HTC Touch Diamond Landing Late July, $999 Outright
HTC today announced the Australian release of the HTC Touch Diamond. The phone, which Chen seems to think is a little bit slow from his early hands-on, will be launched either late July or early August on Telstra.
The phone will cost $999 outright or free on an $80 plan. It’s also quite customised for the Telstra network, with inbuilt Sensis mapping, Trading Post and search functionality. It also features a 7.2Mbps HSPA chipset inside, which takes advantage of Telstra’s fast NextG network. CEO Peter Chou even admitted that it was the fastest phone they’d ever produced.
Telstra have got the Diamond exclusively for three months, although there’s no word on who’ll pick it up after that. I also managed to catch a glimpse of the Touch Pro version with a slide-out qwerty keypad, and although they were quiet on specifics, it’s looking at a Q4 launch down here.
I also managed to score some one-on-one time with CEO Peter Chou, which I’ll be sorting through over the next couple of days. Stay tuned for more…
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Or you can buy it now from a bunch of stores in Victoria…
~$850ish outright.
$150 cheaper and I don’t have to go near telstra? Works for me.
My commiserations if you’re in a rural area though, as the big T is probably the only way to go out there.
I got this from HTC yesterday I’m a litle confused??
Please find the technical specifications of HTC Touch Diamond below;
Network:
HSDPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
In regards to the technical specs, HTC Touch Diamond will be compatible with Vodafone, Optus, Three and Virgin networks in Australia
Please note that HTC Touch Diamond is not compatible with Telstra’s next G network (does not feature 850 MHZ).
Hope this is of assistance
Thanks…
Alper
Mobility Solutions Engineer
HTC