Sep 29th 2008 2:34PM]

Do you know when it will be available in market? and any estimation about the price?