Rogers to sell HTC Touch Diamond, contract free at $599.99

What better way to keep yourself warm through a long Canadian winter than by being blasted by radiation from a shiny new handset. The latest issue of UR Magazine, free to all Rogers Wireless subscribers, is currently being mailed out all across Canada and is featuring the HTC Touch Diamond. While the device doesn’t appear anywhere on the Rogers website and no release date or contract pricing has been given, the unsubsidised price was published as being $599.99. If that’s not enough to give you a heart attack, it should be noted that Rogers is selling the HTC Touch at $449.99 contract free. Will Canadians buy it? If the initial $399 price tag of the Bold is any indication, yes, but only begrudgingly.

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18 Responses to “Rogers to sell HTC Touch Diamond, contract free at $599.99”

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    Taylor says:

    Yo i’m a rogers dealer and i’m not looking forward to this device, we were suppose to get the tytn II and we never did, they published this phone in the latest UR magazine so if we don’t end up getting it it will be a huge kick in the nuts, HTC has been sketchy like that

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    scott says:

    I think newegg.com sells this unlocked for $5.19.99, cheapest ive seen.

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    dud3 says:

    the best story you can come up with is a 3 day old HoFo post?

    great work guys :) thanks again..

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    jones says:

    r u sure it’s HTC, not Rogers…..

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    Ariel says:

    Rogers Aka Robbers lol!!

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    dud3 says:

    good joke ariel..

    u come up with that one urself?
    LOL

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    Jeeverz says:

    lol @ dud3

    you win.

    i can never trust a htc. I am still going to keep my Bold.

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    geoff Thompson says:

    599.99 isn’t bad other retailers here on Vancouver sell for 679 cash with no warranty or 679 plus taxes unlocked with a warranty. Also it’s not hard to unlock htc devices on your own. So I guess 599.99 isn’t that bad if you want an okay at best phone.

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    ayushd says:

    I have been using the HTC Touch Diamond for a few months now, I should say it is an amazing device.
    This is the first time I am using an HTC device and I highly recommend the vendor as well as the device.
    I suppose there are numerous versions and colors what I am using can be seen at HTC Touch Diamond
    $599 is a very good price as when I bought I just paid over $800. It was still worth.

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    Mitch says:

    Rogers have been trying to put me back under contract (straitjacket) for over a year now. I keep saying no because I want an unlocked HTC phone without the limitations a Rogers phone comes with. I also travel a lot and I can just switch over to a local network with an unlocked phone for a fraction of what Rogers charges for Roaming and long distance. So this deal does seem sweet. But willit happen and will they also offer the Pro or even the HD? BTW In Montreal the Diamond unlocked is selling for 649$, the Pro for 799$ with guarantee.

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    Robert says:

    now if only sprint could get it out without that red back and be all black

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    Bell InsidER says:

    HA!

    599??? ooooh… and without a contract….ooooh…

    Bell is getting it for $499 without a contract….

    Bell gettin the HTC Touch Pro as well

    They’re getting a sh*tload of killer phones including:

    Smartphones: HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro Mobile phones: LG Voyager, LG Reveal, Samsung Cleo

    Eat that Big Red… and jus wait til 2010 when Bell and Telus kick ur @ss at the hspa game. Roger’s has pissed off a lot of people too, but they didnt leave because of their precious gsm, but that’s gonna be done soon…. everyone gonna be on hspa… Welcome to a fair fight… Can’t wait til Bell and Telus get exclusivity on the killer Storm…. Bold?? What a joke… can’t even get it on-line with ATT. Storm is gonna murder all the gsm BBs.

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    guest says:

    HAHA compare that bell to rogers…bell is so crap. welcome to a fair fight…more like welcome bell to learn how to comepete. it only took them this long to jump on rogers bandwagon and copy them. i was on bell, it sucks, they’re stupid, have useless customer service, and terrible products.

    enjoy ur 499 without a contract, and having to re-program all ur contacts and music, and pics.

    face the facts, ted rogers is the 2nd richest man in canada for a reason, so stop hating. Best phones, best internet and no annoying beavers.

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    mesonto says:

    Where is this being sold in Montreal? I would love to get one.

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    Mitch says:

    Check ou Cell en Gros web site, they are located in Montreal near Cadillac metro station.

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    John says:

    I am on a waiting list for a HTC Touch Diamond at a local Roger’s dealership in my area here in Vancouver. I can’t wait! The Roger’s dealers have the HTC Touch Diamond listed in their dealer’s product brochures (the brochures ONLY for the dealers, not the public). The dealer manager thinks that the cell phone will be sold at 499.99 without a contract or 199.99 with a 3 yr contract.

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    Dave says:

    Bye, bye Rogers…last week paid $ 49 (plus tax) for HTC Touch Diamond at Bell with 3 yr contract – $ 25 voice plan, $ 10 UL Web and $ 15 Smartphone bundle.

    To me that’s competitive. May switch to rollover plan before the end of Dec.

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    Mohammad says:

    I got HTC diamond for 49$ instead of my HTC touch .. :)

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