Hey guys,
I just have a quick question. I've been looking for a while as I'm moving to the US in the next few months. I have the HTC Touch right now with Telus in Canada and we just got the HTC Diamond BUT as I'm moving down south I didnt upgrade. I'm wondering what carriers have or WILL have the HTC Diamond or even better the Touch Pro by Christmas time.
Does anyone know?
Thanks!
Aaron
Sprint is getting the CDMA Diamond here in a few weeks (Sept 14th is the release) and the Pro is supposed to follow roughly one month later.
I have not heard any definite plans for AT&T or T-Mobile regarding the Diamond, but a user on this forum has a pre-release of the Pro from AT&T.
I'm with T-Mobile and am thinking of upgrading from my MDA Compact lll to the MDA Compact lV. On youtube, someone is demonstrating a Sprint version of the diamond which doesn't have the bevelled back to it, it has a smooth back and is thicker than the diamond.
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=35q4g6dZdM8&feature=user
The pictures on the T-Mobile site show the same back as the sprint so it's obviously the sprint they're selling.
What are the functional differences between the two, and how much better is the MDA compact 4 from the MDA compact 3?
Has more RAM/ROM, Touch Flo works much more smoothly, no front vga camera, has bigger battery. I think that is it.
Nagrom Nniuq said:
Has more RAM/ROM, Touch Flo works much more smoothly, no front vga camera, has bigger battery. I think that is it.
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Thanks. It would help if you told me which has these things, the sprint or the non sprint?
The sprint version has those things
BUT the sprint is CDMA, and no locale of T-mobile is CDMA.
ilkhan said:
The sprint version has those things
BUT the sprint is CDMA, and no locale of T-mobile is CDMA.
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Thanks for the clarification, so the sprint is generally better than the slimmer HTC diamond is that right?
Not sure exactly what CDMA is but is this referring to 3G?
You're saying T-Mobile doesn't do 3G?
Almost all cellphone carriers are 3G. CDMA is the standard used by Sprint and Verizon (and some others), GSM is the standard used by AT&T and T-Mobile (and some others including most of the world lol).
Yes. Most of the world still uses GSM, but that doesn't make it better. GSM still uses TDMA-like technology, which severely limits it's capability. That's why you get such slow data-rates and low capacity. In fact, the newer "GSM" standards are migrating to CDMA technology (although that doesn't make it compatible with CDMA networks). I know, it's confusing.
ken830 said:
Yes. Most of the world still uses GSM, but that doesn't make it better. GSM still uses TDMA-like technology, which severely limits it's capability. That's why you get such slow data-rates and low capacity. In fact, the newer "GSM" standards are migrating to CDMA technology (although that doesn't make it compatible with CDMA networks). I know, it's confusing.
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Exactly, hopefully the rest of the world adapts to CDMA sooner rather than later. A global standard of CDMA would be nice for them and for me ;-)
Thanks. Btw, apparently the MDA Compact lV is not the sprint after all. Someone informed me that most of the carriers for some reason seem to replace the back with a smooth one. That's a pity, considering the sprint has a bigger battery life.
Does anyone know if my Artemis battery would fit into the compact lV? It's an ARTE160, 1200mAh made by Sanyo. It gives me great battery life.
Tmobile isnt selling the "sprint". T-Mobile sell the Compact IV, it is different from the Diamond by having a smooth back, different styling and is slightly lighter. There are no other differences.
T-Mobile Mda compact IV
As far as I know MDA Compact IV is exactly the same thing as HTC Diamond in terms of hardware. MDA compact IV is actually HTC Victor. (Different countries different names)
The battery is the same also, 900mAh.
The only thing people say is that there are not 192 megs of ram but 128 accessible to the system.
Actually, T-Mobile sell the HTC Victor, which is essentially the Diamond in a different case. I believe this can be purchased in Asian markets but not European ones.
I believe only O2 (in the UK) sell the Diamond (and it is the Diamond, not the Victor!) with a flat back. I know Orange sell it with the bevelled back and I 'think' Vodafone do too.
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Actually, T-Mobile sell the HTC Victor, which is essentially the Diamond in a different case. I believe this can be purchased in Asian markets but not European ones.
I believe only O2 (in the UK) sell the Diamond (and it is the Diamond, not the Victor!) with a flat back.
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Now I'm confused, but only a bit
If the O2 Diamond has a flat back case, and the T-Mobile Victor is 'essentially' the Diamond with a flatback case, these are exactly the same phone just different names or there is some other minor differences apart from the cases? I'd not heard of the HTC Victor and cannot find anything mentioned about it on the xda-developers page which shows names and pictures of all their models.
I think this will be a good idea to start a thread for us U.S. 3G HTC Touch Diamond owners so we can help each other with good tip's on how to make our U.S. Diamonds work better.
O.K. Now let's start by posting what ROM,COOKED ROM,& RADIO'S your using,and how they are working on your phone's.
I have the Unlocked U.S. 3G GSM Model
OOP'S By the way i forgot to mention i currently have the stock ROM right now.
umm...Diamond hardware is all the same...all roms that are on the euro diamond will work on the US, no performances changes...only thing that would matter is radio...
I guess i just want to make sure which stuff work's good on our phone's.
Missing front camera...
I just got my diamond and I noticed its missing the front vga camera. Are all the US version missing the front camera? I have the one that is compatible with AT&T.
All US models lack the front vga camera, Sprint or AT&T.
Does anyone know of someone who can modify my TYTN II to work on the T-Mobile USA 1700/2100 3g network . I am willing to pay to have this done. My phone is far superior than any 3g phones T-mobile USA has and also I hate to throw it out when there isn't a good replacement available.
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Does anyone know of someone who can modify my TYTN II to work on the T-Mobile USA 1700/2100 3g network . I am willing to pay to have this done. My phone is far superior than any 3g phones T-mobile USA has and also I hate to throw it out when there isn't a good replacement available.
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Its not possible. Check the Touch Pro boards or the Diamond boards, or the Touch HD boards. Anyone in the US with the original European versions of those phones, can't use 3G here. Adding new bands has been discussed time and time again, with the answer being no.
if you want i can send you my at&t and you send me your TytnII 'cause i'm in italy and need to make videocalls, let me know if you want to, maybe i can give u some money bye
Ken
TyTn II
Any news about it? did something change or I have to sell this Tytn II on ebay?
sorry in advance if this is already out there but i couldn't find it
is any one out there using a TYTN II on telstra mine (just got it today) is a former 3 phone and i cant seem to get it to video call on telstra and given I'm in Alice Springs it certainly wouldn't work on 3
cheers
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