Official Sidekick LX
Yes, the Sidekick LX has been confirmed by T-Mobile officially as well. Those of you that have been reading for the past few months won’t have any surprises.
Price: $299 with 2 year contract
Screen: 400×240 (high res 3″ screen)
Dimensions: 5.1in x 2.36in x 0.86in
Weight: 5.7 ounces
Battery: 6.8hrs talk time, 4 days standby
Memory: MicroSD slot
OS: DangerOS v4.4
Messaging: MySpace, AIM, MSN, Yahoo,email (4 accounts), SMS/MMS support. (finally MMS!)
Camera: 1.3mp
Video: No video on release, but we hear rumors that it will support it.
Colors: Midnight Blue and Espresso Brown
Mood lighting LEDs around the device that will flash with alerts
And all the other stuff you’ve come to know and love on your Sidekick 3, just in a new package.
The Sidekick LX will be available on October 17th for current customers in an upgrade procedure similar to the one for the Sidekick 3. Everyone else will have to wait till October 24th to get theirs.
Well now that both devices are official, which one are you getting and why? Tell us in the forum poll!
September 26th, 2007 at 11:05 am [ Quote ]
http://search.t-mobile.com/inquiraapp/ui.jsp?ui_mode=question&question_box=sidekick
$499 without contract extension? steeep.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:13 am [ Quote ]
MAN DATS SOME BULLSHT IF THATS TRUE $500 FOR THE SIDEKICK LX PREPAID? IM ALREADY A SIDEKICK 3 PREPAID CUSTOMER SO HOW MUCH WILL IT BE FOR THE LX PREPAID?
September 26th, 2007 at 12:04 pm [ Quote ]
About time i get some hard info and pics..ill be gettin this for sure finally time to give up my Sk3 for this baby!
September 26th, 2007 at 1:25 pm [ Quote ]
Noooooooooo! $500??? dang. Anyone know if you can extend your contract at anytime? I just got a new phone/contract extension in june so hopefully i can save some money and do it again for the LX.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pm [ Quote ]
ITS $299 FOR NEW CUSTOMERS WITH A 2YR CONTRACT AND $399 FOR RETAIL PREPAID JUST FOUND OUT FROM TMOBILE
September 26th, 2007 at 1:47 pm [ Quote ]
as of around 2:40 central time I noticed a “buy now” button on the bottom of the page for both the blue and brown versions, and I decided to try it out. it got all the way through to where it totals the order, but then it stopped and said that I had no phone selected. Does anyone else see this button? It appears out of place on the page
September 26th, 2007 at 2:20 pm [ Quote ]
500 bucks. Whoa. Yall are going to pay 500 bucks 4 this? If it was $300, then I would buy it. But there’s no way I will renew my contract 4 2 years. NO WAY. But if its your first Sidekick, I would recomend it 4 $300 bucks
September 26th, 2007 at 2:32 pm [ Quote ]
Well I’m definetly gonna buy da lx now. Who cares if its 400 or 500 its looks better den da 3 n dats wat I care bout…now its jus a matter of which color to get.I already have a 2yr contract dat strtd earlier dis yr…hopefully dat means I pay less (]-_-[)
September 26th, 2007 at 3:09 pm [ Quote ]
Check it out http://www.t-mobileregistration.com/sidekickLX/
September 26th, 2007 at 3:23 pm [ Quote ]
I signed up
September 26th, 2007 at 3:31 pm [ Quote ]
is it me, or does that LX demo really suck on that website? lol. they are teasing, i wanna see the interface! oh well i guess i have to be patient!! lol.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pm [ Quote ]
Lol I’m ona sk 3 so ill chek wen I get ona pc…da onli thing is dat I’m a lil disappointed wit the blue….it looks way darker on the reserve card
September 26th, 2007 at 4:16 pm [ Quote ]
I’ll ease up on the LX since I’ve been blasting it on this site all week but I just noticed something looking at the Helio Ocean on the Helio site. The high def screen and Myspace mobile are exactly alike to that of the Ocean. Seems like Danger is getting shitted on though being the other stuff the Ocean has the Ocean’s problem is the design. Dammit why cant these 2 team up cause all the kicks are missing are software issues.
and the brown LX looks like a bar of chocolate LMAO
September 26th, 2007 at 4:46 pm [ Quote ]
Da brown is actually kinda sexc….I’m hopin da midnight blue is actually darker den it appears in those pictures….I currently have a sidekick3 wit a contract dat started earlier dis year….will I be qualified for an upgrade n if so does dis lower da price I have to pay for jus da fone?
