[PearlWhiteGT]

What are your thoughts on the new HTC Diamond phone?

HTC – Touch Phone, PDA Phone, Smartphone, Mobile Computer: Products – HTC Touch Diamond: Overview

[ImpactStang]

ive been meaning to look into this one, i heard about it a long time ago and keep hearing some hype about it. i also heard it will not be supported fluently in the US yet because it only used the frequencys in europe/asia...so you would have to rely on the very few towers that may support its signal

[PearlWhiteGT]

I didn't know that, thanks!

[Wiked]

Yea, i looked at the site earlier and it said it used only European signals.

[PearlWhiteGT]

So how is Sprint going to carry it if it only uses European signals?

[Wiked]

They might have to make a diff version.

[Wiked]

Network HSDPA/WCDMA:

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Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
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Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

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Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

From the web site

[ImpactStang]

Originally Posted by PearlWhiteGT

So how is Sprint going to carry it if it only uses European signals?

cuz there are technically towers here that will support the signal, but only certain cities are really gonna be covered well. SA is not one of those cities, i speak from experience as Sony Ericcson makes a few like that, they do work here but people always complain of dropped calls and low bars all day every day. they are great world phones if that is what people are buying them for, but not always great for homeland use. now maybe they will make another version yeah, but that would be the only hope of it working 100% here