The T-Mobile Android smartphone we first learned of at CES and first saw at MWC is now ready for a thorough inspection.
Jessica Dolcourt
Jessica is a passionate content strategist and team leader across the CNET family of brands. She leads a number of teams, including commerce, performance optimization and the copy desk. Her CNET career began in 2006, testing desktop and mobile software for Download.com and CNET, including the first iPhone and Android apps and operating systems. She continued to review, report on and write a wide range of commentary and analysis on all things phones, with an emphasis on the iPhone and Samsung devices. Jessica was one of the first people in the world to test, review and report on foldable phones and 5G wireless speeds.
Jessica began her leadership role managing CNET's How To section for tips and FAQs in 2019, guiding coverage of topics ranging from personal finance to phones to home. She holds an MA with Distinction from the University of Warwick in the UK.
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Bright screen
Here's a second look at that pretty Super AMOLED display. We like.
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Camera
The 5-megapixel camera seems really solid.
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More memory
The phone comes with a 4GB microSD card preinstalled to go with its 4GB of internal storage. You can expand up to 32GB.
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Camera test
I took all images using the automatic settings. While images have been resized, they're otherwise untouched. This indoor photo of a skylit room was taken from the floor above.
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What's with the lighting?
The light sensor seems thrown off in this photo of CNET podcast producer extraordinaire Stephen Beacham.
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Flowers
Colors look great in this outdoor shot, but I could use more detail on the flower petals themselves. This is probably a job for macro mode (photo taken on automatic settings).
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Hulk
This indoor shot drew a lot of one CNET copy editor's cubicle buddies into its orbit.
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S-s-s-studio
This standard studio shot could definitely be sharper.
