T-Mobile says G-Slate is 200% faster than iPad 2, 300% faster than XOOM

By on Jul 22, 2011 at 1:41 PM
Tablets July 22, 2011

A new page on T-Mobile USA’s website makes some fairly bold claims about the carrier’s premier Honeycomb tablet, the LG G-Slate. In comparing the sleek device to its steepest competition at AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile says the G-Slate is “more than two times faster than the Apple iPad 2 on AT&T and Verizon, and three times faster than the Motorola XOOM on Verizon — and it’s less expensive, too!” At $399.99 with a 2-year data contract or $599.99 off contract, there is no question that the G-Slate is cheaper. Apple’s 3G iPad 2 is $729 with the same 32GB of storage and the Motorola XOOM is $599.99 on contract or $799.99 contract-free. Regarding the speed-related claims, some questions have been raised as to how T-Mobile came to those conclusions. “An independent third party conducted testing to compare T-Mobile’s G-Slate, AT&T’s iPad 2 and Verizon Wireless’ Motorola XOOM,” a T-Mobile spokesperson told BGR in an email. ”The testing was conducted in two cities – New York and Seattle – across 30 locations and at least five repetitions with each device per location per market. The total sample size was 300 tests encompassing at least 70 percent of a market.” T-Mobile has once again pitted its 4G HSPA+ service against comparable networks from its two largest competitors, and according to this third-party study, the nation’s No. 4 carrier has again come out on top. BGR reviewed T-Mobile’s G-Slate tablet this past April and found that the hardware was best-in-class, though we were not impressed with Google’s initial build of Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Kroh/509408139 Eric Kroh

    and when ATT eats Tmo up..then everything will be ATT buh bye Tmo

  • Anonymous

    150% MORE expensive! Don’t forget that! And anaglyph 3D glasses.  

  • http://twitter.com/nullifie nullifie

    … And runs nothing

  • Anonymous

    Nice, now that is quite an increase no?
    http://www.net-privacy.us.tc

  • NicholaiGinovaef

    Hah! The arguments on here are quite entertaining. Buy whatever product which appeals to you and what you think you would enjoy the most. Honestly, who cares what other people think? Regardless, people are always going to bash a company and its product for not having features which appeal to them.

  • Knute

    Reality is if there was no iPad there would be no G-Slate. Doesn’t matter if it’s twice as fast or half as expensive, it’s going to be seen as a copy of the original. Most people want the original, but obviously some will bite for this.

  • Anonymous

    This is an easy claim to make as no one was dumb enough to agree to a two year contract to and buy this thing. 

  • Anonymous

    What is Honeycomb again? It had something to do with Wave, right?

  • Anonymous

    Just another android os tablet that will die with all the other’s. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q6L2HCBJPNQGFDHT33CQT43OLI Brett

    and they will sell millions less sorry its true

  • OCTheo

    Fast in doing what? When will companies stop comparing how fast processors are? Yes, fast is good, but what matters most is how useful a product is.

    Or may be TMobile is just hyping their network speed. 

  • http://twitter.com/borax99 Alain Chappaz

    It’s fugly all right, but worse, after a quick test-fondle at my local Rogers store – it’s wayyyyy too heavy to hold for any length of time !   Also, 3D is a useless gimmick; the silly thing can’t even play back its own format. Yes, you read correctly, it cannot play back the 3D videos you take with it.

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