Now that the Diamond is out on Sprint, I thought it might be worthwhile to start a thread discussing the Diamond coming to Verizon all in a dedicated thread.
I take it with the Sprint/Verizon comparison sheet that was released not too long ago there is some debate on whether or not the Verizon Diamond is actually going to be crippled since that did look like a Sprint marketing document, or if it actually is going to be....well of course..since it is Verizon and [sarcasm]of course Verizon never cripples phones[/sarcasm]
It should be interesting to see if any more news or rumors are released as it gets closer to the release date. Not to mention news or rumors on the release date and pricing itself.
Well what I've read on engaget (or whatever it is) is that the Verizon version will have a slower Processor and half the RAM of the Sprint version but it will have an SD slot instead of the built-in 4 Gig. Softeare-wise I dunno what will be locked down, torn out or crippled. Oh yeah, they said the G-sensor would be omitted. (Knew there HAD to be something ) I'm waiting for the Pro anyway. Or maybe the Palm Treo Pro as I've also read Verizon dumped the Palm 800w intro and is going the Treo Pro route instead.
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According to the rumors it appears there will be a white HTC Diamond as pictured below:
I wonder if this possibly could be the Verizon version? I know they made the XV6900 white, so maybe there is a possible theme Verizon is going to try and keep going?
Based off these photos though it doesn't quite seem to be Verizon's version because I gather the Verizon version will have the curved edges and the extended battery (the whole device being thicker as well) just like the Sprint Diamond.
Who knows? Meh, thought I would post it up anyway.
EDIT: Now I just thought of something, what if that isn't a rendering of white, but stainless steel?
We already heard in the rumors that Verizon's casing will be stainless steel. Who knows, maybe they are going for a Samsung I900 Omnia kind of look? If the Verizon version looks like pictured above with brushed stainless steel, that IMO is much more of a lovable look than Sprint's maroon color.
That phone with a stainless steel brushed body would be beautiful. Shame Verizon will most likely cripple the phone. I can live with them taking out the motion sensor or the GPS (which they seem to kill in every PDA phone). But I guess on the up side, there will be expandable memory. I don't know what I'd do with 8GB of storage, but it would be nice to have that option. Either way, I'm just hoping the phone makes it to Verizon before I get a new phone in late December.
Also I question if that image is the Verizon design (or at least the final Verizon design) since it doesn't seem to have "Verizon" written anywhere on it.
That phone with a stainless steel brushed body would be beautiful. Shame Verizon will most likely cripple the phone. I can live with them taking out the motion sensor or the GPS (which they seem to kill in every PDA phone). But I guess on the up side, there will be expandable memory. I don't know what I'd do with 8GB of storage, but it would be nice to have that option. Either way, I'm just hoping the phone makes it to Verizon before I get a new phone in late December.
That would be a damned shame if they axed the GPS, that is one of the things I really want in my next phone. And by that I mean it, GPS, not that VZnavigator. The expandable memory is nice. Also being able to pop the SD card out and use it for other things or just stick it in my laptop to throw some stuff on it/take stuff off on the fly if I don't have a usb cable.
The motion sensor is no biggie though, if they get rid of that I probably wont care too much, it is kinda a cool feature I must admit, but not really of much use to me.
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Also I question if that image is the Verizon design (or at least the final Verizon design) since it doesn't seem to have "Verizon" written anywhere on it.
Well, it was posted as a "white version of the diamond." It is my own speculation that the Verizon diamond will be white (as the Verizon touch aka xv6900 is), or stainless steel (as the leaked sprint document stated). This image could be either, it is tough to say whether that is white or stainless steel.
Also I doubt the Verizon diamond will look exactly like this. Of course we don't know anything for certain on the Verizon diamond, but we can be fairly sure that it will be similar to sprint version, meaning it will have the thicker casing and battery (notice how thin the photo is, this looks like the original unlocked version), and probably the rounded edges and whatnot of the sprint version.
It makes sense too, I am sure they will try to retain as many parts as possible. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the Verizon Diamond's appearance is EXACTLY like the sprint one, with the exception of having an unpainted stainless steel battery cover/rear case.
I don't know if that is just a database of rumors or if that is confirmed, but from the looks of it, the Verizon version will only be 400mhz. And from the photo, it looks just like the sprint version with the soft rounded edges and the extra thickness due to the 1340mah battery (also found in the specs), except it has a black cover.
Could this photo just be speculation? If Verizon really was putting a stainless steel casing on it, you would think it would be unpainted and brushed or polished or something of the sort because if they were going to paint it black like in the photo in the link above, might as well just use plastic IMO.
EDIT: Bummer! According to the datasheet the Verizon version will not be getting FM radio? Did Sprint cripple this as well?
According to that link above, that would give the Verizon version a SD/MicroSD card slot. Hm....I'd rather have a faster cpu and live with the onboard 4gb of memory, but that's just my opinion.
Agreed. I would rather have the faster CPU, the FM radio, and the SD card slot.
Hell wouldn't it be nice for them to not cripple it at all? BWHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH......ahahaahhahahahahahah.....yea, like Verizon would ever do that. HAHAHAHAHAHAH
As much as I love my durable i730 brick, I still can't wait for Verizon to get the diamond, even though it will probably be gimped in some way.
Uhhh... I don't know if you guys noticed but it looks like the Camera might be crippled too... LOL! Freaking Verizon taking 0.1 MegaPixels away from us!
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Ok, again, just speculation, but I have a feeling this might be the Verizon one with a stainless steel backing:
Or at least similar to what the Verizon version will look like.
Oh by the way HI GUYS! I'm new to this forum and I look forward to discussing all the rumors about the Verizon Touch Pro until it comes out. I can't wait for this phone. The screen on my phone has been broken for like 6 months now. I was first waiting for the i760, but I didn't like it and then the Touch. As soon as that came out the Diamond & Diamond Pro were announced... Verizon is sooooo slow. I'm hoping this phone will be out by the end of the year it'll kinda still be exciting.
I just stopped and started to wonder why I put myself through this with Verizon and their idiotic crippling.
I had the 6700 with Verizon and have since left to go AT&T with the iPhone. In my area, the coverage with AT&T is great, so it wasn't too hard a decision to make. With that said, I feel free now. Don't have to worry about hacking my phone to get more battery life, or make it do what it should have done in the first place. Granted, the iPhone is missing some functionality I'd like to have, but I believe it will come in time.
I saw the reports about the Diamond right after I bought the iPhone and it seemed like HTC was finally getting the picture. For the life of me, I just don't understand why WM devices are so limited in the memory they come with. For a few seconds I wondered if I should have waited for the Diamond to come out, but then remembered how long it took for the 6800 to be released from Verizon.
I wish you guys luck on not only getting the Diamond (and or Pro) released quickly from Verizon and they don't cripple the crap out of it.
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Uhhh... I don't know if you guys noticed but it looks like the Camera might be crippled too... LOL! Freaking Verizon taking 0.1 MegaPixels away from us!
No, the crippled camera slipped right by me, I guess I was too overwhelmed by all the other omissions LOL. 0.1 MP huh...man that should have just totally knocked my eye out.
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