It’s been a month since HTC unveiled the HTC Touch Diamond2 and nearly a year since they introduced the original Touch Diamond, but that doesn’t seem to phase Verizon Wireless one bit. The largest service provider in the U.S. is finally shipping their version of the HTC Touch Diamond. If you’re thinking that Verizon is simply putting out a "me too" phone, think again. Sprint has had the HTC Touch Diamond in their show rooms since last fall, but I guess Verizon’s plan was tweak the features a bit and then charge a little more. Verizon has chosen to downgrade the processor and swap out the 4GB of internal memory that most versions of the HTC Touch Diamond have and replace it with a MicroSDHC card slot. We’re assuming that the processor downgrade will give you a little more battery life, but I don’t see how they expect to sell the phone for 299.99 with a new two year contract (a whole $100 more than Sprint) without the 4GB of memory. Verison’s HTC Touch Diamond still features the crisp 2.76-inch touch screen and the TouchFLO 3D UI all housed in a 102mm x 51mm x 11.35mm brushed-metal package.
We’re not saying that this phone is not good. It’s just too little too late from Verizon (the same as they did with the original HTC Touch about one year ago). HTC is expected to ship their new HTC Touch Diamond2 any day now. Why couldn’t Verizon just wait a few weeks and give their customers a NEW HTC phone rather than one that’s about to be discontinued?
