T-Mobile Announces Pricing and Launch Details for myTouch 4G Slide

Following up on its initial announcement, T-Mobile has announced pricing and launch details for the successor to the myTouch Slide in the myTouch 4G Slide. First, the phone will be made available for pre-order on July 19th, with the retail launch set for July 27th at $199.99 after a new 2 year agreement and mail-in rebate.

The phone’s trump card is its rear-illuminated 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus, dual LED flash along with new features such as zero shutter lag via instant capture to cache when the Camera app is launched, Sweep Shot for capturing panoramas, HDR support, improved low-light performance, and burst shot support. It also captures 1080p HD video, and includes video editing software for on device editing.

The rest of the featureset includes a 3.7-inch Super LCD display,Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense 3.0, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, as well as a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for messaging and adds group messaging, Qik video chat software along with the now standard HTC Genius Button for voice commands.