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I been struggling between these new phone, and wondering which is the best to get. I'm leaning toward Diamond since I could get it by tomorrow, but heard many bad things with it's battery life, lack of memory card slot, and such. So can anyone tell me if I should get the Diamond or should I just give it alittle wait for something else ?
HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch HD, Samsung Omnia, IPhone 3G, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, Andoid? ......... etc.
Thanks in advance !
The diamond is a decent choice for a new phone, however if you can afford it, hold out for the Touch HD, Xperia, Or Dream/G1.
Those 3 phones will be the most killer handsets to hit the market this year.
Touch Diamond is right below them, still making a great handset. But go with a more powerful device if you can. They become outdated quickly.
The thing with the touch HD is that is is almost exactly the same spec to the touch pro including the same chipset and battery, combined with a massive screen the HD must draw more power, its basic physics and since it uses the same chipset its doubtful it will have much in the way of more power efficency so to the point the battery must be pretty poor compared to a pro.
So Yes the HD sounds great but the battery question needs to be answered first
Diamond in my opinion is a bit to small and the battery is very poor otherwise its very good
Pro is a bit more chunky than the diamond but is actually much the same size as previous generation of phones even with a keyboard its smaller than an O2 Orbit.
Iphone looks nice, and does its job well, but in my opinion its poor quality your very limited in what you can do with it and i wouldnt touch it with a barge pole due to its big brother style atitude to software, music and phone contract.
the other two i have no experiece with so cant really comment, for me im going to see how i like the Pro when O2 releases it, hopefully the question on HD battery life can be answered by then, then i can make my mind up.
As stated above, wait for the last models of 2008:
Omnia, HD, G1, Xperia
And after that you can make your choice
Diamond is not bad, but there are much better models
Depends on how much you want to spend.............
Diamonds are forever!
I know people go on about the Diamonds' battery life, but considering the power and size of this little device, I wouldn't consider it useless!
I get a good two days use out of mine... a few calls, loads of internet browsing, WiFi use, games, and music via a bluetooth headset. I really don't think that's bad. Let's face it, the only phones that last a week on one charge these days are feeble lack-lustre, brick sized devices.
Another point to remember is that because the TF3D interface is sooo much fun to play with, people are probably using their Diamonds' a whole lot more than their previous devices, therefore giving the impression that the battery life is poor.
The Touch HD does look good, but remember it's bigger and will be more power hungry! I think the Diamond is the best in it's class... best size... best specs... best TFT... I LOVE IT!!!
I was researching the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro; But I have now pre-ordered the HTC Touch HD due to it's spec's & state-of-art design!
galaxys said:
I was researching the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro; But I have now pre-ordered the HTC Touch HD due to it's spec's & state-of-art design!
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Hi galaxys
May I ask where you place your preorder for HTC HD?
And for what country¿
Thanks
orb3000 said:
Hi galaxys, May I ask where you place your preorder for HTC HD?
And for what country¿Thanks
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Hi, from the UK & should be available in November...here's the company web:
http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct....category=591602F7-C32B-44D8-859D-F9230F032E7E
grahamkdt said:
I know people go on about the Diamonds' battery life, but considering the power and size of this little device, I wouldn't consider it useless!
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My Orbit can last up to ~8 hours using its GPS on a standard 1250 battery
HTC Touch Diamond according to HTC, will last 2 hours, even taking in to account battery sizes, the diamond isnt very power economical.
But your right, dont use the GPS and the phone isnt to bad, indeed it would probably last as long as my orbit so in that respect it does a a good job, the problem with that way of thinking is if i leave it on my desk in standby and never use it at all it will last for a week or more
but seriously its a great little PDA and if size is important than thats a winner, if high usability is, than perhaps its not the phone for you.
galaxys said:
I was researching the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro; But I have now pre-ordered the HTC Touch HD due to it's spec's & state-of-art design!
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Thats a bold thing to do, unreviewed, unproven apart from a couple of vids an a few snaps, ignoring the bigger screen and the better camera that the HD has and the keyboard that the Pro has they are identical i believe, oh not forgetting the 3.5mm jack on the HD.
What im concerned about is the battery on the HD, running that thing may take a lot more juice an the pro wasnt great in the first place.
Thats a bold gamble, one i think i'll wait until the reviews start flying about giving ideas of its good and bad points.
