Comments on: CDMA Touch Diamond outsizes its GSM competition

By: sal

sal — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:47:10 +0000

Just a heads up guys, you know that sleek, glossy, diamond-like finish that you see pictured on the battery cover of the diamond? Well the telus cdma version doesnt include it – it comes with a really basic, flat finished cover that just says telus 3.2mp camera. I, without realizing the difference in the gsm/cdma sizes, bought a GSM cover from HK for $10 on ebay. Damn thing looks great but doesn’t fit!

Just thought id potentially save you some time and money.

By: David

David — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:33:39 +0000

From what I have read so far, you can get a larger (1300 milli-amp/hour) battery for the GSM version (thicker battery, comes with a thicker back plate). I believe the Sprint version of the diamond (CDMA) is going to come with the 1300mha battery already installed, hence the thicker backplate. I can deal with an extra 3mm thickness for an extra 40% battery life! I think Sprint saw this early on.

By: Blue1k

Blue1k — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:49:43 +0000

Don’t think it will fit comfortable in your hand???
Wow!

Seriously, this thing is tiny. Don’t take my word for it. See it first hand in my ongoing review video site for the Diamond (Telus Version:

http:///www.thetouchblog.com

By: Static

Static — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:38:44 +0000

@hamlet… look at the rest of the pics. Your a moron if you don’t look at everything involved… there was no deception and they are indeed different sizes.

By: Quin

Quin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:52:52 +0000

That appears to be a Touch Pro below the Touch Diamond.

By: Evilhomer

Evilhomer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:58:38 +0000

@Dario9: I’ve had the BJ2 and the Touch pro. Neither of those devices beat the iPhone in battery life. The Touch was a Sprint model and it had to be charged twice to make it though the day. The BJ2 was miserable as well and didn’t run wifi. As far as I know, the 3G iPhone was not hyped for it’s extraordinary battery life. the 2G was but it, as most 2G device, had excellent battery life. I’m just sick of everyone singling out the iPhone for every little bitchy post. This is the same story with EVERY device. Everyone bitches because a device doesn’t have 3G, big high res screen, GPS, BT and wifi and when they get those things, they bitch about battery life. And I mentioned the Tilt because it was supposed to be the end all of phones when it was released.

Face it, none of the loaded devices are going to have long battery life without making a brick out of them. If you are travel a lot without access to a charger, your best bet is a 2G Blackberry with low res screen. The rest of us can generally get by charging in the car or at the office.

By: hamlet

hamlet — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:09:25 +0000

I get so bloody tired of listening to these iphone monks bowing down and worshiping the apple throne. Get with it folks, in actuality, that throne flushes. This picture is purposfully deceptive. showing only the side. The angle is different on the backplate, that’s all. They’re both the same size. I’ve been testing the Diamond and the Raphael for more than two months now. I’ve found some glitches and suggested some feature enhancements, but all-in-all this phone is absolutely tits! Its the most powerful device Ive seen in 10 years of working Wireless. iphone be damned. HTC really spiced up the cool aid with both the Diamond and the Raphael. Good luck apple, you’re about to be cored.

By: Static

Static — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:21 +0000

Well… They are not spy shots… I took those photos the same evening I brought home my Telus Diamond. It is not the Raphael (pro)
The battery is indeed 1340mah and does not last any longer then its gsm counter part at 900mah because ev-do rev a sucks that extra juice out pretty quickly. (I can only compare against the gsm edge as 3G north american bands were not available on my Asian Diamond so I would assume had hsdpa been used the gsm Diamond would die faster)
The CDMA Diamond is 2mm thicker and trully does feel better in hand. The GSM version feels like it is built with a heavier material for the outside metal bevel (where HTC Innovation is etched) but the extra size of the CDMA version makes up the weight in its larger size. Pretty close overall.
need more pics click through the Read link or click here
http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=11542027&postcount=172

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:37 +0000

What if there both GSM or CDMA? And the bottom one is the device with the full qwert that pulls out?

By: magnus_z

magnus_z — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:04:09 +0000

As mentionned the phone has been out since last Friday. The specs are known and on the Telus website. The “spy shot” is a regular user that bought it then and posted pics. The battery is 1340mAh. Anyway…

By: Maikel

Maikel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:29:12 +0000

CDMA phones always tend to be ticker than their gsm counterparts.

