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Published on: 01 July, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

A user on the PPCGeeks forums has posted what appear to be the first pictures of the CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond. That this is coming to Sprint is no surprise, in fact we've known about it since April, but it's always good to see some evidence to back up the rumors. From the blurry pictures we can see the TouchFLO 3D interface we loved so much on the GSM version, though it appears that there have been some Sprint customizations. So far we don't know anything about specs, but from what we've heard before it should be similar to its GSM counterpart. The user is also reporting that the Diamond would launch before the Touch Pro, even though it hasn't hit the FCC yet. Since the GSM Diamond launched first that would make sense, and indeed the Pro's FCC filing we saw yesterday requested confidentiality until October 19th, but we'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 04:03:14 PM

wow how nice.

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 04:11:42 PM

I hate to say this but I'm glad that Sprint is getting nicer phones.

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 06:09:39 PM

Yeah finally...

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anonymous @ 09 July, 2008 06:13:35 PM

Fer shizzle, my nizzle!

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 05:34:40 PM

This is coming to Sprint 1st, yippie

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 05:36:19 PM

Awwwwww, no front facing camera (covered by Sprint logo).
On the other hand, very excited - pictures means coming soon!

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NotInEuropeorJapan @ 03 July, 2008 08:28:06 AM

Hmmm... In the United States, no carrier supports a complete video calling service. In AT&T you can send videos as messages..... But, besides an obsession with yourself that pushes you to take portrait pictures of you while you look at yourself on the screen at the same time while you take to picture to later put it on the phone as a wallpaper and look at yourself every time you open the phone, the back camera does a good job to "capture" those moments of life that can't wait to be remember.

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 05:49:36 PM

thats not the HTC diamond !!!

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YesItIs @ 03 July, 2008 08:22:36 AM

Yes it is... The Shadow has a different button design and "D-Pad".... and Yes it is!

P.S.: Yes it is

P.S.2: Yes it is, but don't tell nobody - specially only... shhh ... it is a secrete!

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blahblah poo @ 01 July, 2008 06:01:35 PM

num 5 it is the htc diamon

num 4 ther is a front camera

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anonymous @ 02 July, 2008 07:42:43 AM

What front-facing camera in a CDMA phone ? (No video calling)

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rahiml786 @ 01 July, 2008 06:02:49 PM

it kind of looks like the htc shadow from tmobile?

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 10:26:57 PM

Yeah you're right. Looks like a sprint version of the shadow. This is not the diamond. The rounded top and bottom and the lack of a front facing camera give it away.

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 06:36:04 PM

blahblah, the Sprint logo is clearly right on top of where the camera is on the GSM version. American versions never have front-facing cameras.

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anonymous @ 01 July, 2008 10:14:49 PM

and who cares? its a phone!

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anonymous @ 02 July, 2008 01:51:27 PM

video calling, fool

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anonymous @ 02 July, 2008 02:52:32 PM

Who are you going to video call with if only one US phone has the feature? I guess you can buy two of them and video call with your self. Sounds like a nice feature but in the real world it would be more of a hassle. Eveywhere you go you will look like a fool holding your phone out in front of you, not to mention tring to drive. Didn't they already try video calling on landlines like 10 years ago? Boy did that ever take off!! The only situation where I see any use for the feature would be business confernce calls.

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thechosen1ji @ 01 July, 2008 07:10:38 PM

good things come to those who wait!! i am going to be a proud sprint customer this yr thanks to the phone selection

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ENVi @ 01 July, 2008 07:16:47 PM

CDMA doesn't do data and voice at the same time, so I can see why this doesn't have a front facing camera. The reason GSM carrier like ATT can do front facing camera is because it contains two seperate chip, one for voice (GSM) and one for data (3G, UMTS, etc). Combine the two, you get video phone, or surf the web and talk at the same time. Something lacking in the CDMA carrier.

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ldrn @ 01 July, 2008 07:55:52 PM

Actually, CDMA does the same with 3g. If you are using 2g data, you can't do both. If you are using 3g, you can.

However, in the Sprint phone I use, they use a "feature" that disables voice while on data and vice versa; you can disable it with a settings hack and do data alongside voice just fine.

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wasubo @ 01 July, 2008 10:12:13 PM

no 3g phone on a cdma carrier can have voice and data because evdo is incompatible...all cdma carriers would have to upgrade their towers to ev-dv

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jethro_static @ 01 July, 2008 10:39:14 PM

@envi and what phone can do video calls? even U have voice and data at the same time, Ur phone does not have the capabilities.

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neogeek @ 02 July, 2008 09:07:14 PM

"On the Sprint phone that [you] use" which shall go nameless, I suppose. Well , , , that's still good news to me!
So, on the new Palm Treo 800w - coming soon, to stores, and me - some sort of hack would "do the trick?" Right? Uhh, 'sure would like to know how t' do dat. ;) tnx.

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