HTC Touch Diamond Sim Free Unlocked Touch Screen Mobile Phone

I've had this phone for 6 months now and it has been the worst phone I have ever had. As a PDA its great good size screen very good buttons but as a phone its terrible, reception poor, ease of use poor, it keeps frezzing light goes off when its needed the most.Please take a moment when thinking of purchasing, what you need it for!

ive had this phone since september and i can safely say its an average phone for its grouping of smart phones but its dissapoints in one main area for me.
the battery life, if your lucky you might get a full day but normally in models such as mine it wont even last half if you use any of the fancy 'bells and whistles'.
but if your looking for a phone that looks the business then i say go for this one

I've had this phone for over 8 months now, and frankly, I wish I sticked with my Sony Ericsson W810i.

I'll get the good bits out of the way first. It's very thin, it looks good, the TouchFLO 3D interface is good, and the camera is good for a phone, as long as you're taking day shots.

Right, onto the bad. The touchscreen is way too sensitive. It goes off a lot when in my pocket if the power button is nudged to turn it on. It's also no good for making phone calls or texting. The screen turns itself off after a few seconds if you take a call, and if you're going through an automated service, it's a git to enter the keys. You have to press a physical button to bring the screen back on, then you have to press the bottom-left of the touchscreen to switch to the keypad. Speaking of calls, this phone takes a while to disconnect from a call if the screen isn't on when you press the end call button. It takes a very long time for it to start up in a working state (at least a minute). There is also a bug I've recently discovered in this phone. Sometimes pressing the end call button on the TouchFLO 3D screen will end up registering as pushing the right arrow. It's very annoying, as you have to hold that button down to lock the phone. Thankfully, just putting the phone into sleep and then waking it up resolves the problem. The TouchFLO 3D interface is really good looking and user-friendly, but unfortunately, the phone runs on Windows Mobile, so if you go beyond the TouchFLO 3D, you're transported back to the Windows 95 era. Windows Mobile 6's interface is a decade out of date. It's ugly and slow. If Google Android worked properly with this phone, I'd switch to that.

This phone is just terrible in almost every aspect. Probably explains why HTC have already brought out the Diamond2, which is improved in almost every way compared to the Diamond, but it still runs on Windows Mobile, which is the main achilees heel. HTC are turning slightly to Google's Android operating system with the Dream (T-Mobile G1) and the Magic. Hopefully they'll switch their entire range to the big G in the future.

The HTC Touch Diamond is a solid Windows Mobile smartphone. The HTC Touch Flo 3D interface makes using the device far easier than having to rely solely on Windows Mobile.

However, since it's Windows mobile, a couple of soft-resets per day are inevitable. RAM usage steadily increases throughout the day, and performance begins to suffer after heavy usage. The only solution to this is to perform a soft reset. It only takes a couple of minutes, but it's still a little irritation.

It's worth noting that the speed and stability of the device can be drastically improved by installing the latest software onto the device from the official HTC website.

The battery life on the device leaves something to be desired. It'll last for a day or two under light usage (the odd call and text here and there). As soon as you start using WiFi, browsing the internet or using the GPS receiver, the battery can be dead within 4 hours.

Windows Mobile isn't the easiest operating system to use. The Touch Flo 3D interface (as previously stated) increases user-friendliness of the device somewhat, but dropping back to Windows Mobile will be required at some point.

The camera is capable of taking printable photos in good lighting. In anything other than good lighting, the photos are blurred, full of noise, and the shutter lag becomes unbearable. In a dark-ish environment, you can expect up to 10 seconds for the auto-focus to sort itself out.

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I wouldn't trade this device in for any other out there on the market right now. However, if you're not a fan of technology and want a straight forward device, this isn't the handset for you.

On the other hand, if you want a top-spec handset which does everything you'll ever need, look no further.

To sum up the pros and cons of the device:

Pros:

- Stylish handset
- Impressive user interface
- Good quality camera (in the right lighting conditions)

Cons:

- Poor battery life under heavy usage
- Camera only works in high lighting conditions
- Soft reset required a couple of times per day

I have been using mine for a few weeks now! I was using an XDA Orbit 2 which is a great phone! I love my Diamond, even though it has some battery issues and can be a bit sluggish on the TouchFlo 3D also no expansion slot but I still love it.

The Screen is amazing, web browsing is fantastic, because the screen is so clear you find you don't have to zoom in as far or not at all sometimes. You can read goggle searches without zooming! when I turn on my Orbit now the screen looks so low resolution its wierd!

The accelorometer also comes in very handy for rotating pages and pictures, there is even a great little game which you use the phone to control a ball.

TouchFlo Looks great, you really don't need to use the stylus at all now, it feel nice sliding along to each tab, the weather tab is cool with animated weather icons and rain that apears on the screen which is then wiped off by a little wiper blade! really nice touch!

It is very fingerprint prone but as long as you put on the provided screen protector there is nothing to worry about, it all wipes clean!

