[...] main complaint against slide out keyboards is the bulk they add to the phone. We compared the thickness of several Android phones and found the Sholes will be slimmer than the T-Mobile myTouch 3G or the Sprint Hero, both of which [...]

That’s weird… you say that the MT3G (14.7mm) is thicker than the Hero (13.8mm), yet phoneArena says that the MT3G is 13.6mm (http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Magic-phone-p_3421.html) vs 14.3mm for the Hero (http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Hero-phone-p_3813.html).

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actually this is nonsense since g1 has a physical keyboard and the others don’t…

QWERTY sliders have a tendency to be quite pudgy, so any means to battle their bulge that doesn’t harm the typing ergonomics or phone specs is most certainly welcome. In terms of keyboardless smartphones, I would say that the current models are thin enough for practical purposes, but not, perhaps, fashion purposes.

[...] main complaint against slide out keyboards is the bulk they add to the phone. We compared the thickness of several Android phones and found the Sholes will be slimmer than the T-Mobile myTouch 3G or the Sprint Hero, both of which [...]

The thickness of the phone and its gaudy look is the reason I skipped the G1 and went straight for the mytouch. I would have waited for the Galaxy for its many improvements (8gb internal capacity,5MP camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, sleeker design, but the 128MB RAM is absolutely pathetic when Android already struggles w/ 192at times. That killed all benefits to me.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love any Android phone, but having a slide out QWERTY keyboard is a must-have feature for me (can’t get used to the on-screen keyboards).

Sounds like the Verzion Sholes is going to be a great phone, considering it’s thin size and the slide out keyboard :]

I switched from a Cingular 8125 which I believe was also made by HTC. So the G1 is thinner. & I waited till the my touch came out before buying. I like the size & keyboard on the G1 better then the my touch. The my touch is to small. & no keyboard.

It dosnt bother me either. But i would really like the sholes.
Just not enough to switch to version LOL