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HTC Touch Diamond 2 Reviews Analysis

HTC Touch Diamond 2
alaSCORE 96

324 reviews

November, 2009

80 / 100

109 Experts

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84 / 100

215 Users

What people think about the HTC Touch Diamond 2: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 324 reviews from across the web.

LCD

5

  • once you get past the TouchFLO home screen
  • screen is small
  • Must be myopic to fully enjoy the screen
  • lovely screen
  • appealing-looking TouchFLO home screen
  • high-res screen
  • Great screen
  • Good large screen
 
  • Massive screen
  • Larger screen and greater performance
  • Nice responsive screen
  • Screen
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interface

5

  • dated user interface
  • Unintuitive, dated user interface, once you get past the TouchFLO home screen
  • HTC’s gorgeous TouchFLO 3D interface looks delightful and handles well
  • HTC’s gorgeous TouchFLO 3D interface looks delightful and handles well, but there’s no forgetting that Bill Gates and pals are responsible for 90 percent of what you’ll use the Touch Diamond 2 for
  • Inconsistent interface / Proprietary headphones
  • Comfy and responsive interface
  • The enhanced TouchFlo interface makes navigation easier
  • responsive interface and hi-res touchscreen
  • Fast, responsive interface and hi-res touchscreen
  • sharp display Enhanced TouchFLO interface makes navigation easier HSDPA
  • Fiddly interface
  • Fiddly interface, no d-pad for quick navigation, screen is small
  • Flo3d interface sucks - easily deactivated
  • Fast and visually appealing TouchFLO 3D interface
  • Windows Mobile interface has been pushed into the background
  • Fast and visually appealing TouchFLO 3D interface, Windows Mobile interface has been pushed into the background, responsive touch screen, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 5-megapixel camera
  • Enhanced TouchFLO interface makes navigation easier
  • Fantastic interface
  • TouchFLO interface
  • Interface is much better than standard Windows Mobile
  • Most user-friendly Windows Mobile OS yet
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keyboard

0.5

  • Onscreen keyboard is tiny
  • The onscreen keyboard is a bit cramped and the smartphone lacks a standard headphone jack
  • Onscreen keyboard a bit small
  • Onscreen keyboard a bit small, though smart
  • On-screen keyboard is a bit cramped Lacks a standard headphone jack Call quality could be better
  • responsive soft keyboard
  • great onscreen keyboard
  • On-screen keyboard is a bit cramped
  • On-screen keyboard is a bit cramped, Lacks a standard headphone jack, Call quality could be better
  • Task Manager needs better automation, Onscreen keyboard is tiny
  • Small keyboard
  • no qwerty keypad
  • lack of QWERTY keyboard
  • Virtual keyboard only - slow texting
 
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appearance

0.5

  • Text messages and media files appear and disappear like MP's expense claim forms and some icons are way too small to activate without resorting to nerdish charms of a stylus
 

battery

5

  • Good battery life
  • Sexy design, Excellent TouchFLO 3D enhancements, Good battery life
  • Battery life
  • Battery
  • and you'd better pack your armbands because there’s plenty of depth under its sparkling TouchFLO surface
 
  • The Touch Diamond 2 has a screen big and bright enough to dive into, and you'd better pack your armbands because there’s plenty of depth under its sparkling TouchFLO surface
  • The built-in GPS works decently with Google Maps and battery life (up to five hours with 3G
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portability

5

  • in bright light – though quality nose-dives swiftly in the dark
 

connectivity

4

  • Some connectivity issues
  • No standard 3.5mm audio jack
  • 3G support yet
  • no 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Text input is tedious, no flash on camera, no 3.5mm headphone jack
  • 3G with HSDPA 7.2Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps
  • Wi-Fi and built-in GPS receiver
  • Standard miniUSB slot and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
  • Great audio quality
  • The Windows Mobile smartphone also features Wi-Fi
  • Lacks a standard headphone jack
  • No 3.5mm jack
  • Overly Smooth Body-No Grip, no 3.5mm jack, Fingerprint, No Memory card bundled
  • No US 3G
  • no standard earphone jack
  • The Windows Mobile smartphone also features Wi-Fi, GPS, a 5-megapixel camera, and good general performance
  • Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth
  • Sleek design with a large, sharp display Enhanced TouchFLO interface makes navigation easier HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS 5-megapixel camera Good performance
  • Sleek design with a large, sharp display, Enhanced TouchFLO interface makes navigation easier, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 5-megapixel camera, Good performance
  • Connectivity
  • Good Looks, Good large screen, Touch responsive, TouchFLO Interface, GPS, Wi-Fi, Zoom bar, Powerful, Battery
  • Screen / Two useful cameras / MicroSD expansion / Wi-Fi
  • Combined with Opera and 3G
  • Combined with Opera and 3G, no need for PDA-optimized webs anymore
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design

5

  • Sexy design
  • Sleek design with a large
  • Design
  • Good Looks
  • Small design
 
  • Classy design and well made
  • great looks
  • great looks, stands out from all the other smartphones, good call quality
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maps

5

  • GPS
  • Great calling features put useful info at fingertips
  • CHECK REVIEW FOR RELEASE INFO
 

image quality

2.5

  • Call quality could be better
  • Awesome in-call quality
  • Decent outdoor picture quality
  • Comfy and responsive interface, Awesome in-call quality, Decent outdoor picture quality
  • 3D photo album
  • good call quality
 

flash

0.5

  • No flash
 

lens

5

  • emails and calls from a single contact
  • push internet and contact tabs could be useful
 

video

4

  • Video not so hot
  • Excellent video playback
  • with particularly good colours and detail (and above average video
 

zoom

5

  • Dedicated zoom
  • Zoom bar
  • with the zoom strip along the bottom of the screen proving a neat solution for its very sharp
 

memory

5

  • No Memory card bundled
  • Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 Mhz CPU and 288 MB RAM
  • Dedicated graphics chip (64MB RAM reserved for graphics
 

resolution

0.5

  • display a bit small relative to resolution
  • No US 3G, display a bit small relative to resolution
 

performance

5

  • Touchscreen performance issues
  • Fast processor sucks up battery life - must charge every night
  • and good general performance
  • Fast
  • Good performance
  • Full-speed HSDPA and a fluid Opera browser rival make surfing a dream
  • Very fast processor
 
  • Very fast processor, no waiting time
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build quality

0.5

  • Questionable build quality
 

menu

0.5

  • Windows Mobile dirt still lurks a few menu taps beneath the shiny TouchFlo 3D surface
 

glare

5

  • Brilliant
  • Brilliant, high-res screen
 

usability

5

  • easy syncing and a new communication history that aggregates texts
  • Excellent internet experience, easy syncing and a new communication history that aggregates texts, emails and calls from a single contact
  • easy to navigate even for non techi like myself
 

screen

5

  • The display is hardly legible in the sun
  • The display is hardly legible in the sun, Mediocre multimedia capabilities, Accelerometer is not perfect
  • Contacts history display
  • 3.2" 65K-color WVGA display
  • sharp display
  • resistive display
  • Full-speed HSDPA and a fluid Opera browser rival make surfing a dream, with the zoom strip along the bottom of the screen proving a neat solution for its very sharp, resistive display
 
  • good and display
  • This device has TWICE AS MANY PIXELS AS THE IPHONE
  • The only device that compares (for now
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focus

5

  • 5 MP auto focus camera with excellent image quality
 

remote control

0.5

  • Windows' fiddly buttons and insistence on stylus control
 

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