My wife wanted this phone so I am looking on the internet and run into newegg has one for sale $530.00 shiping included. Is this a HTC that you use Sim card? My wife has T-Mobile.....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875502009
Check it please to make sure I buy the right one...
Any suggestion for additional software to use..
Yes, the HTC Touch Diamond you are looking at uses SIM card, and T- Mobile is what I used, too. The model shown seems like an EU model (pics too small to tell), and the difference between EU and US model is summarized at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432532. If you live in the US and you plan to use 3G data connection in the US, then you need to consider the US model, with AT&T however (NOT T-Mobile).
I strongly suggest you call and make sure the ROM has been upgraded to the newest (1.93) already. If not, you want to make sure it's HTC Touch Diamond P-3700 (UK origion) so that you can upgrade to the newest ROM by yourself if chosen to do later.
Be carefol, since both the US and the EU diamonds are incompatible with the T-Mobile US network. There is a long discusson about this in the forum (search it).
Greetings guys for a while I've been searching for a Radio Update for my Diamond to enable 3G, but to no avail the best Im getting is Edge. And then I found out by reading some threads that I may have a European Version of the HTC Diamond but on the other hand Ive seen this website
http://www.welectronics.com/gsm/hTC/HTC-TOUCH-DIAMOND-US-3G.HTML
Which states that the HTC Diamond P3700 is a US 3G phone which I currently own ??? can someone educate me on this like which HTC diamond model number is which and best suited for what country thank you...
Is there any hardware difference in these two models? I have Diam100 I beleive which is original HTC phone.
Would it be possible to get orange HTC and unlock it and then use it as a normal Diamond from HTC with some customs rom and Hardspl in Europe?
AFAIK the difference is Orange logo at back and branded software. Nothing more.
And I have a HTC-branded EU Diamond and it is DIAM100.
Would it be possible to get orange HTC and unlock it and then use it as a normal Diamond from HTC with some customs rom and Hardspl in Europe?
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Yes! you can do this with all diamonds and you can install every rom you'd like on every diamond phone because chiefs cook roms with DIAM*** wildcard
I am not in USA and my diamond is not from AT&T, anyone has a copy of the newest official AT&T ROM for htc Diamond?
Thanks in advance!
AT&T does not carry the diamond. There are rumors that it will pick up the Diamond 2 later this year, but for now the only HTC is the Fuze.
Thanks for the info
Thanks, stuntd97. I didn't find it in the at&t website and I thought it was just taken down because it's an old phone.
Hello all,
What's your idea about the operator branded HTC phones compared to no brand of the same models ? To me, it looks like the T-Mobile & AT&T branded HTC models are superior than the unbranded ones of the same models.
In terms of material quality.
What do you think ?
On my opinion Unbranded are like the original ones and always much better in design and look than any cell provided branded...
Operator branded HTC phones usually are software bloated & have decales on the hardware!
but again
the Sprint Branded [email protected] have a 3.5mm slot for headphones, while the Unbrabded or any other branded TP2 doesent apart from the decal and not having the secondary camera..its ok i think
I've compared the unbranded HTC touch diamond and T-Mobile variant of Touch diamond side by side. The T-mobile one seemed to be made with better material quality.
but i might be wrong,too.
A typical example is the t-mobile touch dual, the HTC unbranded has more keys and is harder to get cooked roms working with it!!
The topaz I got from t-mobile doesnt look as solid as the HTC unbranded one!
The software side should rarely be an issue if you are on this site you already know how easy it is to change the software! Orange made some real blunders with the orange software bar they were adding to the software on phones eating extra memory and slowing them down! thank god for xda!!
Companies like AT&T really screw up their devices. They rearrange the entire keyboard, change the colors a bunch, slap decals all over, and load the device to capacity with free trials which you can't uninstall. If you install a cooked ROM, you can fix a few of the problems, but AT&T and the like should learn what their users really want. If the OEM devices were a bit cheaper and supported AT&T's 3G frequencies, I'd buy the OEM one from HTC instead of one from AT&T.
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On my opinion Unbranded are like the original ones and always much better in design and look than any cell provided branded...
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But the ATT Tilt is much better than the HTC Touch Pro2.
And the Verizon Wireless Touch Pro2 has a headphone jack and a more unique color than the unlocked version.
poetryrocksalot said:
But the ATT Tilt is much better than the HTC Touch Pro2.
And the Verizon Wireless Touch Pro2 has a headphone jack and a more unique color than the unlocked version.
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Actually the unbranded tp2 has a nice silver keyboard which makes it look more appealing than having a black, dull look. Not, having the stupid At&T logo is a major plus.
Completly agree!
even with no 3.5mm jack unbranded is superior in look and design
And has front camera
In the UK some operators actually take software and features off phones! (Dont know what its like in other countries!)
For example, a HD2 on O2 won't have the option to use the phone as a modem. I personally don't think operators should be able to mess with the phones, but thats just my opinion
Mondez said:
In the UK some operators actually take software and features off phones! (Dont know what its like in other countries!)
For example, a HD2 on O2 won't have the option to use the phone as a modem. I personally don't think operators should be able to mess with the phones, but thats just my opinion
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well you say that but it does, now... O2 started shipping stock HD2's that are unlocked completely. 3 months later, makes me wonder if they will ever release an update for the locked phone.