HTC Touch Diamond
Last update: Review by DevHardware (12 January’09)
HTC Diamond is a slim and sleek smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 featuring 102 x 51 x 11.33mm in dimensions, 3.2MP camera, 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, 4GB of storage, Wi-Fi, GPS, HSUPA, HSDPA 7.2 as well as bluetooth.
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HTC Diamond Reviews
DevHardware reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“The verdict on this phone is it will be on many people’s short list. I say it’s worth getting even at the full retail price. When more carriers get hold of this phone and drop the price, you would be crazy to pick a different phone over this. ”
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LetsTalk reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“We’re happy to report the call quality on the HTC Touch Diamond was very clear. Voices sounded crisp with richer tones than we’re used to getting with cell phones. ”
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PCPro reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
” the Bad outweighs the Good by such a margin that if people told us they were thinking of buying the Touch Diamond we’d be forced to rip the credit card out of their hands for their own protection.”
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DigitalTrends reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“Highs: Fashionable exterior; ultra-sharp display; quality camera; attractive interface. Lows: Very slow performance; dated menus under TouchFLO; interface requires stylus to work properly”
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SmartPhoneToday reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“While we like the improvements HTC has delivered, we’d like to see a much more sensitive touch interface, and more finger-friendly controls so that the stylus is never needed. ”
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PCWorld reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“The HTC Touch Diamond is feature-packed but falls short on performance because of a very sluggish interface. The multimedia experience could also have been handled in a much better way”
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Star-Techcentral reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“So while I give HTC top marks for making the effort and for going a lot further with the interface than the original Touch, it still has a long way to go before it gets to the level of the Apple iPhone’s ease-of-use.”
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Pocket-Lint reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“Overall though, HTC has somehow managed to take the Microsoft OS and make it everything but - a good thing in our mind. It’s a thumbs up from us. ”
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TrustedReviews reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“It’s a complete package, the Touch Diamond just doesn’t convince. Not only does the build not reach the standard set by the iPhone or even the previous generation of HTC Touch phones (this is especially disappointing given the £400+ price tag), but the performance is laboured and the software not entirely stable. ”
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CNET reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“The bottom line: The HTC Touch Diamond offers much in the way of sex appeal and flash, and it’s certainly got a formidable feature set. However, we hope HTC resolves some of the performance issues we experienced before the smartphone is released in the States.”
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BoyGeniusReport reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
If HTC manages to clear up some of the performance issues with a future firmware update, we could possibly see the Diamond as a suitable contender, but as it stands, there are a number of other viable handsets that deserve a look if you’re in the market for a touchscreen device.”
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MobileTechReview reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“Booting takes a long time: 1 minute 18 seconds from a press of the power button until the device is ready to use… with sharper pictures that show clarity, good saturation and color balance. The autofocus lens is quick by camera phone standards and definitely improves image quality compared to a fixed focus lens”
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MobileBurn reviews the HTC Touch Diamond and writes;
“the Touch Diamond is the coolest Windows Mobile Professional device I have used, bar none. If I lived in the right part of the world, I’d be using this phone, I can say that much. But just like the iPhone that it has its sights on, it isn’t for everybody.”
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CNET Australia first look reviews the HTC Diamond and writes;
“It’s very hard to hate the Diamond and in a world obsessed with the iPhone the Diamond offers a viable alternative. Frequent lag spikes did test our patience and the dismal battery life is concerning, but the Diamond still stands out as a beautifully designed smartphone with great features.”
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Video Review of HTC Touch Diamond by StuffTV;
Pocket-Lint first look reviews the HTC Diamond and writes;
“Promising to offer a fully functioning and easy to use browser experience, HTC has used the Opera Mobile browser instead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The move is a welcomed one and the browsing experience on both Wi-Fi and HSDPA is, to put it bluntly, beautiful. It is the first device we’ve seen that gets anywhere close to Apple’s iPhone browsing experience.”
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Video preview of HTC Diamond by ShinyMedia;
3Gweek reviews the HTC Diamond and writes;
“The interface comes with somewhat called TouchFLO 3D. This brand new interface will enabling users to use their finger gestures to navigate programs, browse the web, flick through contacts, photos, and albums. The most widely-used functions such as e-mail, music and the internet are only a flick away. Means that all features allow users to interact with a beautiful combination between image and motion. Wow, it seems that HTC is an anti-text company after this.”
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HTD Diamond Sample Photos
- HTC Touch Diamond Sample Photos @ MobileBurn
HTD Diamond Press Release
A NEW AGE FOR MOBILE PHONES BEGINS;HTC Unveils ‘Touch Diamond’
Debut brings breakthroughs in size, style connectivity and overall user experience, leaves compromise at the door.
LONDON — May 6, 2008 — Born from a unique heritage of innovation and a deep desire to blend design with simplicity, HTC Corp., a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamondä. Delivering unmistakable style and meticulous craftsmanship the HTC Touch Diamond is defined by its compact size, game-changing Internet and its new captivating 3D touch interface called TouchFLOä 3D. The result is an uncompromising mobile phone that sets a new benchmark for phone sophistication and shapes consumer expectations for how a phone can be used.
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