September 26th, 2007 at 5:37 pm [ Quote ]
I just called T-Mobile. They said that with an upgrade it will cost less and they highly recommend getting the Reservation Card. You may have to extend your contract as well.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:59 pm [ Quote ]
blah, they going charge 1.99 a month for myspace service….
Unleash MySpace on your Sidekick with this fully integrated application.Get MySpace alerts, view friends’ profiles, send messages, add comments, upload photos and blog. With MySpace on your Sidekick you’re always connected!
Promotional Offer – valid when you download MySpace before 12/31/2007, 11:59 pm PST.You will not be charged for the initial download of MySpace. For each monthly recurring fee due between the initial download and 12/31/2007, 11:59 pm PST, you will be charged and refunded the $1.99 monthly fee. The charge and refund may post to separate monthly bills. After 12/31/2007, 11:59 pm PST, user will be charged a $1.99 monthly fee unless you discard the application. You may discard the application within 30 days of downloading it without incurring the monthly fee.
September 26th, 2007 at 6:29 pm [ Quote ]
i guess that’s just something we have to live with, im sure its not going to stop people from buying the phone though.
September 26th, 2007 at 8:09 pm [ Quote ]
finnaly da price oh well i like it anyways ima get it wat store has da reserve card please post it in ny ima get it a soon as i can broke people stand back u buy dis u wont eat 4 months lmfao
September 26th, 2007 at 9:34 pm [ Quote ]
ok i am ready to buy sidekick lx but a million dollar question is sidekick lx compatible with 2 gb micro sd cards or 4 gb help will be appreciated
Musician
September 26th, 2007 at 9:38 pm [ Quote ]
so I have one question. my contract ended a while ago and I’m going to renew it when I get the sidekick lx but only if I still get a discount, as if I was a new tmobile-er… so does anyone know If I’m elligible for a discount…
so can I get the discount or if no ones knows do you guys thing cc would no
September 26th, 2007 at 9:43 pm [ Quote ]
ok den ima jus get da extended contract if i have to….which will cost how much?does any1 kno?
September 26th, 2007 at 10:02 pm [ Quote ]
THE SIDEKICK LX CAN HANDLE UP TO 4GB
September 26th, 2007 at 10:29 pm [ Quote ]
yeah but i called my tmobile store for the reservation card and the employees….. THE EMPLOYEES had no idea what i was talking about.
thats what i get for living in y-town arizona
September 27th, 2007 at 2:22 am [ Quote ]
I hardly call this an upgrade.
Its just a new version of the OS, Bigger screen, and myspace. That is all. And as far is been smaller, the SDK3’s dimensions are 5.2″ x 2.3″ x .9″ and the LX is 5.1″ x 2.36″ x 0.86″. Wow I’ll be surprised if anyone will notice the difference in size. And the sk3 supports MMS its just that t-mobile decided to block the feature, If you go to any other operator carring the SK3 you would notice that they have MMS. now t-mobile decided to turn on the feature to fool the users to think that its an upgrade on the phone. Everything else is the same.
