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HTC Touch Diamond


(3.5 out of 5)

MSRP: $779


This luxury touchscreen phone sports an intuitive and fun touch interface, a desktop-like Web browser, and the sharpest display on the block.

Review date: Jun 26, 2008

In case you hadn’t noticed, touchscreen phones are the order of the day, and HTC is looking to capture a big chunk of the non-iPhone market with the Diamond. We got our hands on the unlocked European version of this striking Windows Mobile smart phone and tested it using an AT&T SIM card. With its improved user-friendly TouchFLO 3D interface, ultra high-resolution display, integrated GPS, robust Opera browser, and fairly intuitive virtual keyboard, regardless of what carrier picks it up, the Diamond will be a winner. Design The Diamond measures a delightfully compact 4.0 x 2.0 x 0.4 inches. At 3.9 ounces, it feels light but not cheap. While the phone comes packaged in a very cool-looking trapezoidal box (think of a pyramid with the top cut off), we would have appreciated the inclusion of a wipe cloth, as the Diamond picks up fingerprints quickly. Likewise, the back of the device has a slick faceted design, but it too picks up fingerprints easily. The Diamond comes with an equally stylish charger, a USB cable, an extra stylus, and earbuds, which plug into the phone’s mini-USB port.

ProsCons
  • Highest resolution of any touchscreen phone
  • Sleek overall design
  • Built-in accelerometer
  • Integrated GPS
  • Good Opera browser and YouTube application
  • Very expensive
  • Typing a challenge on small touchscreen
  • keyboard
  • So-so phone reception
  • No SD Card slot

Read Full Review @ LaptopMag.com by Michael A. Prospero