T-Mobile's Fender edition myTouch 3G now available for $180
By Donald Melanson 
posted January 20th 2010 5:24PM
posted January 20th 2010 5:24PM
We'd already heard that T-Mobile's new Fender edition myTouch 3G would be rolling out on January 20th, but we hadn't had much indication about what sort of premium (if any) it would demand over the standard myTouch. Well, as you can see above, you will have to pay an extra $30 on top of the $150 the regular myTouch 3G currently demands (on-contract, naturally), but that will get you a bundled 16GB memory card, not to mention a genuine 3.5mm headphone jack, a few pre-loaded songs from Eric Clapton and others and, of course, that classy woodgrain finish. Not too shabby for an extra thirty bucks, if you ask us.
wow.
@willman256 I'd pay an extra $50 for a better processor.
@willman256
Am I the only one who thinks this thing looks absolutely repulsive?
@willman256
I'd love a guitar themed Zune.
Anyone know if its a 32a or 32b board? I've heard that it was rumored a 32a but came out as a 32b.
@Kmobs Its a 32B board :(
@UndeadOverlord
Then no interest at all in it. haha
@Kmobs
May I ask what the difference between the two is?
I actually like this phone a lot, but the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack on the "regular" myTouch is a near-killer for me. It looks like this Fender version has the 3.5mm jack and a 16 GB card which seems nearly perfect and worth the $30 premium.
@Hazdaz the 32b board is what is currently in the mytouch.
The 32a board has more ram. It is identical, specwise, to the HTC Hero.
I can honestly say that you should go with the nexus over this.
Now I'm confused. I thought that the myTouch was the 32A (the one with more RAM).
In Canada we have been assured that the HTC Magic sold by Rogers will get the Android 2 update. I believe it is a 32A.
If the T-Mobile myTouch truly is a 32B - so it has significantly less RAM then the Magic - then it is likely it will never get 2.x.
Unfortunately the wiki article is not clear on this issue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Magic
@Kmobs I remember hearing a post at XDA showing the SPL info and it was a 32A.
Regardless, there is absolutely no reason to get this over the Nexus One.
@Kmobs
I see people saying to get a N1 instead, but from what I gather, that requires an $80/mo bill, while if you buy something like this myTouch, you can get 500 talk.txt/web for $60/mo (no contract). That's a decent sum of money over the course of a couple of years.
Then again, I might be wrong on the monthly costs for the N1, but Google's online buying page is crap - doesn't even offer to let you see plan details without filling in all your personal info.
I am not completely convinced which way I want to go for my next phone, but trying to weigh in different options now before my current plan expires.
@coolbho3000 Other than the fact that One is ugly and the other isnt.
Or you could just buy a Nexus One for the same price...
@tacovsgrilledcheese Agreed! Better hardware, better software, enough said.
@biggben - but limited support, and a hell of a problem if it dies. At least with a T-mo sourced phone, you will have a new one on the way after one phone call.
@scoobydooby
The Nexus also has a one year warranty.
@Kmobs
The year warrantly doesn't cover accidental/water damage.. PHP that you can get through TMo does.
@Kmobs - warranty means nothing when the support organization doesn't work. Plenty of stories of people receiving DOA's with nobody at HTC able/willing to help exchange it. Remember, Google has no extensive retail experience and their support clearly lacks. I'm sure that'll change in the future, but it is the only reason I haven't forked over $530 for my own.
@tacovsgrilledcheese
No, actually, you can't. If you're an existing T-Mobile customer, or you want to have a family plan, then the Nexus One costs $350 more than this phone does. Only an extremely narrow percentage of customers are actually entitled to the subsidized price on the Nexus One, while the $180 price for the Fender MyTouch is available to everyone who has a line with an upgrade available.
I like it
Bleh :P
If it has a virtual guitar app, I hope it's multitouch.
@Gregorian
Or your stuck playing the first few bars of "Nothing Else Matters" for the rest of your life
Now if they can get that Engadget edition out for $160,
32GB card, Engadget ANDROID APP (hello?), a carbon fiber finish and *blurry cam* feature and I think we have the deal of the century.
Make sure to set your guitar on vibrate.
Yes lets all rush out and buy this instead of the nexus one , less features for close to the same price...
@Hydra
There's a $350 price difference for existing T-Mobile customers.
What a stupid phone to begin selling now.
@sintricate
For real, it took that long to add a few apps, a different finish and a three and half jack? Bring on the HD2 already.
I wonder what firmware it coes with?
@suland
1.6, it was stated in the last fender mytouch post here =/ disappointing isn't it?
This won't sell.
I'd feel like King Douche talking on it.
wow it is very cheap now i can afford to buy this one.
"now available for $180"... and still, oddly enough, no one cares.
i am going to see what t mobile says at the mobile World Congress in February and expect new phones in March.
http://www.tmonews.com/
Just in case anybody's interested in getting a MyTouch with a 3.5mm headphone jack but doesn't like the woodgrain finish, the regular MyTouch phones will start shipping with headphone jacks built in on Feb 10th. I don't know about the price, but I'd assume they'll be the same price as the current model at $150.