I think I’ll stick with my sidekick 3, The LX looks more polished and what not, but feature wise, its not worth an extra $300
September 27th, 2007 at 3:51 am [ Quote ]
The sidekick lx is crazy awsum!!! The main buttons remind me of the sidekick 2 witch I luv!!! I have a hiptop 3 ova in assie, does ne 1 kno if the lx will b out here? Hope it does altho I have my doubts as the I’d neva came out here. But the new look is hot. I’d tap dat
September 27th, 2007 at 7:04 am [ Quote ]
What the hell? It says that video may be supported in future? What kind of **** is that. They said that about the SK3 and it still doesn’t support video. They expect some people to pay $500 bucks for this? I really love the sidekick but I’m really tired of waiting for them to catch up.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:29 am [ Quote ]
Well I don’t use my Sidekick as a phone I learned my lesson doing that with Suncom and the Hiptop. I just use it for unlimited text, IMs, Tmail and the internet (only $30 a month).
So I may get the LX but I’m getting the HTC 8925/TyTn II/Kaiser/Tilt when its released for at&t to replace the 8525. With those 2 I’m good. I’d never used a Sidekick as a phone!
(For those interested the 8925 has a QWERTY keypad like the sidekick, screen slides up like majority of HTC phones, has a 3 mp cam, video, 3G (which at&t is upgrading to be even faster by the end of the year!), touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6 and best of all I can get a Slingbox for it and watch tv on it)
September 27th, 2007 at 10:07 am [ Quote ]
windows mobile sucks.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:32 am [ Quote ]
ALL I KNOW IS WE ALL KNOW THE REAL DEAL AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SIDEKICK LX NOW SO JUST HOLD ON TILL OCTOBER 17TH FOR A UPGRADE OR U BETTER HAVE THAT RESERVE CARD ON THE 24TH CAUSE THATS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL BE FOR SURE TO GET ONE….I GOT MY RESERVE CARD ON SPET 24TH SO I CANT WAIT TILL OCT 24TH TO GET MY SIDEKICK LX….
IF U WANNA SEE THE SIDEKICK LX DEMO VIDEO GO TO http://WWW.SIDEKICK.COM
September 27th, 2007 at 6:25 pm [ Quote ]
Hm, I don’t really care about myspace… I just hope that they keep the data plan the same $20. If they raise the price because of MMS, I might as well get an iPhone.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:53 pm [ Quote ]
Does ne 1 kno wat pv it is? The sidekick 3 is a pv200, wat is the lx?
September 27th, 2007 at 11:15 pm [ Quote ]
i think everyone should stop complaining because everyone has been anticipating this so much that they forget that tmobile danger and sharp didnt ask what you wanted. as a whole im sure they did what loyal customers said they wanted upgrade. do you really need videos on your phone or tv? im just happy that the colors are nice and the screen is bigger and has a better quality.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:53 am [ Quote ]
Well they sorta did wat the customers wanted coz, bak wen the lx was first it motion every body wanted a bigger betta screen and it thinned down. That’s wat they did wit the lx. But now its done everybody wants sumfin new, then wen a sidekick wit video cums out every1 will want sumfin else. I fink every 1 suld just b happy wit it. If u want a fone wit video and camera get a nokia n series, if u want a fone that lets u cummunicate wit frends in multipal ways and is cheep on a plan then get the sidekick.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:03 am [ Quote ]
Windows Mobile 6 doesn’t suck you must haven’t used a newer device. Plus at&t is uping their 3G network from 155 kb per sec download speeds to 500 to 800 kb per sec.
As for Sharp & Danger not making the phone for “us” that’s true but if you really think we believe you’re satisfied paying $300 for a “larger screen” & “newer colors” then you’re pretty stupid. The colors are “adult” colors who ever heard of a brown phone? The target market for these phones are of the younger age why not have white, black, red, royal blue, etc
They need to start listening or with enough support, Helio will catch up with them. Helio has some HUGE investors putting in tens of millions each into the company, one put in 100 million to help expand Helio.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:14 am [ Quote ]
Well of course its gonna b $300, this fone was made for the people thinkin about gettin a sidekick 3, not 4 the ppl already wit a sidekick 3 2 upgrade. But I agree it does need huge upgrades 2 keep up wit helio, there fones r awsum.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:36 pm [ Quote ]
http://www.heliocity.net/2007/sk-telecom-agrees-to-fund-up-to-270-million-into-helio/
SK Telecom agrees to fund up to $270 Million into Helio
September 28th, 2007 at 5:42 pm [ Quote ]
dude. you sound like a brand rep for Helio. calm down.
