HTC Touch Diamond, New Flagship Model...

Yas786 · 13 Jun 2008 at 21:06

Morba said:
i suppose the question is - Diamond or new iphone?

For me it would be the Diamond, should have mine by next week and will see how i get on with it.

Then it will be a question of Diamond or the Sony Xperia X1...i have a funny feeling that im going to return the Diamond and wait for the X1...

londonbairn · 15 Jun 2008 at 12:18

Morba said:
i suppose the question is - Diamond or new iphone?

Diamond all the way, will get one when O2 have them in.

As a business user, the iPhone to me is a trendy gadget, nothing more. In my line of work, the vast majority have Blackberrys or a WM device, and I fail to see iPhones becoming a corporate device personally.

Si MPS · 15 Jun 2008 at 13:29

you'd be suprised

londonbairn · 15 Jun 2008 at 14:57

Si MPS said:
you'd be suprised

Used one, still prefer Windows Mobile interface, Push, Office Mobile and ActiveSync is mainly why, I understand you can get some incarnation of these features, but I have been a WM user since the first XDA, and don't want a device which is unsupported by our company.

iPhone might look god, but I have never bought a phone for its looks...

Richdog · 15 Jun 2008 at 14:59

voodooflux said:
And if you're prepared to wait for that you might as well wait a bit longer to see what the Sony Xperia X1 will be like

No not really for me personally... the Xperia is a lot chunkier, has a weaker camera (and no xenon flash), and I think the battery life will be considerably worse due to the much higher res screen. The Omnia looks like the sweet spot for me.

Richdog · 15 Jun 2008 at 15:17

voodooflux said:
And if you're prepared to wait for that you might as well wait a bit longer to see what the Sony Xperia X1 will be like

No not really for me personally... the Xperia is a lot chunkier, has a weaker camera (and no xenon flash), and I think the battery life will be considerably worse due to the much higher res screen. The Omnia looks like the sweet spot for me.

voodooflux · 15 Jun 2008 at 17:30

Richdog said:
No not really for me personally... the Xperia is a lot chunkier, has a weaker camera (and no xenon flash), and I think the battery life will be considerably worse due to the much higher res screen. The Omnia looks like the sweet spot for me.

I have to agree with you on the Xperia - the styling just doing do it for me. I expected something better when I first heard that Sony were working on a Windows Mobile device.

The Omnia looks like an interesting device, but the styling and imminent availability of the Diamond are key factors in my purchase decision i.e. it looks great and I want one now, dammit

londonbairn · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:42

What has the faster CPU, the Xperia or HTC Touch Diamond?

voodooflux · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:51

rafster said:
What has the faster CPU, the Xperia or HTC Touch Diamond?

Some info here - they are both clocked @ 528 Mhz. Just read that the lower revision MSM7200a in the Xperia is possibly better than the MSM7201a in the Diamond though...

One more thing to note is that Xperia X1 has a better CPU platform - that is the MSM7200a compared to MSM7201a used in diamond, don't be misleaded with the index increase as the latter has a weaker video driver that is not capable of recording VGA30fps video but instead stucked at QVGA 24fps only. X1 has an edge when it comes to video recording(VGA@ 30fps) thanks to the better 7200a platform. even the newly announced HTC rafael(uses MSM7201a as well) cannot match X1 in vide recording quality.

That last quote is from a comment on this post.

londonbairn · 16 Jun 2008 at 11:13

voodooflux said:
Some info here - they are both clocked @ 528 Mhz. Just read that the lower revision MSM7200a in the Xperia is possibly better than the MSM7201a in the Diamond though...

That last quote is from a comment on this post.

Thanks

So is the HTC Rafael the flagship WM device from HTC? I am tempted by the Xperia due to the screen size, I am not too bothered about video quality etc, as I use my phone vastly for Push, Office, Internet, Windows Live and GPS. Don't usually take pictures with the phone unless it's a MMS to my partner

voodooflux · 16 Jun 2008 at 11:16

rafster said:
So is the HTC Rafael the flagship WM device from HTC?

Yep.

rafster said:
Don't usually take pictures with the phone unless it's a MMS to my partner

The Diamond and Raphael both have a forward facing video camera too

londonbairn · 16 Jun 2008 at 11:19

voodooflux said:
Yep.

The Diamond and Raphael both have a forward facing video camera too

Oh yeah, the device has to have a keyboard, so I assume that is the Rafael vs Xperia...tempted by the Xperia!

voodooflux · 21 Jun 2008 at 17:12

My Diamond is hopefully on it's way, so I should have it on Monday. The latest devices (i.e. UK stock rather than grey imports) are also reported to have a new ROM build (dated June 10th) that is faster and more stable.

pinkaardvark · 21 Jun 2008 at 23:44

Just got the missus a diamond. Lovely handset. She is very happy with it. The haptics for the free ball game are amazing it really feels like a ball bearing hitting the sides of the screen.

Spit · 21 Jun 2008 at 23:57

Loads of new ROM builds available now.

atpbx · 22 Jun 2008 at 14:13

Spit said:
Loads of new ROM builds available now.

I've got a Hybrid Tytn 2/Diamond ROM on my Tytn 2 at the minute, even the D3D drivers, its the best phone ever now (the second one being the Tytn 2 with a OEM rom).

Faceman · 22 Jun 2008 at 17:06

Any news when this will show up on orange?

Yas786 · 22 Jun 2008 at 18:37

Faceman said:
Any news when this will show up on orange?

Probably next month as Tmobile will probably be carrying it as well...definitely by August i would imagine.

Got my Diamond on Sat and i have to say what an awesome little phone it is. It has the new updated and better rom than the grey imports had/have. Still has its own fair share of problems...for me the touch screen just isnt responsive enough but im getting used to it. The only major problem i have with it so far is that they put a crappy 900mah battery in there :eek:

...which is simply not enough to make this phone work for a full day with everything on. Quite a shame though but there will be an extended battery released soon but again it might increase the dimensions of the phone itself

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All in all quite a stunning phone...still not 100% ill keep it...havent really had much of a chance to play with it since i got it and plus the battery died out on me yesterday so tonight ill be playing around with it quite a bit to see if ill keep it or not.

Morba · 23 Jun 2008 at 10:46

why on earth have everything on all day anyway?
if you dont need BT and wifi on, turn it off!!

Yas786 · 23 Jun 2008 at 19:12

Morba said:
why on earth have everything on all day anyway?
if you dont need BT and wifi on, turn it off!!

Ermm they are off...but quite simply the battery on this phone is absolute rubbish...god only knows why HTC decided to a stupid nokia ie they put a low capacity battery in the first n95.

Other than that the phone is great...absolutely loving it...