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5.3 out of 10

HTC Touch Diamond

First seen: 11 march 2008

Information found in: from 171 sources in 32 countries.

Best Price: 267.00 USD

  • User Score (558)
    7.2 7.2 from 558 reviewers
  • Expert Score (52)
    6.9 6.9 from 52 reviewers
  • Design (76)
    6.1 6.1 from 76 reviewers
  • Value for money (27)
    4.7 4.7 from 27 reviewers
  • Features (24)
    5.3 5.3 from 24 reviewers
  • Ease of use (36)
    4.9 4.9 from 36 reviewers
  • Performance (7)
    4.1 4.1 from 7 reviewers
  • Sound quality (50)
    5.6 5.6 from 50 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • transcriber software is amazing, smooth touch interface, many programs, when it works, better 3
  • mediocre battery life, no memory slot, finger smudges all over, windows os, because really

Re-defining the perception of advanced mobile phones… the HTC Touch Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design. Featuring a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed metal  and flawless faceted edges, the HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to behold as it is to use. With HTC’s vibrant touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, and ultra-fast HSDPA internet conne…

Manufacturer's Specs

  • Processor
    Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz
  • Operating System
    Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
  • Memory
    ROM: 256 MB RAM: 192 MB 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 1
    HSDPA/WCDMA: Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

Release Date

  • First seen
    11 March 2008

HTC Touch Diamond

The HTC Touch Diamond runs with a 528 MHz Qualcomm Processor using the Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional operating system. Internal memory storage is up to 4 GB, at 256 MB ROM, 192 MB DDR SDRAM. It measures 102 mm x 51 mm x 11.35 mm, and weighs 110 g (with battery). Screen display is a 2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution. The HTC Touch Diamond is Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and operates at frequencies in Europe/Asia at 900/2100 MHz (operator dependant), wit…

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HTC Touch Diamond

The HTC Touch Diamond runs with a 528 MHz Qualcomm Processor using the Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional operating system. Internal memory storage is up to 4 GB, at 256 MB ROM, 192 MB DDR SDRAM. It measures 102 mm x 51 mm x 11.35 mm, and weighs 110 g (with battery). Screen display is a 2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution. The HTC Touch Diamond is Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and operates at frequencies in Europe/Asia at 900/2100 MHz (operator dependant), with up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds.

Features

The HTC Touch Diamond features the Device Control TouchFLO™ 3D, utilising touch-sensitive navigation control. It has GPS, as well as A-GPS ready Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR and Wi-Fi® at IEEE 802.11 b/g. Remote connectivity is via HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack on the ends of each cable). Main camera is a 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus, whilst secondary camera is VGA CMOS sensor color camera. It also has built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio. Ring tone supported formats are MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB and 40 polyphonic/Standard MIDI. Battery is a rechargeable Lithium-ion 900 mAh, providing talk time of up to 270 minutes for WCDMA, and up to 330 minutes for GSM. Standby time is up to 396 hours for WCDMA and up to 285 hours for GSM. Video call time is up to 145 minutes for WCDMA.

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Reviews of HTC Touch Diamond

  1. HTC Diamond mobile phone

    Reviewer: Pocket Lint
    25 June 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    HTC has created a device that is a the best iPhone challenger we've seen to date and offers those not keen to switch to Apple or O2 the chance to get touchy feely with their phone. Compared to the Samsung i900 this is light years ahead, compared to the BlackBerry Curve, users will miss the QWERTY keyboard and while the touchscreen keyboard does go someway to replacing this it’s just not the same experience. However BlackBerry Pearl users should be fine. Against the... Read more

  2. HTC Touch Diamond review

    Reviewer: Mobile Choice UK
    15 July 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
    Features 8
    8.0
    Ease of use 4
    4.0
    Performance 6
    6.0
     

    A feature-packed smartphone in a designer shell. Unfortunately what the Touch Diamond has in looks, it sadly lacks in usability. Read more

  3. HTC Touch Diamond

    Reviewer: Absolute Gadget
    16 September 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    It seems that the 3.2 megapixal camera has been less focussed upon than many of the other features. It's certainly not one of the sharpest onboard camera we have used, and as with previous HTC models has quite a slow response when taking photos with fast moving objects. As for useability, the multi-touch enables users to zoom in and out of webpages, making it similar to using a laptop when out of the office. However, one major flaw is that the processor doesn't have the... Read more

  4. HTC Touch Diamond

    Reviewer: Register Hardware
    6 June 2010

    The Touch Diamond may not be perfect, but it's small, light, well equipped and comes with a smooth, clever and reliable 3D user interface that looks great and keeps you well away from Windows Mobile. The screen and web browser are both particularly fine. Our biggest concern is the lack of a memory card slot which on a high-end smartphone in this day and age is tough to explain or justify. Read more

  5. HTC Touch Diamond Review

    Reviewer: CNET
    26 June 2008
    Overall 5
    5.0
     

    We thought the Touch Diamond was going to be HTC's pièce de résistance. Instead, we were left wanting more. It looks the part of an all-round super phone, but it doesn't work like one. Hopefully, HTC can learn from this and make the next iteration of Touch phone more responsive -- that may involve scrapping Windows Mobile as a back-end OS Read more

  1. Not for the heavy user

    Reviewer: eXpansys
    30 September 2008
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    So I love the interface, the way it looks etc. Everyone does - Registry edits to improve do a *little* bit, but outside of that, I've had nothing but trouble. The phone locks up after a few days - then even after reboot TouchFlo fires up and freezes instantly with the backlight on so it flattens the battery. Reset does the usual then back into the dead state after a few taps. HTC support useless in Europe but in the USA brilliant - I've had to do 5 hard resets (Volume... Read more

  2. Touch Diamond

    Reviewer: Evans2012, Stuff.tv
    28 February 2010

    i have aN n97 MINI AND SWAPPED IT WITH MY MATES FOR A WHILE-IT WAS COMPLETE RUBBISH- THE CAM WAS BAD TOUCH SCREEN UNRESPONSIVE AND KEYBOARD REDICULOUSLY SMALL ONLY GOOD THIS WAS THE DESIGNON THE BACK-LOVEEELLYYY. Read more

  3. Gorgeous

    Reviewer: Amazon
    27 March 2010 See Product at Amazon (699.99 USD)
    Overall 10
    10
     

    This review is from: HTC P3700 Touch Diamond Smartphone (Electronics) I have had this phone now for well over a year & I still consider it the best smartphone/ windows phone/ pda there is. WHY U ASK ? 1: its looks are just so so gorgeous, I mean the actual diamond cut shaping on the back of the phone is beautiful. 2: its sooo small & light its almost laughable how they squeeeze everything inside it. 3: it does everything with ease, tom tom, opera browser, email, media... Read more

  4. Reviewer: CNET
    1 August 2009
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    I got this as a free upgrade, thinking this will change my life etc but I was wrong. I owned the phone for 8 months and it had to go, performance was slow, kept crashing at times and just froze, navigation buttons would skip to the next menu that I did not use. All in all, nice try but this phone did not do the job for me. Read more

  5. HTC Touch Diamond Good and the Bad

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    2 July 2010

    Summary: Overall a perfect device for anyone looking to buy a high end smart phone Read more

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