September 28th, 2007 at 9:33 pm [ Quote ]
This fone is crazy awsum. It looks so f**n awsum. I luv the lyts around the syd!!! Its so mad. I’d tap that!!! Its just awsum.
September 29th, 2007 at 2:46 am [ Quote ]
sounds like this guy should calm down lol. I just tel it like it is… my first ever phone was a kick 2… then I got 3… then i realized how lacking its features were. Like I always say… still love the kick series… I just realized that The Ocean (among other phones) is light years ahead in terms of features and technologies. Your love for your kicks blinds you… which is cool. so-long as your happy with it :]
September 29th, 2007 at 4:26 am [ Quote ]
I’m very happy wit it. I mean it does need huge upgrade and features. But 2 me that doesn’t matta. I luv this fone 4 its look, but mainly coz I luv 2 communticate wit ppl and this gives me the option of 4 way 2 do that, even post messages on the internet. It gives me multipal options and the plan is very cheep. But I guess the fone just works 4 me, maybe not othas.
September 29th, 2007 at 12:03 pm [ Quote ]
@Hamilton: Cheap. Yes, yes yes. It has the best data plan, ever. That’s why so many people are drawn to it.. including me.
Although, there is a $20 iPhone plan.
September 29th, 2007 at 3:17 pm [ Quote ]
I called practically all the t mobiles in arizona and they say they have no clue what I’m talking about and don’t know what a reservation card is. ???
September 29th, 2007 at 3:21 pm [ Quote ]
I called practically every t mobile in arizona and they said they had no idea of what I was talking about. And that there is no reservation card. ???
September 29th, 2007 at 7:56 pm [ Quote ]
I fink u can only get reseve cards from 5 dif tmobil stores. I fink iyt is lyk new york boston and 3 othas. I don’t no exact coz I’m in assie.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:17 am [ Quote ]
Um. Last I checked it’s 2007. Where’s the 3G? At least add wifi, right? No camera upgrade? No video on release? The sidekick’s almost dead to me now.
The ergonomic keypad and the way it multi-tasks almost seamlessly are the only thing keeping it SOMEWHAT alive for me.
BTW, myspace is a joke. $1.95 a month for a program that you can access on the web browser? Hah. Besides, I have a feeling Facebook is about to take over.
September 30th, 2007 at 4:02 am [ Quote ]
Dude seriousely, calm down. Sidekicks weren’t made 4 the features. This fone was made and marketd at the ppl hu lyk 2 communicate wit ppl ne were ne tym. And this fone does that sucsefuly. It has email, IM, txt, callin and even postin messages online, now wit the new my space that is a posible of 6 ways, wat eva is most apropiet. It cums on a cheap data plan. So if u want a fone that does that then get it, if not and u want a fone wit all the features then get sumfin else. But don’t complain about this fone not havin them bcoz it wasn’t made 4 that reason.
September 30th, 2007 at 7:43 am [ Quote ]
^^Yeah. Also, some people just don’t need 3G and stuff. They just want communication and a cheap data plan. The Ocean is great, but Helio/Sprint doesn’t get great service [ worse than T-Mo from what I've heard ] I think. And their Data plan is cheap too, if you want 3G and Google Maps and all that. But if you don’t.. a waste of money.
As much as I love Pantech and Helio, I’m gonna get the Sidekick LX.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:26 pm [ Quote ]
actually everyone the sidekick lx will be vailable for employees and exisiting cust onthe 17th and everyone else on the 24th of october the slide will b available on novemeber 1st
October 1st, 2007 at 12:55 pm [ Quote ]
Actually Helio uses verizon’s voice networking towers So I have MUCH better coverage with helio than when I had my kick. Kicks are notorious for having sucky *** voice coverage. Helio also uses Sprints 3g data network which is LIGHTNING fast. It also uses the 3g for GPS on google maps which has saved my life or made it easier more than, I’d say, 25 different occasions. Oh, myspace has its own application too and it is amazing, fast and flashy. Oh and facebook works perfectly on Mini4beta cuz homebew on Helio IS OFF THE HOOK. you don’t need to be a developer like you do with your kick, all the 3rd party apps AND games are all downloadable right from the built in HTML web browser. Oh, did I mention we are able to upload our awesome 2mp pictures to an online server, Flickr and any email address for free? oh and the pictures are Geotagged, so you can know exactly where they were taken and view them across the map. and our Videos, which you guys don’t have yet, get automatically uploaded to youtube. Oh and based on which model of helio you get, you can have ANY RSS feed delivered right to your phones main page…. now tell me THAT aint hot!
