Digital Rover

No, I would say. Though a great phone, the HTC Touch diamond sold in India is not the 3G version that is being sold in Europe. Forget 3G, it is not even Quad band GSM! According to the specs in the HTC India website, the phone only supports 3 GSM bands - 900, 1800 and 1900. That means it is not a world phone and you can’t possibly use it in a country like the USA. On top of this, HTC still sells it at a hefty INR 27000 price tag, which is about US $630.

You may ask - 3G services are not available yet and what is the point in buying a 3G phone? First of all, days of 3G in India are not far away. Owing to the current political instability in the country, it may take a little more time for 3G to be launched here, but you will definitely not wait beyond 2009 for that. If you are planning to buy the Touch Diamond and use it for say about 2 years, then definitely it is not worth buying with these specifications and price tag.

Complete specs of the ‘Indian’ Touch Diamond taken from the HTC website:

Processor	Qualcomm® MSM7206A™ 528 MHz
Operating System	Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory	ROM: 256MB RAM: 192MB DDR SDRAM Internal storage: 4 GB
Dimensions	102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.35 mm (T)
Weight	110 g (with battery)
Display	2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution
Network	Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
Device Control	TouchFLO™ 3D Touch-sensitive navigation control
GPS	GPS and A-GPS ready
Connectivity	Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g HTC ExtUSB™ (mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
Camera	3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Audio	Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS Ring tone supported formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB 40 polyphonic and Standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI
Battery	Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery Capacity: 900 mAh Talk time: Up to 330 minutes for GSM Standby time: Up to 285 hours for GSM (The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
AC Adapter	Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz DC output: 5V and 1A

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