Sprint's Diamond gets pictured
0. phoneArena posted on 01 Jul 2008, 14:27
The first images of the forthcoming CDMA HTC Diamond have surfaced...
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2. (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 16:11 0 0
I hate to say this but I'm glad that Sprint is getting nicer phones.
4. (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 17:36 0 0
Awwwwww, no front facing camera (covered by Sprint logo). On the other hand, very excited - pictures means coming soon!
31. NotInEuropeorJapan (unregistered) posted on 03 Jul 2008, 08:28 0 0
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.
30. YesItIs (unregistered) posted on 03 Jul 2008, 08:22 0 0
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!
6. blahblah poo (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 18:01 0 0
num 5 it is the htc diamon num 4 ther is a front camera
19. (unregistered) posted on 02 Jul 2008, 07:42 0 0
What front-facing camera in a CDMA phone ? (No video calling)
7. rahiml786 (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 18:02 0 0
it kind of looks like the htc shadow from tmobile?
15. (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 22:26 0 0
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.
9. (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 18:36 0 0
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.
23. (unregistered) posted on 02 Jul 2008, 14:52 0 0
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.
10. thechosen1ji (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 19:10 0 0
good things come to those who wait!! i am going to be a proud sprint customer this yr thanks to the phone selection
11. ENVi (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 19:16 0 0
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.
12. ldrn (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2008, 19:55 0 0
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.
