With the first release date leaked by Expansys UK early last month, we knew that the Touch Diamond2 availability date will be around April 17th and will be priced at 488 USD before tax or 561 USD after tax. HTC has confirmed that it will start selling the windows phone next week from April 22nd in Taiwan and to be priced at around 650 USD. Its pricing would be different depends on your region, and the Touch Diamond2 should be available in many countries by end of this month.


The Touch Diamond2 incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a 5 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, light sensor and a new touch sensitive zoom bar for faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents. Compare to first generation of the Touch Diamond, the battery capacity is increased to 1100 mAh from 900 mAh to improve the battery life.

HTC Touch Diamond2 specifications:

* Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
* Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Memory: 512 MB ROM / 288 MB RAM
* Dimensions: 107.85 x 53.1 x 13.7 mm
* Weight: 117.5 grams (4.15 ounces) with battery
* Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
* Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
o Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
o Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
o Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Device Control TouchFLO 3D
* Zoom bar
* Internal GPS antenna
* Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
* Wi-Fi
* HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
* Camera Main camera: 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus
* Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
* Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
* Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
* Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
* Capacity: 1100 mAh
* Talk time:
* Up to 300 minutes for WCDMA
* Up to 340 minutes for GSM
* Standby time:
* Up to 500 hours for WCDMA
* Up to 360 hours for GSM
* Video call time: Up to 150 minutes
* Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

Labels: HTC, HTC Touch Diamond2

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