HTC Touch Diamond 4 GB Unlocked Phone with 3G, 3.2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and Windows Mobile 6.1--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 6 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001F7IX5G
• Item model number: 99HEJ116-00
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,127 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Re-defining the perception of advanced mobile phones,the HTC Touch Diamond signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design.Featuring a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed steel and flawless faceted edges, the HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to behold as it is to use.With HTC¿s vibrant touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLO 3D, and ultra-fast HSDPA internet connectivity.The HTC Touch Diamond offers a rich online experience to rival a notebook computer, allowing you to interact with Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia as freely as you would with a broadband connection. Your contacts, favourite music, videos and photos are no longer an uninspired line of text. With TouchFLO 3D, album artwork, video stills and snapshots of your friends and family¿s faces are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips.A 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera will help you capture the perfect moment in style and with a massive 4GB of internal storage you can keep all the files you need. The integrated ultra-sensitive GPS will help you find your destination as quickly and efficiently as a dedicated satellite navigation unit.Style and substance in a phone are no longer mutually exclusive. The HTC Touch Diamond has arrived.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Smartphone, December 23, 2008

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Yang H. Kao (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTC Touch Diamond 4 GB Unlocked Phone with 3G, 3.2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and Windows Mobile 6.1--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

It has everything you want from a smartphone with a simple look. It's very sturdy in built. I dropped the phone once and the back cover and battery fell out but It booted up without any problem afterwards.

This US version doesn't have a front video call camera, but who really uses that anyway. I get HSDPA/3G coverage in the US (Manhattan) and Canada (Vancouver), so there's no question about its 3G frequency and no need to upgrade firmware for it.

TouchFlo 3D is a little slow and takes a while to get used to, but after installing tweaks found on xda, it runs smoothly now. Windows mobile interface also takes some getting-used-to if you are switching from a non-pda phone. Built-in Opera browser is smooth and fast and totally owns IE mobile.

If you are looking for a heavy duty phone that gets you all the phone features plus email (downloaded from both wireless or Wi-Fi), GPS, internet, lots of customization, installing your own software like references, scheduling, maps (it comes with google map), then this is a great phone to be considered.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Style is there, substance not quite, February 4, 2009

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tesg (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC Touch Diamond 4 GB Unlocked Phone with 3G, 3.2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, and Windows Mobile 6.1--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I've been playing around with a US-spec unit while considering replacing my Sony Ericsson W580i with a modern smart phone.

The Diamond is a simple but elegant looking device with a beautiful graphic interface. Easily my favorite aspect of it is the weather and messaging displays...they just look wonderful.

The physical device features a stylus held in place by a magnet, which comes out easily and automatically lights up the screen. The system locks once the backlight times out. You hit the "Power" button to light it back up, but I'm finding that whenever I hit that button, the back cover tends to slide up. The back just isn't that secure on my unit.

The touch screen is okay, but I find things popping up I didn't expect, particularly while entering in URL's on Internet Explorer. Once pages load, you can zoom in and scroll around pages on the screen, a function I found works clunky at best.

The unit charges and transfers files via a mini USB port. This is also the headphone jack. If you want to use better headphones than those included, you'll need to purchase an adapter. And you can't charge the unit while listening to music at the same time...at least out of the box.

I was able to stream CBC Radio over T-Mobile's EDGE service via Windows Media Player, but couldn't get some other stations that have WMA streaming (KSL Salt Lake City, for example) to go due to link issues.

I loaded several AAC formatted music files (imported from CD) from iTunes onto the HTC and imported them into the Windows Media Player library. The files played fine and album art displayed, but the albums wouldn't play songs in the correct order. Never did figure out why. My W580i does a MUCH better job here. This unit is also limited to a dedicated 4GB memory...there's no portable memory slot.

Call sound quality was acceptable, but ringtone volume was not. It's just not loud enough for me. System volume options are also too limited. It goes from "silent" to "loud" to "really loud", basically.

The camera takes okay pictures. The Bluetooth worked fine for calls and file transfers. I was able to transfer my ringtone files and individual contacts, but the unit would not recognize the "all contacts" file from the W580i. The wi-fi connected fine.

The on-board games...Solitare, Bubble Breaker (also known as "Jawbreaker" in some older smart phones), and "Teeter" (a motion-controlled take on those 'keep the ball bearing out of the hole' games)...are great time wasters.

Overall, this is one of the better smart phones I've tried...but I still find them to be kind of clunky.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cell, March 28, 2010

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Olga Kelley (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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It is a great cell phone, has a lot of features, touch screen. I took one star out because the manual was in Portuguese rather than English.