Diamond Release Speculation Thread

[StankCheeze]

I can confirm this if there is still any doubt. My old lady is the advocate for the Diamond and got the same email.

[erick10]

I just hope that they did this for lowering the price on the phone. I cant see myslf getting the Touch Pro/ Herman because of the thickness of the phone. All though the Mogul wasnt to huge compared to My sister SideKick LX.

Quick Question for guys with Mogul or ppc with slide out keyboard

**Dont you guys feel that the Touch screen sometimes flops because of the Slideout Keyboard?? Like that was something I hated on the Mogul andd switched it for a Touch. Maybe becuase its not stif like the Touch.

[reese719]

Originally Posted by frejos

However, it is significantly easy to produce an email message that appears to be from anyone and says exactly what you want it to. I'm not saying that he did, just that email can't be conclusive proof of anything, thus neither can a screen shot of email, or a photograph of email.

Lol, talk about conspiracy theorists. Anyone who would go to that length is a sad, sad human being. The only problem with your reasoning is that every Diamond Advocate who's seen the e-mail has confirmed it's the same one they got. I get what you're trying to say though.

[Exil3d]

This is my email i sent last night............

Original Question: Htc Diamond
Question: I really want to buy you upcoming HTC Diamond handset, can you
give me a ETA of it? I am tired of my current Touch phone. It has a bad
screen and I have already mentioned it to you guys but there's nothing you
can do. In landscape view my eyes hurt because one eye sees a darker
shade than the other. Its just the way the screen is. Some Sprint users
got lucky and manage to get the good screen Touch but i was one of the
unlucky ones. So I am dying to buy the HTC Diamond to relax my eyes.


And this is what I got this morning.........

Dear Exil3d,

Thank you for contacting Sprint regarding the new HTC Diamond handset.

I am sorry for the trouble you have faced due to the defective handset.
I personally feel disappointed at the same. I regret the difficulties
you experienced.

The HTC Touch Diamond (MP6950SP) expected to be launched on September
02, 2008.

As of now the line 550-911-9111 is eligible for $75.00 rebate towards
the handset upgrade.

Considering you as a valuable customer we are ready to offer you $75.00
additional credit towards the handset upgrade. In this way you will
receive the $150.00 rebate towards the handset upgrade.

Once the HTC Touch Diamond is launched, you can purchase the handset
from a Sprint store.

To upgrade your phone, please visit the nearest Sprint Store and our
store representative will be glad to assist you in choosing your new
Sprint Phone.

Please click on this hyperlink to find the nearest Sprint Store:
http://www.sprintstorelocator.com

Some of the requirements of this promotional offer are:

o Participation in a new PCS Subscriber Agreement.

Once you activate a new handset on line 550-911-9111, please write back
to us. We will apply the promised credit of $75.00 and rest of the
$75.00 rebate you will receive at the Sprint store towards the handset
upgrade.

If you wish to have any clarification, please reply to me. I will be
glad to assist you.

Thank you for emailing us.

Sincerely,
Vince G.
Sprint

[whiteguy025]

Any word on the Touch Pro coming to sprint????????

[chappy]

Originally Posted by whiteguy025

Any word on the Touch Pro coming to sprint????????

Yeah, it's coming. No date is known yet other than 10/19

[abovelegit]

ask him when he was informed of that cause you heard rumors stating delays

[chappy]

Originally Posted by abovelegit

ask him when he was informed of that cause you heard rumors stating delays

I don't even know for sure if 10/19 is the date. I've never seen a date for it, I'm just going by what others have said. It is however coming, because as I stated previously, there isn't going to be an advocate for one because it's basically the same experience as the Diamond.

[abovelegit]

i was talkin about the diamond to exil3d

[quarky42]

Originally Posted by erick10

I just hope that they did this for lowering the price on the phone. I cant see myslf getting the Touch Pro/ Herman because of the thickness of the phone. All though the Mogul wasnt to huge compared to My sister SideKick LX.

We have had confirmation from someone that has held both of them that the CDMA Touch Pro and the CDMA Diamond are not very different in size... about 2 to 4 mm in thickness is all.

Check out this image that I did up to help show people the difference in size according to current specs:
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sho...9&postcount=81

The person that actually held both CDMA phones seemed to think the difference was even smaller than 4mm... hopefully we'll get some official CDMA Touch Pro specs leaked soon.