The saying “the grass is greener on the other side” is probably the most true with this new information leak about the releases on the Touch Diamond and Pro. As these two phones make their way state side, they lose a lot of the luster they had, at least in the case of Verizon. Furthermore, the releases for Sprint have been pushed back to early September, while Verizon will make their releases in early October.
For Sprint:
The Touch Diamond will stay the same as the original HTC specs and will be branded as the HTC Victor.
The Touch Pro will lose the 4GB internal storage, but will have an increase to 512MB of ROM storage space. It will be branded as the HTC Herman. Weird names, aren’t they?
For Verizon:
The Touch Diamond loses its 4GB internal storage will come with a microSD slot instead, sporting 512MB of ROM. The processor for it has been underclocked to 400MHz instead of the 528MHz of the regular Touch Diamond. Not only that, it also loses the accelerometer! The one thing it does gain is a stainless steel frame instead of the aluminum, but this will drive the price up. It will be branded as the HTC Victor.
The Touch Pro also loses the 4GB internal storage for the 512MB ROM space and similar features to the Touch Diamond are lost (g-sensor, processor, etc.). It will be branded as the HTC Raphael.
On a last note, both phones on both carriers come equipped with a decent 1340mAh battery. However, that’s a small comfort for the features lost.
You can look at the side-by-side comparison of the Sprint and Verizon Touch Diamond features here and the Touch Pro here.
Via IntoMobile
August 7th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I would guess there would be an overclocking hack shortly after it’s released, if not before. But the loss of the accelerometers is just dumb!