Details About Sprint/Verizon's HTC Touch Diamond/Pro Surface

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/More-information-on-Touch-Diamond-and-Raphael-for-both-Sprint-and-Verizon-article-a_3021.html' target='_blank'>http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Mor...cle-a_3021.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"...we posted an article saying that the Sprint variant of the Touch Diamond may launch this month, but now we have slightly different information...First, HTC Touch Diamond will be called HTC Victor for Sprint and HTC Diamond for Verizon. Sprint's variant runs on Qualcomm 7501A chipset with 528MHz processor, 256MB ROM, 256MB RAM and 4GB internal memory. Verizon's runs on Qualcomm 7500 chipset with 400MHz processor, has half the RAM (128MB) and has microSD cards slot instead of 4GB NAND flash...The CDMA equivalent of the HTC Touch Pro will be called HTC Herman for Sprint and HTC Raphael for Verizon. They are QWERTY variants of respectively the Victor and the Diamond and have similar specifications, but twice the ROM memory (512MB for both). Herman trades Victor's 4GB for memory card slot and Raphael's frame is also made out of aluminum instead of steel...A few of our readers report that the Victor will be available with Sprint on September 02, 2008, and the Herman will come one month later. There is no exact information when Verizon Wireless will release the Diamond and the Raphael, but it is expected that Sprint will have 30 days exclusivity."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/spt/auto/1215784195.usr1.jpg" border="0" alt="Picture of Touch Diamond" width="250" height="324" /></p><p>Details started leaking out about these exciting pair of devices for Verizon and Sprint last week. &nbsp;I'm rather surprised at how different the models are for the two carriers, especially with regards to memory, but both look like great devices (small battery notwithstanding; let's hope it gives good battery life on EVDO). &nbsp;As usual, Verizon users will have to wait a little bit longer than the Sprint folks, but at least there's some hope!</p>

[Omegajb]

Once again it looks like T-Mobile missed the boat.

[JKingGrim]

Once again it looks like T-Mobile missed the boat.There should be some interesting Tmo devices released in the Oct-Nov time frame to complement the national 3G launch on Oct 1. Stay tuned... Or just get an unlocked phone. Its the prices and cust. service that attract me, not the phones. :)

[Omegajb]

There should be some interesting Tmo devices released in the Oct-Nov time frame to complement the national 3G launch on Oct 1. Stay tuned... Or just get an unlocked phone. Its the prices and cust. service that attract me, not the phones. :)


I'm using an unlocked TyTNII but there are 2 problems, the cost I paid way too much for this phone and the software is buggy.
When I bought a Qtek 9100 I had to reset all the time but by the time Tmobile released the MDA it was a lot more stable.

It just looks like they are ignoring WM phones these days and I hope this is because of the launge of 3g but I've heard the handset selection will be small because of the band TMO will be using.

[abeery]

I have both Verizon and Sprint phones but I was looking to upgrade my Verizon phone... now I'm thinking about dropping them in favor of Sprint just because of the speed difference in these phones... with all the animation the interface does the faster the CPU the better.

[davea]

There should be some interesting Tmo devices released in the Oct-Nov time frame to complement the national 3G launch on Oct 1. Stay tuned... Or just get an unlocked phone. Its the prices and cust. service that attract me, not the phones. :)


So, what's the word on the "street" regarding what TMO is going to role out?

HTC Touch Dual by any chance??