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:
(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:
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| Battery | Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery Capacity: 900 mAh Talk time:
Standby time:
(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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tina 09.06.08 at 10:15 pm
im not too sure, but suppose i buy the htc touch diamond from india….is it a tri=band phone? and will i be able to use it in canada? also, is there a 3g version of the Phone availbale in india but just most expensive? cause im hearing that india does have the 3G version, but it just costs more money to buy…can u please clarify?
thanks
red 11.05.08 at 6:48 am
If you care to read the 1st review above it answer’s most of your questions. Cant you read or are you just lazy????