Thank alot for the reply guys !
I have decided just to get the Diamond since it's a decent phone and I could get my hand on it right now. I'll pass on those new phones since they might have the same flaw or even more problems. I'll be a proud owner of Diamond in a few hours.
galaxys said:
Hi, from the UK & should be available in November...here's the company web:
http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct....category=591602F7-C32B-44D8-859D-F9230F032E7E
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Thanks a lot mate
I´ll have to wait for a friend travelling to UK to buy it for me and bring it to Mexico, if i wait to carriers to bring it here will be too old to buy...
Cheers,
I have the AT&T Tilt, and it's all cool.. but I've had it for almost 2 years now and I'm sick of it. I want a new device to tinker with and flash etc
So, I have a 2 year upgrade available now. Should I use it and spend $350 and get the Fuze, or should I wait for something else?
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I have the AT&T Tilt, and it's all cool.. but I've had it for almost 2 years now and I'm sick of it. I want a new device to tinker with and flash etc
So, I have a 2 year upgrade available now. Should I use it and spend $350 and get the Fuze, or should I wait for something else?
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I have Kaiser, Touch pro, HTC universal and samsung Omnia!
In my opinion, samsung omnia is the best device, hardware vise it has everything that fuze has and more... except for the keyboard of course!
The touch pro, even if its a great device it still has some problems like: GPS lag, poor video playback (much like the tilt) and very poor battery life! (Cant last me for even one whole day without charging, and that is with moderate use!)
Omnia however, lasts for full two days and that is with pretty heavy use!
Bare in mind that Omnia also has 5Mp cam (with flash), and 16GB flash memory!
Also, omnia has no gps lag, no video playback issues, no poor video recording issues, and it has a fast 624MHz processor that is very fast and snappy!
Just my 2 cents!
Happy Fuze User
Hi,
I just got the Fuze when it hit the stores earlier this week. Absolutely love it so far The VGA display (640 by 480) and the 528 Mhz processor were the motivating factors for me to go with the Fuze. Rather than having a separate mp3 player, phone, etc, I like to have everything in one device and so this works like a laptop replacement for me. If you can afford it, I would recommend you to go with it.
well, i got s1 before. 2 weeks before i bought an omnia.
and after two days i throwed it away, at the same day i bought touch pro.
why? omnia is making really bad screen . the screen quality is very bad. well i have to touch the screen really hard to let it work or hit it two times, blah blah blah.
this is the worst thing that happened on omnia.
and the system/hardware just doesnt match/mix together. when i use it, its just doesnt meet my feelings. but htc device will! its hard to explain.
and the whole device, quality is really look like cheap. thin, very light. looks like chinese "shanzhai device"==county stuff. it just doesnt meet its value. thats what i mean. hope will get you some idea. lol
so , finally, i suggest you to get a fuze or hd lol
screen is a face~ lol
JohnQ said:
well, i got s1 before. 2 weeks before i bought an omnia.
and after two days i throwed it away, at the same day i bought touch pro.
why? omnia is making really bad screen . the screen quality is very bad. well i have to touch the screen really hard to let it work or hit it two times, blah blah blah.
this is the worst thing that happened on omnia.
and the system/hardware just doesnt match/mix together. when i use it, its just doesnt meet my feelings. but htc device will! its hard to explain.
and the whole device, quality is really look like cheap. thin, very light. looks like chinese "shanzhai device"==county stuff. it just doesnt meet its value. thats what i mean. hope will get you some idea. lol
so , finally, i suggest you to get a fuze or hd lol
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actually I think the screen is much better on Omnia then on my Touch pro aka the fuze! Could it be you where using older firmware or something?
Anyway, everyones taste is different, I suggest you go try both in your local shop and then decide for yourself!
Re:Branko.savic
yeah, go and feel both of these two device is the best way
Anyone know when the Omnia (Mirage) will be released for AT&T? I have the Touch Pro (Fuze) and love it but want to get my hands on an Omnia too.
at&t is getting the Omnia?
Because they are expensive on Ebay and such.
When is the Omnia for AT&T to be released?
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at&t is getting the Omnia?
Because they are expensive on Ebay and such.
When is the Omnia for AT&T to be released?
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Last I heard the Omnia is due before year end and is supposed to be called the AT&T Mirage.