Your phone is ancient, BUT! Like I have said before, just as long as you know it is and you’re cool with it, then all is good in the world. I’m just spreading the word, and how my happiness has trippled since switching over.
October 1st, 2007 at 1:14 pm [ Quote ]
ok so ive heard from 2 different tmobile reps that the sk-lx will be 350 dollars w/ 50 dollar mail in rebate for the fone itself w/ out messing w/ ur contract. can any one verify that for me?? =]
October 1st, 2007 at 5:46 pm [ Quote ]
YOU GOT ME WANTING A HELIO NOW!!! I did NOT know it could do all of that. Download videos straight to you tube!!!! WOW You got me sold man. I Can’t wait till my T-Mobile contract is over so I can switch carriers. Is there any problems with the Helio Ocean? Can I watch You Tube on the phone? Again WOW
October 1st, 2007 at 9:56 pm [ Quote ]
yes, you can watch youtube mobile. here is my youtube page. all of these were downloaded straight to youtube after i took them on my ocean.
http://youtube.com/profile?user=rad55
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:49 am [ Quote ]
yes the ocean has sum crazy awsum features. i guess sum ppl lyk the ocean 4 its features. i lyk my sidekick 4 the 5 possible ways of cummunication, now wit my space 6 possible ways. i hav a fwend hu luvs is v3x 4 the design. i guess everybody lyks deffrent fones 4 diffrent reasons. depends on wat u want ur fone 2 do, its plan, ect.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 am [ Quote ]
just so you know you can also communicate in 6 different ways with the helio as well. And they are all awesome to get to, with something called the ULTIMATE inbox. IM’s, Emails and SMS are all delivered to one central area. Its easy as hell to send IM’s with one of the 3 clients, easy as hell to send a text. all you have to do is start typing a persons name and they will pop up…and even better, it knows whether or not you’re typing a name or want to quickly seach something online. if you type johnny, it knows to take you to johnny in your contact list. if you type johnny.com it will take you to a web search with 5 different links of johnny.com also if it is a movie, it will automatically gives you movie times for it…. talk about a smart phone… this phone is genius. So basically in every way you can communicate with a sidekick, you can with an ocean… only its about half the price. they go for about 250 right now. oh and also the speakers are loud as well, the whole back of the phone is like one giant speaker…AND the phone is smaller. oh…and it swivels two ways ^_^
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 am [ Quote ]
just take some time to read up on the helio ocean if you haven’t, it doesn’t hurt to look at the awesomeness!
http://www.helio.com/page?p=devices_ocean_static&
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:17 am [ Quote ]
Dude chill out. U sound lyk ur the spoksperson 4 the fone. And u only tolld me 3 ways 2 communicate.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:45 am [ Quote ]
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE PRICE FOR AND UPRGRADE?…WITH CONTRACT EXTENSION?
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:51 am [ Quote ]
299 isn’t it?
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:50 pm [ Quote ]
Text Messaging- 1
Email-2
Super Quick 3G Internet for message boards-3
Voice-4
1 of 3 Different IM Clients- 5
Super quick Myspace Mobile- 6
IRC Client- 7 (if you don’t know what IRC is, you best look it up. its an AMAZING way to communicate and get questions answered)
Buddy beacon- 8
I’m sorry, I just love my phone and want people to know there is something better out there. If you don’t like it, I’m not making you listen. Im only talking to the people who don’t want to pay 400-500 for the same things they’ve been fed before with a new wrapper.
