Diamond Thoughts.

[Success100]

Originally Posted by nmhusa

Initial impressions.....
Touchflo3D is laggy on the Sprint Diamond out of the box. My Mogul running nuerom3pre2 is faster with Touchflo2D and looks quite a bit better (other than screen res).

The lack of buttons is a dissapointment for WM6.1 as I am used to having Zapit assigned to my comm button on the Mogul to kill apps rather than pecking at the mini X in the right corner of the screen.

Onscreen Keyboard is about as responsive as PocketCM Keyboard on the Mogul.....hmmmm

The lack of accelerometer functionality in WM6 is another dissapointment. Only works in Opera and the little ball game.

The Red color is not bad, as it the feel of the back... better than what I would imagine the fingerprint magnet on the GSM version is like.

I would rate 4/5 for size, weight, looks. 2/5 for operation (compared to Mogul). 1/5 for buttons. 2/5 for screen size, 5/5 for screen res, 0/5 for operationality (everything stays open until you click the mini X button to close them one by one, causing the laggy phone to lag further).

This will need extensive ROM work to improve speed and responsiveness. The VGA screen is nice but really not enough to justify the purchase price.

I want my Mogul back with a MicroSD card, Rom updates and hope for a better device... oh yeah I have that already... the Touch HD. And I still have my Mogul... so I guess its goodbye Diamond.

in gonna have to royally disagree with u. i love this thing. the screen is crazy. mine doesnt lag at all, i would like the pro for the keyboard, but i love the size of this. this phone is def a winner. I just want a flash, then ill be completely happy

[simondadiamond]

Originally Posted by Exil3d

Ok.. just got it and LOVE the VGA screen! Soo sharp! I have one issue soo far... the sound quality is not as good as the Touch. Its a bit muffled. Arrgg!! Too bad!!!!!

I zoomed past the 6 pages, and didint see this mentionned...
The frequency range seems to drop "dramatically" on the loudest setting, try lowering the sound by 1 notch... I find it adds a lot of oumph

[eman]

Originally Posted by nmhusa

(everything stays open until you click the mini X button to close them one by one, causing the laggy phone to lag further).

Go into the settings of this and you have the option to set the x button to close the program instead of minimize it.....

[Exil3d]

Ok, its been 24 hours with the Diamond and I took it for a good test drive to the mall yesterday. Here are my 24 hour thoughts.Btw.. yesterdays trip to the mall, I charged it 100% and I used it at the food court for almost 5 hours non stop web, email, app usage. SO not bad at all! I bet the auto dimmer halps control battery drainage.


Overall I am very satisfied with it.

Pros:
Beautiful bright VGA screen. The resolution really makes the difference. No limit to the angle unlike my Touch.

Very responsive Toflo3d and hides winmo pretty good. I like the colors Sprint gave it.

Small and easy on the pockets.

Camera is the best I have encountered on a Sprint Phone. Autofocus is great!

Screen brightness sensor is very good. Keeps the battery charged.

Sound quality on the earpiece is SUPER. Better than the Touch.

Headphones are really loud and impressively crisp! Even on youtube videos!

G-sensors do a good job on turning to portrait and landscape.

Opera on it is actually pretty good. I can actually read the text when its zoomed out! Due to the resolution of the VGA screen.

The center button is actually a capacitive button. Very nice! And the glow is very cool

Side volume control is actually buttons and not a slider. I like it since my Touch had a sticky slidder button.

Gps works flawlessly. I get locks within 15 seconds.

Picture mail works flawlessly.



CONS:
I dont like the feeling of the derection pad. Left and right are ok but pushing up and down is weirnd and not solid feeling. Specially UP.

Center button only has one color LED. White. I wish there was a green and blue and yellow and red. Like the Touch.

The thickness of the device is a bit thick. I was expecting it to be thinner or equally thin to the Touch.

Loud speaker SUCKS royally. No high frequancy range. So the sound comes out a bit muffled.

Burgandy back cover is girly. I like it black better. And it does not have the rubber paing the Touch did. So its a bit slippery.

Running alot of app and not closing them will lead to a sluggish Touchflo3d.

The auto focus is a bit slow and loud. But acceptable since the picture come out GREAT!