I guys i want you guys to give me a opinion on what to buy. I had the htc tytn 1 and ll but they were to big. Then i tried something smaller, the htc touch dual but was just slow and performance wasn't what i expect it. From that i went to htc touch diamond, it was beautifull, small everything i could ask for but first day i used batterie was so poor. In a half day my batterie is always dead i ended up selling it. I have a nokia but i miss my windows mobile. What should i buy ? Htc diamond was almost perfect but battery was very bad. I use my phone alot and battery as to last at least a day. Plz guys give me your opinion. Thanks
try the motorola q 9c it has really good battery life and it is small. no touch screen though
It has to have touch screen other wise it wont feel like a full windows mobile. Someone told me there a extended batterie for diamond. They say phone will look bigger and all that. Have anyone try that and does the extended batterie really makes a difference?
Just to warn you, I hear that you can't use the Diamond's GPS if you're also using the extended battery.
I heard the Touch HD's battery life is excellent.
But the dimension of htc touch hd is bit big like tytn isn't it? Wat about the new htc touch 3g? And can someone confirm that extended batterie will make the gps stop working? If it does why does that happen ? :-(
Zoltair Wright said:
Just to warn you, I hear that you can't use the Diamond's GPS if you're also using the extended battery.
I heard the Touch HD's battery life is excellent.
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why does it make the gps not work?
I read after doing a search that some batteries do that, maybe cause bad quality. But some extended batteries dont affect anything on the phone. What u guys say about htc touch 3g?
Touch HD is About 1/2 thinner than the Tytn...
Touch Cruise 2009 maybe?
gr. Rob
I think the hd is about same dimension and weight as the omnia and that's to big and heavy for me. That's why i say htc diamond was almost perfect. I dont like something to big and heavy.
panga7 said:
I guys i want you guys to give me a opinion on what to buy. I had the htc tytn 1 and ll but they were to big. Then i tried something smaller, the htc touch dual but was just slow and performance wasn't what i expect it. From that i went to htc touch diamond, it was beautifull, small everything i could ask for but first day i used batterie was so poor. In a half day my batterie is always dead i ended up selling it. I have a nokia but i miss my windows mobile. What should i buy ? Htc diamond was almost perfect but battery was very bad. I use my phone alot and battery as to last at least a day. Plz guys give me your opinion. Thanks
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Read here to find out what more than 3500 XDA DEVS members think about the best device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446362
Zoltair Wright said:
Just to warn you, I hear that you can't use the Diamond's GPS if you're also using the extended battery.
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You can use the GPS if you use the official extended battery.
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You can use the GPS if you use the official extended battery.
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Thank you for the info. I think diamond is gonna be phone that suites me the most with a extended battery. I know other htc are brilliant machines like the hd but is just to big for me. The htc touch pro is it about the same size as htc diamond with extended battery? And how battery on htc touch pro? I would of like aswell some info on touch 3g but i guess ain't so popular yet..
Well, my Nokia 6234 is on it`s dying bed (after 3 years), so I`m searching for a new phone.
I`m looking at Android HTC phones (going for HTC because my secondary phone is a HTC Magician, bought second hand, and after 5 years of life, it`s still going strong, but I HATE Windows Mobile)
I`m looking at HTC Hero, Magic, Legend, and maybe a Desire.
My question is: which one has the best bang for buck ratio (which has the best value for money) keeping in mind that I`m gonna stick with it for at least 2-3 years...
An advice would help me alot!
for those models I would go for Desire
I would too, but it`s a little too expensive, and I don`t really think that I`ll need the processing power of the Desire.
Anyway thanks for the input!
I've had phones like the TyTn II and now have the standard Desire.
I love Android but really miss the hardware keyboard, especially with those keyboard shortcuts for quick multitasking.
So my question is, how long till the Desire Z is replaced?
I don't want to buy one now and then in 3 months a much better phone is introduced.
The HTC 7 Pro running Android would be perfect!
If you keep waiting for a better phone, you'll never actually buy one. There is always something better round the corner!
True, I actually went and bought the Desire Z an hour ago, as a local store had it for the same price as Amazon. I figured seeing as it was only released here in September, I don't want to wait till next Sept+.
From what i hear it's a good phone so i'm sure you'll enjoy having it.
awesome phone... grab it! I came from a blackberry and wanted a keyboard so this phone was choice!