Diamond Release Speculation Thread - Page 22

uuummmk · #**211** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by e.lamberson

I posted a few weeks ago that the release date was showing the 19th of October along with three other phones and everyone has been throwing around the 2nd of September and so forth but I have seen nothing change. I have seen the same email showing that the advocate program was pushed back a few weeks and I have also verified that the release date on the playbook is October 19th. Things may end up changing but everything is still showing the 19th just as previously stated in this thread.

What are you hearing for the date of the Pro then? Also you said the pro shows the wrong price? What does it show?

Thanks

chappy · #**212** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by e.lamberson

I posted a few weeks ago that the release date was showing the 19th of October along with three other phones and everyone has been throwing around the 2nd of September and so forth but I have seen nothing change. I have seen the same email showing that the advocate program was pushed back a few weeks and I have also verified that the release date on the playbook is October 19th. Things may end up changing but everything is still showing the 19th just as previously stated in this thread.

Wrong. The original release date was 9/2 It was last weeks playbook.

uuummmk · #**213** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by chappy

Wrong. The original release date was 9/2 It was last weeks playbook.

Whats this weeks playbook and when will the next playbook come out? What is the Pro's date on it?

lixo12 · #**214** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 08:41 PM

I work at the airport in Miami and I must say I was blessed to be able to hold a HTC Diamond in my hand. A guy from the UK had it. The phone is pretty light and felt good in my hands. I had him show me how it works and it seems kinda slow. He would move to a different program and it would have a slight pause. I asked him how he likes the phone overall and he said he gives it a 9.5 out of a 10. I cant wait for Sprint to release the damn phone... Hurry up...

**syanni85** · #**215** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by lixo12

I work at the airport in Miami and I must say I was blessed to be able to hold a HTC Diamond in my hand. A guy from the UK had it. The phone is pretty light and felt good in my hands. I had him show me how it works and it seems kinda slow. He would move to a different program and it would have a slight pause. I asked him how he likes the phone overall and he said he gives it a 9.5 out of a 10. I cant wait for Sprint to release the damn phone... Hurry up...

the cdma version is gunna be MUCH more responsive. so 10 out of 10

chappy · #**216** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by uuummmk

Whats this weeks playbook and when will the next playbook come out? What is the Pro's date on it?

I don't know, I was off today. I'll check tomorrow.

**syanni85** · #**217** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 09:57 PM

Ya know, this is KILLIN' me... i didn't sell my Touch so i could be deprived with this 755p my buddy lent me for over a month!

reese719 · #**218** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chappy

Have you been an advocate before? It's rarely a month before the launch of a device, and more often than not, the device has launched before the trainings. Take the Treo 800w for example. We actually had them in store before our advocate got his.

Not to mention October isn't even in the playbook yet. It only goes for the current month and maybe a week ahead. So you are probably looking at September 19th, which would roughly be two weeks after the original launch date.

Your math is just straight flawed anyway, the trainings were originally scheduled for the 19th and 20th, with original launch coming 9/2. That's two weeks apart, not a month. Where are you getting October from?

Edit: One last thing, I've actually talked directly to the guy in charge of the launch of this device, and his exact words from my inbox are "No launch date is settled yet, so look for a note with the details". If the training is the 3rd and 4th, a month later would be the first week of October, not the 19th.

Yes, I was the Advocate for the Blackberry Pearl. I had it roughly a month before release.
We had the 800w three odd weeks before the actual launch of the device in our store. And there were Advocates in Denver that had them before that.

The October 19th release is from an internal handset sheet my manager read and informed me about. Other than that I don't know what to tell you aside from it matches better with a release pushed back a month and two weeks from the second ( a month for Advocate program and the two week delay? ). Plus, most devices launch on a Sunday and OCtober 19th is, go figure a Sunday. September 2nd is a Tuesday... highly unlikely since Planogram is done on a Saturday for Sunday roll outs.

I'm not debating that the trainings and the release were close together, however my past experiences were Advocates usually get the phone at the latest a month ahead of the release.

Show us the e-mail?

mtkates · #**219** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 10:52 PM

Sprint just realized that they left MMS in the Diamond, so please be patient. It will be released just as soon as they can get MMS removed.

**syanni85** · #**220** (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mtkates

Sprint just realized that they left MMS in the Diamond, so please be patient. It will be released just as soon as they can get MMS removed.

hahahahaha... yeah, figures... strips us of the good stuff...
even if you weren't joking, i wouldn't care too much for mms... there will always be a work around...

they probably forgot to load it with a ton of their other junk too lol