By: dario9

dario9 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:49:56 +0000

Evilhomer – The Tilt is not the best benchmark as far as battery life on 3G devices. My HTC Dual and BJ2 does a much better job versus the Tilt and blows away the iPhone 3G as far as battery life is concerned. On par? Well, it could be better considering all of the hype.

By: grooves

grooves — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:43:04 +0000

The devices looks to be about the same thickness to me… the GSM version just has the angled back, whereas the CDMA version doesn’t.

I would be surprised if the CDMA version is more than 2mm thicker.

By: jojomexi

jojomexi — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:27:25 +0000

hasn’t it been stated for weeks now that the CDMA version is bigger than the GSM version because of the longer battery life of the CDMA version? i love BGR and everything, but this is a pointless comparison that displays information that everyone should’ve already been aware of awhile back. no surprise to me. i’m still waiting on the CDMA touch pro.

By: Mpac

Mpac — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:12:22 +0000

Don’t like it? Don’t read it.

By: Evilhomer

Evilhomer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:12:03 +0000

CDMA phones have historically been thicker devices to accommodate larger batteries. However, you aren’t necessarily getting longer batter life because CDMA uses more juice than GSM phones. If you don’t believe me, just look go to Phonescoop and compare the difference between devices that are available in CDMA and GSM versions.

And Micklik, I wondered which jaggoff would be the first to use this post, as in every other post, to bash the iPhone, which has nothing to do with this thread. The iPhones battery is on par with every other 3G device out there with wifi, GSM, and a much larger and sharper screen with anything else. It’s better than ANY 3G smartphone I’ve had including the Tilt and the N-95. People look for any reason to bash the iPhone, relevant to the thread or not. If you are going to bash a phone for battery life, just take anything else out there with 3G and you can say the same effin’ thing about the battery life.

By: dani Cela

dani Cela — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:57:25 +0000

just so you guys know its already on telus’s website lol it has been released…

http://www.telusmobility.com/on/pcs/handset_htc_p3051.shtml

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:49:34 +0000

Hrmmm…so it’s probably the same thickness as my Tilt. That’s not bad but I’d rather have the GSM version, more flexibility in the long run.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:18:01 +0000

Time and time again this josh guy puts up the worst articles. I hope the job opening you had BG is for his replacement…

By: badChad

badChad — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:14:37 +0000

Hopefully it won’t be much thicker than the CDMA touch.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:49:58 +0000

So what.

CDMA devices are always thicker than their GSM counterparts. These days, all of these phones are so small, a little extra girth doesn’t make much of a difference.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:44:57 +0000

It does have a bigger battery for one. It has a different back also. You can compare it to the iPhones’ backs (CDMA=iPhone1 & GSM=iPhone 3G).

Besides, haven’t CDMA phones been bigger than their GSM counterparts for a few years now? Curve, Touch, etc.?

By: John Chew

John Chew — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:23:23 +0000

This is good information. How does BGR get this news? I’m really impressed (with the Diamond) and this piece of news!

By: Captainmicaho

Captainmicaho — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:50:47 +0000

Not to flame a fire, but everybody here is wrong. It is only an optical illusion. Because the top phone has angled sides it appears thinner, but it is actually the same size., bust out your rulers, and measure it.

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:34:53 +0000

your wrong those are both regular diamonds

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:17:16 +0000

Personally, I’m a fan of somewhat fatter phones (think Nokia N-Series). My iPhone 3G constantly feels like it’s going to slip out of my pocket. I never liked the RAZR or phones equally thin. When I briefly had a Nokia 5310, that was the WORST!

By: Verizon Guy

Verizon Guy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:08:10 +0000

Sure that’s not a Raphael or Herman below the Diamond? That almost looks like a shot of the Touch vs. Touch Pro.

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:51:35 +0000

oh well its not that bigggger
im still going to get it.

By: Mickliq

Mickliq — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:36:21 +0000

Boogalooboy is probably correct. The CDMA (original) Touch is slightly larger than the GSM version, but the CDMA version has an 1100mAh battery and the GSM version has a 900mAh version…trust me the extra 200mAh makes a huge difference, especially because the CDMA version runs on EV-DO Rev A (3G).

The Touch Diamond (GSM) also has a lousy small battery and it’s probably useless if you use it for all-day data, as a result. Kinda sounds like the iPhone (hahahaha)

By: Tyler Brock

Tyler Brock — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:32:16 +0000

you think boogalooboy? maybe its just for teh sex