Just Returned my Diamond....

[Tiberius85]

I love my Diamond, but i dont use the browser anymore (as much as I can help it) because it heats up the phone and drains the battery like nuts. It drops 10 to 20% after only 15-20 minutes of light browsing. Something just isnt right here. My Mogul never heated up like this so quickly, and using the bluetooth radio or ANY radio didnt drain the battery the way this thing does.

[tobeychris]

The Pro has a faster processor?

[chappy]

Originally Posted by tobeychris

The Pro has a faster processor?

No, it doesn't.

[boe]

While I'm not going to bother to return my Diamond I would consider the following reasons to return it -

BAD battery life vs. my HTC Touch

BAD BT vs my HTC Touch - same headset I've used with the touch, mogul and my HTC PDA phone before it. Static on my Diamond.

I can live with the other issues with the Diamond but those two are pretty serious.

[groovdafied]

Originally Posted by chappy

No, it doesn't.

i was going to say the same thing, plus the comment bout low memory? 4 Gigs is not endless storage, but is quite a bit of memory. I don't know, I respect the TC's opinions, but to me it sounds like he/she doesn't know much about the diamond if he/she feels that it's not much of an upgrade between the diamond and basic Touch.

It's almost saying that my paper bag has better reception then my mogul phone.

[Success100]

Originally Posted by groovdafied

i was going to say the same thing, plus the comment bout low memory? 4 Gigs is not endless storage, but is quite a bit of memory. I don't know, I respect the TC's opinions, but to me it sounds like he/she doesn't know much about the diamond if he/she feels that it's not much of an upgrade between the diamond and basic Touch.

It's almost saying that my paper bag has better reception then my mogul phone.

i agree completely. The diamond is everything the touch was plus steroids and growth hormones. Ive used both, currently using the diamond, and its worth the upgrade just for VGA

[highwayman1224]

Hmmm, tell me more about the touch pros "faster" processor. LOL

[hibby50]

guys lets keep it down to a dull roar (seriously someones gonna end up flaming)

[gsvnet]

magnetic stylus??? Are you serious? WTFC?

Yes, I'm serious. I like this feature. The touch nor mogul have it. Have a problem with that?

[kingabraham3]

i agree with the first post. when you get past the "superficial" (a.k.a cool but useless) features of the phone, its barely (if at all) an improvement.

Touch Vs. Diamond

Battery: Touch by a far, perhaps double as good.
Heating Up: Touch, once again, by far.
Ruggedness: My Touch has been through hell, yet after more than a year, it is still in great shape. My Diamond already has noticeable scratches on the sides.
Sound Quality: The Touch was pretty bad, but the Diamond is far worse.
Buttons: The Diamond's d-pad is so hard to use, its pathetic.
Size: the diamond is smaller, but the touch is actually a bit thinner.
Screen: the diamonds vga screen is awesome, but its is very unsensitive around the edges.


Taking Away the superficial:
Magnetic stylus: cool, but I've never, not once, lost my stylus on my touch.
G-sensor: makes me want to cry compared to the iPhone. barely works, and takes way too long.
TouchFlo: Admittedly, VERY COOL, but not nearly as useful as it is cool
Wifi: never used it (well once to test it, but no more.)

The diamond does have a better camera, but i barely (almost never) use it anyway.

while i didn't cover it all, point is, when compared to the touch, the diamond isn't all that revolutionary, and in many ways a step back. While i am no fan of Apple or its products, one should give them credit: their new products are always across the board improvements on the older ones. In a year and a half of technological advances since the Touch, the Diamond is actually a disappointment. Its better, but by an embarrassingly small margin.

and yes, I will be returning my Diamond.