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:20 pm [ Quote ]
It slide 2 ways doesn’t it? 1 way 2 make full qwerty keypad, then anotha way witch is lyk mobil keypad isn’t it?
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:23 pm [ Quote ]
The helio I mean. It slids 2 ways?
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:25 pm [ Quote ]
yes, its a dual slider. which impresses a lot of people. when i whip it out, i always get soooo many people complimenting my device, its awesome.
October 4th, 2007 at 12:42 am [ Quote ]
Sounds kwl. Y do u need 2 keypads? R there sumfings u can only do wit 1 keypad and otha fings u can only do wit da otha keypad?
October 4th, 2007 at 8:35 am [ Quote ]
no, its just slides one way for a numeric keypad to make it easy to dial numbers quickly and then another way for querty for easy texting/typing. but you can do everything on both.
October 4th, 2007 at 8:10 pm [ Quote ]
That’s relli hot!!! If I got it unlocked and put my tmobil simcard in on the sidekick data plan wuld I b able 2 access everyfing on da helio or is there styl sum stuff I wuld hav 2 pay extra a month?
October 4th, 2007 at 8:49 pm [ Quote ]
How much is it costing you a month?
October 4th, 2007 at 10:55 pm [ Quote ]
about 65 dollars a month for UNLIMITED all you can eat data and 500 minutes with free nights (6:00pm-5:00am) and weekends.
and i forgot what the name of the type of phone it is, but it is the type that doesn’t use sim cards unfortunately so you need helio service in order to use it. but thats not really even a bad thing because helios service on data and voice is incredible.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:17 am [ Quote ]
I just started my 2 year contract a couple months ago so I guess I miss out on the helio. Damn
October 5th, 2007 at 12:22 pm [ Quote ]
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March 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm [ Quote ]
Okay.. first of all. Now since it’s been a while since the LX came out, prices are decreasing. However, I’m getting my LX on Sixth Ave. NY ( http://www.6ave.com ) the are having a special this week: LX for 79.99 plus $50 dollar rebate, that is such a great price, and I read that at Mobile Mart ( you must google for info, I found it on Youtube.com ) which is located across US, also has great deals with Sidekicks and other t-mobile devices. As for the Side Kick Slide, it looks smaller, but I’m dieing for the swivle screen. Also, the keyboard is better on the LX. I herd that on the Sidekicks, it’s hard to hear if your in a loud place, that’s my only problem, other than that, I want to congradulate all those with new Sidekicks, and I hope for the best of luck, and if you have not that good luck, hopefully you’ll comment us here. And to all those waiting impatiently, for the LX, or for the price to lower, or a good deal, I say to do some research, like I did, and not only is it helping me, maybe it will help others. If you have any questions please e-mail me on:
yepitsgabi@aol.com
I’ve been a costumer with verizon, for the longest time, and me and my family needed phones with triple/quadruple bands, so they could work in Europe and other places over seas. We decided to transfer to T-Mobile, and we’ve been proud customers of T-Mobile for almost two years now. Best Of luck to all,
Gabi
P.S. DOes any one know, where I can unlock the LX? It’s really important that I unlock it, somehow.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:41 pm [ Quote ]
hi my name is joel.i want pay this phone
August 5th, 2008 at 6:46 pm [ Quote ]
hi my name is john.i want pay this phone
August 12th, 2008 at 3:44 pm [ Quote ]
I wanna know if u can watch youtube on the lx after the new ota update
December 4th, 2008 at 9:18 am [ Quote ]
heyy, i love this phone i was supposed to get it along time ago but i never did…
i am getting it for chritsmas…
i hope it’s as god as people have been telling me…
thnxx – Cierra
February 11th, 2009 at 4:40 pm [ Quote ]
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August 31st, 2009 at 7:18 pm [ Quote ]
Yeah im happy with my sidekick3. But I think that they should make a sidekick wit a touchscreen. Or at least a background you can personalize (put pics of your friends, pet, etc.)