Oh, snap. Just the other day we were
bemoaning the fact that the Touch Diamond sent to us courtesy of HTC lacked both HSDPA 850 / 1900 and GSM 850, but according to the product page at CompUSA, the version it's selling has all of those. Yep, a purported quad-band Touch Diamond is seemingly in stock right now for Americans willing to part with $779.99, but remember, all those bills nets you a 2.8-inch VGA display, HSDPA 7.2, Windows Mobile 6.1 and oodles of sexy. Go on, help HTC get one closer to
two million this year.
[Thanks, Tom]
Update: Hey look, UKers
can get in too. Just £463.99 including VAT. Thanks
Leigh!
Update 2: For shame! HTC just pinged us and said this thing is the same as every other Touch Diamond, meaning that North American 3G is
not supported.
posted June 18th 2008 2:05PM
people here in the US are SO CHEAP, everybody in Asia and most people in Europe buy phones without contract, they spend more than US$1000 on high end phones and not complaining about that nor comparing them with iphone.
Funny, I actually noticed a "Quad Band" version of this online yesterday from WE Electronics (http://welectronics.com/gsm/HTC/HTC-TOUCH-DIAMOND.html), when I emailed them interested, they replied saying that this is the Quad Band version. In my disbelief, I contacted HTC directly and got the following reply.
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From: support@america.htc.com
Sent: Mon 6/16/2008 1:34 PM
To: Mike Nguyen
CC:
"Hello Mike Nguyen,
Thank you for your inquiry about the diamond. We appreciate your intersect in the diamond touch but we do not what bands the device will work on. Mike the device is quad band device WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA. These are the bands for the European device and the America device bands have not been released yet.
Hope this is of help to you in choosing the diamond as your device. Please feel free to check out htc.com and htcwiki.com.
I hope we have answered your question in detail. Feel free to contact us again if you have any further questions.
HTC Technical Support
http://www.america.htc.com
http://www.htcwiki.com"
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If this phone were really available in a working Quad Band release, I figure that there would be more than 2 stories in Europe, Asia and the Americas to carry the product.
...meaning that voice will work but 3G data will not in the americas?
552EURO=857USD
I couldn't wait for one:
http://www.chihuahuarescue.com/cyberdog/
Best Buy has the Cav in stock. HTC's site doesn't even list the S630
"Wah wah $700 wah!"
Does nobody understand this is an unlocked import of an asian-spec handset that's hard to get in Europe right now, let alone America? Supply is low, demand is high, and because you'd be buying through CompUSA there's no subsidies. That translates to big money for any company that can import one, as they can basically name their price at the moment.
When the phone is actually available in the US, that price will come down for unlocked varieties, and should be something closer to iPhone 3G's price through whichever carriers pick the handset up. What that exact price is, we'll see, but it won't be $700+
At least HTC lets you buy the Diamond. Apple doesn't even let us buy the iPhone here in Taiwan.
Enough TD, let's get some hot TP action!
This is a good example of the U.S. way of thinking. You think the U.S. IS the world. There are more cellphone users in Europe than in the U.S. so it's probably a smarter bet to make cellphones for European users than for U.S. users. Another reason why it's smarter to make cellphones for Europe is because Western European countries have a more stable income than the U.S. so while you're crying about 779$ for a phone, I, as a student can afford to buy one while you as an employed person can't.
Why don't you thank your president for the devaluation of the dollar.
You, as a student, don't worry about the things an actual adult has to worry about.
Car payment?
House payment/Rent?
Supporting a family?
Taxes?
Groceries (not just Ramen noodles and fast food)?
Fuel?
Auto Insurance?
Homeowner's/Renter's Insurance?
Utility bills (electric, gas, water, phone, Internet, television, etc.)?
Household goods?
Medical expenses?
Personal grooming & clothing?
Vehicle maintenance?
Household maintenance?
and so on.
It's really easy to say "I can afford it" when you're probably half-living on your parents' largesse, and probably floating on loans, scholarships, or grants. It's easy to support yourself when you're solo and don't have mouths to feed or responsibilities beyond getting to class on time.
Where do you wash your clothes? Do you pay for the water, soap, and electricity to do so? Do you have to buy food for more than one person? Do you pay your own heating bill? Do you have to maintain a vehicle that is relatively new? Do you pay more than 350 Euros a month for your housing? Do you maintain health, car, home and life insurance for yourself? Do your parents still claim you as a dependent?
Let me know how affordable a $779 phone is when you're not living on someone else's dime, kiddo.
Oh, yes. You're still quite right. Our President sucks, and he HAS devalued our currency a great deal, but I can't let it slide when a student claims to understand what it's like to be part of the real world. College is vastly different from being out on your own, and THAT is very different from supporting a family without the government or your parents paying for half of everything.
In other words, stop being such a snot-nosed Eurotrash brat. You do your fellow Europeans a disservice.
@ZeroCorpse
It is true we have those expenses, but the same thing goes to those Europeans and Asians, we are already spoiled and get used to get free phones, subsidized phones, etc. I agree with your argument about Erfan undermining us adults, but we do have to admit that we in the US feel it's not worth spending more than $299 on a phone. I see lots of people on the subway (including me) carrying many gadgets; cellphone, blackberry, ipod, while our brothers across the sea would rather carry one cool gadget. My friend just spent $900 on Nokia E90, and it didn't hurt him. He thinks Americans are sooo behind Europeans and Asians in term of telecommunication technology. They have been video calling for a few years now, us? RIIIIGHT
Htc Quadband is also availablee on differner webs much cheaper then this
http://sntradersonline.com/phone_details.php?product_id=snp933