HTC Touch Diamond vs. Samsung i900 Omnia: Head-to-Head
It’s PocketPC playoffs and HTC are giving Samsung a match at the GSM Arena. With two of the stars of the season arriving in our office all at once, we thought it’s a heck of an opportunity for some Diamond-Omnia-Diamond-Omnia-Diamond-Omnia game-set-match. We got two aces up to the challenge, so sit back and stretch out. Ah well, get that six-pack too and join us for the kick-off...
- jacka$$1
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> In reply to Shou Ji @ 2008-07-03 18:03 from M@TiI'm dying to know if the Omnia supports triband 3G. Please let us know and kindly leave a comment here and the thread I've started over at Howard Forums: http://www.howardforums.com/sh...hp?t=1391905
Thanks!
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- 2008-07-04 02:23
- 4Hm1
- jacka$$1
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> In reply to bushido_427 @ 2008-07-03 20:52 from RdrYI know of someone getting the Omnia i900 this coming Monday that will answer whether or not the phone will support Triband 3G (850/1900/2100). Click on over to Howard Forums: http://www.howardforums.com/sh...hp?t=1391905
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- 2008-07-04 02:21
- 4Hm1
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-07-03 19:57 from jJeeApparently you, too, are bias. I think the Diamond is too small because it is for a smartphone. If it were some other phones, I would have said it was nicely packed.
Being a person who has used cell phones of almost every kind for the past 15 or more years, I can safely tell you that more buttons does nothing, unless you can make them work efficiently.
I think the buttons on the HTC Diamond should have been rid of to make space for more screen.
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- 2008-07-04 00:11
- TIE7
- brynn
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I have not read any comments yet and just studied the facts from gsm arena and its the touch diamond for me,,,so my next versus competition is between this and xperia altho the touch pro is even better than diamond with qwerty and better battery and more memory/card slot...So perhaps next shootout is xperia v htc pro...I am happy tho that htc have finally activated the graphics chip..Now i am going to read comments to see what you lot have said and voted for..
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- 2008-07-03 23:49
- nGi@
- Tom Cruz
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The Samsung i900 Omnia sounds really nice. How much does it cost? & when does it come out? Does anyone know? Thanks!
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- 2008-07-03 21:53
- UFIC
- bushido_427
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-07-03 18:05 from 0BiVHi, can anyone please confirm if the phone supports 3G UMTS/HSDPA 850? Thanks.
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- 2008-07-03 20:52
- RdrY
- Anonymous
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> In reply to darkmax @ 2008-07-03 17:03 from TIE7I think it is you who is siding with the Omnia. Can you imagine if the reviewer would focus his/her review on hand sizes? LOL. Well what if I say that the reviewer also failed to emphasize that the Omnia is too big for people with small hands? LOL. A 2.8 display is a good size for a COMPACT smartphone, and it's still bigger than most smartphones like Blackberry and Treo, so why is that a big deal? It's not like all the phones out there have 3 inch displays that the Diamond's 2.8 becomes a big issue.
Those two keys are handy. I know, because I have the Diamond and I use those keys quite often.
Sorry if the reviewer was being too general and did not consider your personal needs and wants.
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- 2008-07-03 19:57
- jJee
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Paul @ 2008-07-03 18:02 from MAETThe hyperlinks in the last paragraph of the 8th page are leading to the videos from both cameras. Unfortunately, neither of them is impressive.
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- 2008-07-03 18:05
- 0BiV
- Shou Ji
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> In reply to Acid @ 2008-07-03 16:34 from UD8UI got Omnia last week from Singapore. Samsung Omnia box comes with :
- Battery & Charger
- Leather Pouch
- 2 Stylus (u can placed it in leather pouch)
- PC Sync cable
- CD installer
- 2Gb Sandisk MicroSD
- 3.5mm audio adapter
- Seinnheisser headset (u can plug in to 3.5mm adapter)
- TV-Out cable
- GPS bundling
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- 2008-07-03 18:03
- M@Ti
- Paul
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Great review, but can you please post a couple of sample videos,you have posted sample pictures, but not videos????, is this because it is no good????. Thanks
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- 2008-07-03 18:02
- MAET
- darkmax
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Sorry to have to make my first post here this way, but the reviewer is obviously siding with the HTC Diamond. There has been several mistake and over emphasis of the Omnia's weaknesses while those of the Diamond is brought down to a passing remark.
For one, the Diamond is a tat too small for most males' hands. The Display is seriously small and that hampers the hi-res on the screen to a fault.
The additional 2 buttons are really unnecessary on the Diamond unless one actually likes the idea of physically pressing on fixed keys.
Anyway, I should not undermine the reviewer's authority here. All I have to say is that the reviewer is either a girl or a man with small hands.
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- 2008-07-03 17:03
- TIE7
- Acid
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Does Omnia has a streo 3.5mm headphone jack?
Can any body ans me?
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- 2008-07-03 16:34
- UD8U
- Anonymous
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Thanks for a GREAT review on 2 great phones. Your review shows the Omnia is far better for my personal needs. (would xperia X1 also be a contender?)
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- 2008-07-03 15:57
- nJ62
- Bishop
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Amazing review !!
I was just wondering which phone i have to choose ... Now, i pretty sure i will go for the diamond !!!
Many thanks ...
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- 2008-07-03 15:51
- nAHg
- nicolasiac
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I think Omnia is far better.
When you are buing a pocket pc phone the first things that you look are memory, cpu and size of display. (functionality seem to be the same)
Video playback or how good the photos are come second.
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- 2008-07-03 14:38
- SXp$
- Firstime
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This is very nice review
Cover pretty much everything this phone capable of,
However, i wish if possible, to see the Video out function of OAmnia, and avaliable memory (RAM) when start PPC, and to install third party programs on both phone to check compatability.
anyway this review is already cool!
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- 2008-07-03 11:40
- inL$
- JM
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This is why I love gsmarena so much .
first getting the best gadgets in the world and making it somehow even better with such head to head reviews .
i have been considering both these phones and whats better than this review !!
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- 2008-07-03 10:51
- vGeg
- dimok
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I have the Diamond for a week now… Biggest problem for me is the battery, and believe me it is a big problem.
I’m in UK, and I want to use Diamond on 3(three) network. 3 doesn’t have a 2G (as far as I’m aware) ant the 3G antenna drains out the battery fast. I didn’t manage to use(medium usage) the phone for a hole day and I don’t mean 24h. I take it out about 7AM and somewhere around 5PM it is dead :(.
No card slot, smaller camera, really rubbish battery, smaller screen… and I would still prefer it over the omnia.
This phone is just superb!
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- 2008-07-03 09:57
- mXb5
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