Who's staying with their Diamond?

ai4281 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 03:52 PM

So, Diamond2 and Pro2 are out... and there are whole bunch of new devices such as the iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre, HTC Hero, and other new devices that are available now.

But who is staying with their Diamond for another year?

I've looked at most of the new devices (including the Pro2), and I've decided to stay another year with my Diamond. It still feels very snappy, and it has more functionality than most of the devices out today thanks to new ROMs that are getting pushed out constantly.

What do you guys think?

ArtQ · #2 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 04:08 PM

I will stay with my Diamond for some time now, but I regret I didn't wait so I could save money for the Touch Pro.

hasseye · #3 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 04:31 PM

im staying with my diamond as well until a new phone really blows me away. I figure as of right now the VGA devices are still constantly pushing out new roms and programs, not really worth it to change over because these are sitll getting support. I know some of the new phones out are still going to be running wm6.1, definatly not worth upgrading for another 6.1. When WM7 comes out that's when ill upgrade because most likely it will be extremely hard with a lack of functionality when trying port 7 over to our devices. Pointless to try and upgrade a phone just to get wm6.5, we already have that.

**gullzway** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 04:38 PM

I'm staying. Loving my Diamond. By the time it breaks down, they'll probably be replacing it with a newer model. I do love that Sprint T.E.P.

**mswlogo** · #5 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by gullzway

I'm staying. Loving my Diamond. By the time it breaks down, they'll probably be replacing it with a newer model. I do love that Sprint T.E.P.

I recently dumped mine. With $100.00 deductable plus $8/mo and fairly cheap prices on ebay I'll take my chances. I'll probably sign up on the first year from now on but after that replacing them is not that expensive.

**gullzway** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-09-2009, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by mswlogo

I recently dumped mine. With $100.00 deductable plus $8/mo and fairly cheap prices on ebay I'll take my chances. I'll probably sign up on the first year from now on but after that replacing them is not that expensive.

I pay $7/month. There is no deductable when you take your phone to a Sprint Repair Store. They will repair, or in the 5 or 6 times I've been in, replace your phone with a new one for no charge!

**mswlogo** · #7 (**permalink**) 08-09-2009, 09:34 AM

Free swap after year, doubt that is official policy. You can get lucky. Never had much luck in sprint stores for anything.

AngryCPA · #8 (**permalink**) 08-09-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mswlogo

I recently dumped mine. With $100.00 deductable plus $8/mo and fairly cheap prices on ebay I'll take my chances. I'll probably sign up on the first year from now on but after that replacing them is not that expensive.

Yep, just dumped mine too, the $100 deductible makes it a dealbreaker now.

I really wanted to get the TP2 when it finally came out until I downloaded the Mighty Rom4 for my Diamond. Its the fastest most stable ROM ive ever used and it feels like I have a brand new phone!

The hardware (and software) of some of these new HTC phones coming out isnt really all that much different than the diamond at this point. Sure the big high res screens and 3.5mm jacks are nice, but I really love the size of the diamond, i hate having a brick in my pocket. The diamond would be the perfect if it accepted microSD.

Hail Diamonders!

u217946 · #9 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 05:07 PM

I will stay with my Diamond once I get the HTC TP2. I want to start doing kitchen work, so I will need a phone to start testing on.

wmphoto · #10 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 05:17 PM

Yeah, I think I'm staying untill I see something like the Touch HD here in the US... AKA Whitestone or something very close to it...