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HTC Touch Diamond P3700 | Discount Price: $629.99

| Brand: HTC Binding: Electronics
Features: - Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 900/1800/1900 MHz HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
- TouchFLO 3D Touch-sensitive navigation control, Internal storage: 4 GB
- GPS and A-GPS ready, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Came without touch flo 3D [Posted on 2008-08-28] I do not know why, but it came without touch flo 3d.
Other things ok.
Splendid phone, great feature-set, battery the only drawback. [Posted on 2008-08-31] A splendid phone with a plethora of features that put many other devices to shame.
Pros:
- HTC have done a good job customizing the default Windows Mobile experience. The device is thumb friendly almost 95% of the time.
- VGA screen is really beautiful.
- GPS reception is great. I managed to get a fix indoors sometimes.
- Very fast and responsive (mine shipped with rom version 1.93, however, some people reported horrible performance using earlier roms).
- Performs well as a music/video player. Sound quality in the included earphones is nothing spectacular. However, bluetooth stereo audio performance is wonderful.
- A whole array of sensors make using the phone very easy (accelerometer automatically rotates the screen in certain applications, touch sensitive front panel helps in camera, browser and some other applications; some 3rd party applications required to fully unleash the potential)
Cons:
- Questionable battery life. The 900 mAh battery sometimes borders on the unusable. Adjusting to the battery drain/recharge cycle required.
- Fingerprint magnet. Sometime I imagine government authorities using it to take criminals' fingerprints. :)
- Gets fairly hot under stress (try using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS simultaneously).
- Mine shipped without the case/pouch. I now live in constant fear of putting the device in my pocket.
All-in-all it's a good phone, well worth its price. However, if you're looking to consolidate your other devices (phone, music player, GPS navigator, etc.) into this one device, then consider investing in a larger capacity battery, carry around an extra battery, or try a car-kit for charging when necessary. Using all the features available in the phone will leave you scrambling for a power outlet very quickly.
I wish if I read the reviews before I buy it! [Posted on 2008-09-10] I gave it one star because:
+1 It has a very classy design.
It lost four stars because:
-1 It is too slow.
-1 Low battery Life.
-1 Difficulty in using the touch screen.
-1 Too expensive compared to the other phones with the same technologies available in this phone.
Great for advanced users [Posted on 2008-09-10] People complaining about the phone being slow should install the latest ROM (or one from xda developers). It will also improve battery life.
If you want a regular phone, just get a nokia and get out of here... If you want a PDA that is also a phone, get the diamond and have some fun! This is a device for those freaks like me who like to install lots os third-party apps and mess around with the system.
Battery life, btw, is ok to me, just don't leave wifi, 3g, and etc on all the time (anyway, what's the point of having them on if you are not using??). Or just get an extended battery and your problems are solved (There is one very nice from HTC - 1350mAh, but cost around $70 - others exist, even with 2200 mAh, but they ruin phone appearance!!).
Sorry for the bad english...
Sexy, but doesn't work with my life [Posted on 2008-09-20] I've heard about this handset for months before I really went for it. Two weeks ago I bought it from Telus with special data plan promotion (C$15 per month for unlimited emails and web browsing). After 7 days I returned it to the vendor and replaced with a Blackberry Curve.
Telus' Diamond Touch is a sister model of the "real" Diamond. It was called "Victor" in Asia. Most of the hardware and softwares are the same but "Victor" doesn't have a diamond back, which is the reason why it is called Diamond.
I've been a Blackberry user for two years. I also own an Apple iPod Touch (1st generation) for a year. They are good comparison to the Diamond.
After receiving this tiny sexy Diamond Touch, I couldn't stop playing with it for the whole night. However, the touch screen was far from good as the iPod Touch, which is identical to my colleague's iPhone. The touch screen of Diamond was annoying to control. The web browser virtually didn't work. I touched the links of webpage but it couldn't go through, no matter I used my finger tip or the stylus. I read the user manuel to find out if I've done anything wrong. No, it just doesn't work. iPod Touch is much better in web browsing experience.
The email function is okay, and of course far as good as the Blackberry. The Contact and Calendar are also hard to use. I should blame Windows Mobile for it, not HTC.
Eventually, I hit the trigger to return this handset. It's input stuck on number mode. I couldn't make it back to ABC mode, until doing a hard reset and gave up all my data.
I have gotten the Blackberry Curve for 4 days and very happy with it. If you want a fancy toy with powerful multimedia and web browing, get the iphone. If you use your handset a lot to talk and receive/reply emails, get a Blackberry.
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