Diamond Release Speculation Thread

[bionic1ball]

no offense but the guy that posted has one post but he has been a member since 2007 i'll believe he has the phone when he posts some pics and answers questions

[kf6emm]

Originally Posted by nmhusa

Seems like a scam. The website is not official Sprint. The logo in the above right goes nowhere. Steer clear.

I agree, caution first is warranted on the net. The link does go to sprint.com though. I did sign up for it, and if/when I get an email announcement, I will post it here.

The original article from Engadget where I got the link:

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/0...ptember-relea/

[paravis]

Not sure you guys are aware, but Bluefish is legit. It's hard to state exactly what the company does, but it looks like they assist cellular companies in advertising and promotion, among other things.

[[sammich]]

Originally Posted by paravis

Not sure you guys are aware, but Bluefish is legit. It's hard to state exactly what the company does, but it looks like they assist cellular companies in advertising and promotion, among other things.

Exactly. I said the same thing last page and no one believed me!

HERE GUYS! Proof!

[syanni85]

Ok, just got off the phone with telesales... lemme break it down for you how it went..

TELE- "Thank you for calling sprint tellesales, my name is ----- how may i assist you today?"

ME- "I was just calling to check if telesales will have the diamond for sale tomorrow the 2nd"

TELE- "yes, we will"

ME - "you will?"

TELE- "yes, but hold on let me check to make sure...... actually sir we will have it available on the 14th"

ME- "So NOT tomorrow?"

TELE- "Correct, sir, it will be available from us on the 14th"

ME - "ok thank you for your help and have a good day"

TELE- "anything else i can help you with today?"

ME - "nope, we're good"

TELE - "Ok sir, thank you for calling and enjoy life at sprint speed."



so there you go, NOT tomorrow, he gave me dates, no "probablies".... damn, i was def hoping what i was hearin was true, i guess not... 14th it it friends

god i'm glad i love to double check with the "You WILL???" lol

[dashiot]

HELL, why not???
First post PPC'rs and hello to you all. Just want to say that I LOVE the site and all the info/tips and everything I've learned about the Mogul I have gotten from here.

With that out the way..... I'm not an avocate but I DO WORK for a service/repair Sprint Corporate store. Just so happens i'm the guy who does the store plan-o-gram resets, yeah anyone can hang a sign, but my store manager receives the signage and wont let anyone else check it in or set it up but me and its been this way for the past year. And if any of you vistied a corporate store yesterday, (store resets were done), you should have seen it changed since the time before that. Anyways, I do have all the sales and ad material for the Diamond, but there were no instruction for store layout and/or placement. My store lead is the advocate for the Diamond and I asked him what was the deal? He told me that the training for them was delayed and he has not received his phone yet and neither has my store. With it being Labor Day we will NOT receive a shipment today, so even with an Express AM delivery, we would not have the Diamond for opening release. We have never not had a phone in stock before the releaese date, especially since we are a service/repair store. Prime example: When I did the reset for the Instinct, I had all materials including the layout and release date info. So I'm willing to place all my chips on the Diamond will NOT release tomorrow.

As I get more info i'll post back here, as i'll be posting more since I feel a sense of duty with me having a "sicked out" = sick and tricked (my store lingo) Mogul that I learned everything about for the site

F.Y.I. I've been approved by my manager to be the Touch Pro advocate, as soon as I get info i'll let ya'll know, lata.

[syanni85]

Originally Posted by dashiot

HELL, why not???
First post PPC'rs and hello to you all. Just want to say that I LOVE the site and all the info/tips and everything I've learned about the Mogul I have gotten from here.

With that out the way..... I'm not an avocate but I DO WORK for a service/repair Sprint Corporate store. Just so happens i'm the guy who does the store plan-o-gram resets, yeah anyone can hang a sign, but my store manager receives the signage and wont let anyone else check it in or set it up but me and its been this way for the past year. And if any of you vistied a corporate store yesterday, (store resets were done), you should have seen it changed since the time before that. Anyways, I do have all the sales and ad material for the Diamond, but there were no instruction for store layout and/or placement. My store lead is the advocate for the Diamond and I asked him what was the deal? He told me that the training for them was delayed and he has not received his phone yet and neither has my store. With it being Labor Day we will NOT receive a shipment today, so even with an Express AM delivery, we would not have the Diamond for opening release. We have never not had a phone in stock before the releaese date, especially since we are a service/repair store. Prime example: When I did the reset for the Instinct, I had all materials including the layout and release date info. So I'm willing to place all my chips on the Diamond will NOT release tomorrow.

As I get more info i'll post back here, as i'll be posting more since I feel a sense of duty with me having a "sicked out" = sick and tricked (my store lingo) Mogul that I learned everything about for the site

F.Y.I. I've been approved by my manager to be the Touch Pro advocate, as soon as I get info i'll let ya'll know, lata.

AWESOME! thanks man, and WELCOME TO BROTHERHOOD! lol

Thanks for clarifying alot.

I thought there is not going to be a touch pro advocate because the diamond and pro are practically identicle cept the keyboard and sd slot..

[drexappeal]

Nothing new there. Someone posted those pics on this forum, so engadget probably stole them and put them up on the website...LOL

[dashiot]

Originally Posted by syanni85

AWESOME! thanks man, and WELCOME TO BROTHERHOOD! lol

Thanks for clarifying alot.

I thought there is not going to be a touch pro advocate because the diamond and pro are practically identicle cept the keyboard and sd slot..

From my understanding, Sprint's NEW approach is to be able to assist every customers with ALL questions and matter in store. Remember all stores were closed like 2 Sundays ago??? Yeah, that was a re-training on how they want to stamp out the negative stereo-type we've been wearing for so long about how our customer service has failed the consumer. Now we will be having an advocate for any new phones that deems to have a high demand. My other store lead is the advocate for the Moto Rzar Vegas (VE20) and was for the Treo 800W. They want one person to learn it and be able to show the rest of us how it functions and how the customer can get the maximum benifits from there new handset.

DAMN I sound so Sprintish, LOL

[Tiberius85]

Originally Posted by dashiot

They want one person to learn it and be able to show the rest of us how it functions and how the customer can get the maximum benifits from there new handset.

DAMN I sound so Sprintish, LOL

I'm kind of a techie person, so naturally if I see gadgets and such my instinct is to 'figure them out,' what they can do, what their limitations are etc. You'd think people who apply for these jobs kinda know they are going to be selling technology and thus should understand what they are selling. Granted, devices flow rather quickly in and out and employee turnover rate can be quite high especially in retail. However, its good to see Sprint getting employees to learn them through actual real life experience and selling accordingly. I'm sick and tired of knowing more about devices, gadgets, computers, and other tech stuff than sales associates just from 5 minutes of looking on the internet.