Touch keyboard has a delay. T9.

The device get a bit hot after alot of usage.

If not carefull and you leave alot of aaps opened in the background. G sensors react slow to Opera landscape and portrait switching.





I am sure I can think of more on pros and cons but this is what I have experience in the 24 hours of usage. I must say I like it alot and consider this to be a giant upgrade compared to my Touch.But the main factors that convince me of a good buy is the vGA screen and Auto focus camera and I really like the screen brightness sensor. But honestly.... since its a bit thinker than my Touch, then I dont see why I would not go for the PRO. I really need the Keyboard so I will not be keeping this. Unless I fall in love with it more for the next 28 days!

[Success100]

my thoghts exactly. battery life havent been so hot for me, but then again, its hard for me to put it down. i like all the little features that most dont care about...like the little vibrate when calls connect. I really like how i can play all my music directly from the music store tab, and still choose repeat once or all, and avrcp functions work with my s9 in every application. It can get sluggish at time, but its not very often and its managable. I think if the pro launches in 30 days I might go for it...i love having a real keyboard. I miss the native im clients and facebook client from my blackberry, and push email w/o murering the battery, but I have no regrets of coming back to WM for the diamond. but hey, overall, it was WELL worth the wait. HTC did an excellent job on this little device, and some dont like all the "sprintifications" but personally I like them. All the sprint branding and coloring dont bother me at all. All in all, this is the best WM device ive ever owned, and ive owned and pounded just about every one of them.

[bodyhammer2000]

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X

i have skyfire. it dont work worth a sh*t on vga screens sorry boys.

you mentioned that skyfire doesn't work on the diamond.. im not a big fan of the opera software and i was really looking forward to skyfire on the diamond! is it really that bad or doesn't work at all?

[Success100]

Originally Posted by bodyhammer2000

you mentioned that skyfire doesn't work on the diamond.. im not a big fan of the opera software and i was really looking forward to skyfire on the diamond! is it really that bad or doesn't work at all?

9.5 on the diamond kicks azz!!

[Exil3d]

Originally Posted by Success100

my thoghts exactly. battery life havent been so hot for me, but then again, its hard for me to put it down. i like all the little features that most dont care about...like the little vibrate when calls connect. I really like how i can play all my music directly from the music store tab, and still choose repeat once or all, and avrcp functions work with my s9 in every application. It can get sluggish at time, but its not very often and its managable. I think if the pro launches in 30 days I might go for it...i love having a real keyboard. I miss the native im clients and facebook client from my blackberry, and push email w/o murering the battery, but I have no regrets of coming back to WM for the diamond. but hey, overall, it was WELL worth the wait. HTC did an excellent job on this little device, and some dont like all the "sprintifications" but personally I like them. All the sprint branding and coloring dont bother me at all. All in all, this is the best WM device ive ever owned, and ive owned and pounded just about every one of them.

100% agree. Best HTC device yet.

Originally Posted by bodyhammer2000

you mentioned that skyfire doesn't work on the diamond.. im not a big fan of the opera software and i was really looking forward to skyfire on the diamond! is it really that bad or doesn't work at all?

Skyfire is nice but Opera is still better. Plus if you want to see youtube vids then use the youtube app that comes with the Diamond. Its actually pretty damm good.

Originally Posted by Success100

9.5 on the diamond kicks azz!!

I am in a dilema. I love this thing.... but I want to give the Pro a shot. I think I would have kept this Diamond 100% for sure. bt when I realized that its a bit thinker than the Touch, that makes me wanna try the PRO. How much thicker can the pro be? Ohh.. one more thing I forgot to mention. WIFI baby!

[bodyhammer2000]

Originally Posted by Success100

9.5 on the diamond kicks azz!!

well i ordered the diamond 2 days ago for 200 after MIR. I will give opera a shot. The only thing that bothers me is the fact that i heard that Opera doesn't work well with flash, unlike Skyfire that does an amazing job with flash content. What do you think?

[eman]

Originally Posted by Success100

9.5 on the diamond kicks azz!!

I have been extremely impressed with the speed of Opera Mobile on this Device. I was never a big fan of it on my Touch and always prefered Opera Mini to it but, on the Diamond it seems to be almost as fast as mini with alot more features.....