Another cool feature is the light sensor which when the backlight is set to auto, it will automatically dim or brighten depending on the ambient light, hence if its really dark it will dim the backlight so you don't burn your retina's!! and the opposite for bright sunshine!!

The other thing to mention is that the signal strenght doesn't seem to be as good as my Orbit 2, but I haven't had any real issues with that! If you live in a bad area then this could be an issue!

I only give this 4 Stars due to the lack of expandable memory and the fact it only has a 900mah Battery. If these were better it would be 5 Stars from me!!

The HTC Touch Diamond is almost perfect, but not quite.
Pros:
It's seriously pretty and the graphics are awsome
The touch screen works well - but it's no iPhone
Ultra high res screen - incredibly sharp images
The Windows 6.1 works brilliantly - I will never go back
The camera quality is as sharp as my old Sony Ericsson K810i - but there's no flash and the autofocus is very slow
It's slim and light
Big internal memory
Great web browser
Useful stylus makes texting easy (and it's magnetic - cool)
Excellent alert system - a ring of white light flashes when anything has happened - missed call, new SMS, new email etc
Amazing tilt game shows off the phones top accelerometer

Cons:

Battery is weak but will easily last a full day until you can charge it
The screen scratches very easily - you must use a protector (supplied)
No flash on the camera
The music player is a bit fiddly - no 3.5mm jack
The phone goes to sleep during calls which can be annoying if using automated phone services
Quite slow at times, when swapping between applications in particular (but hey, it's a weeny mobile, not a 2 gig PC!)

The Touch does most things far better than the iPhone, except the touch screen and the music player, which cannot compare.

If you don't need a mega camera (like the new SE C905 or the N96) and you are not an iPhone junkie, you won't be disappointed.

If I could've bought an iphone, I would've...but I'm stuck with Orange for certain reasons. To give you an idea what I'm basing my review against I've previously owned a SPV M600 (Windows Mobile) and my last phone was a Nokia N95, my partner also owns the LG viewty which I've used a fair few times.

The phone is the most stylish phone I've owned, it smooth gloss finish stands out and it's also much slimmer and lighter than the N95. I've been playing with it for a few days now and it's very easy to use. Items like the weather are a neat little toy, but it's actually becoming very useful when deciding whether the umbrella is needed in the morning. The web and e-mail are faultless, very easy to use and quick. Texting is a bit different, but mainly due to using the screen instead of buttons. Everything else seems pretty normal, contacts, camera (nothing amazing but still good). My only gripe is the slight lag every now and then, but my N95 did this, the viewty does it....most phones do from time to time, however the diamond does it mainly after taking it out of sleep, but it runs smoothly after a 2 second settling period.

In my opinion the features are top drawer; I can happily live with a slight lag from time to time!

It's an excellent phone, there's no doubting that... but... even though I've only had it 4days - and I've still alot to learn about it, there are some annoying things on it already.
The battery life and the non-expandable memory has been mentioned b4, but little things like it going to 'sleep', and my having to quickly press the power button on top to use it is annoying... why can't it just stay on til we wish to text, phone, use it, whatever? (maybe there's something other than the options in the menu to extend backlight, etc, on the phone that I don't yet know about?!).... and if you hold the phone in your left hand, the volume buttons are sensitive, and keep bleeping when you brush them slightly.

As I say, I'm still learning about it, but it is a fantastic phone.

The Samsung Omnia i900 is due out next month (8gb, 5m/p camera, etc), and I'm going to buy this as well (my Touch Diamond has been 'comendeered' by the mrs!)... but if it doesn't compare to the Touch Diamond, then I'll swap the Samsung for a 2nd Touch Diamond!!

bought this after my w910i died again on me and I decided it was time to go high tec. Was a little worried after reading a previous review about the phone working with the orange network, but it seemed fine right out the box with me. Ran the auto network config, restarted and all the phone functions worked fine. As for the rest of the phone I'm quite impressed as to how much they have managed to fit in, so far I've been exploring for around 3hrs and still haven't seen everything. Its quite expensive for a phone, and give it a month or two and it will probably be quite a lot cheaper, but I would say with confidence that its worth it, I mean just look at the design!

This is my first Windows Mobile and I can safely say that I will not be going back to the standard phone format.

Here are the pro's and cons:

Pros: Looks fantastic, small, light, glossy with a beautiful high res
screen.
TouchFlo is great to use and all round presentation is very
swish.
Setting up MMS, Hotmail, MSN Messenger and Internet was
extremely simple.
Good Camera and Video.
Transferring files to the 4GB internal storage CAN be done
via 'drag and drop' despite the comments on the previous
review
Teeter Game - Absolutely brilliant!
Opera Browser - Easy internet viewing

Cons: Battery Life is very poor (if left on but unused you'd be lucky to
get 1 and a half days use!)
Can sometimes lag on menus (needs more memory!)
Expensive!