HTC announces Touch Diamond on Telus, Canadians run wild through the streets

By on Jul 3, 2008 at 3:01 PM
General July 3, 2008

Get ready for this one, folks. HTC has just announced that Telus will be the first North American carrier to offer the new HTC Touch Diamond. The handset will be offered “later this summer” for the low price of $149.99, though you’ll have to sign away 3 years of your wireless life. Telus also offers some pretty attractive data options, including a $15/month plan for unlimited email and IM, and $30/month for unlimited email, IM, and browsing. Not bad at all. We’re still waiting on official confirmation from HTC, but chances are good that this thing will be running EV-DO Rev. A, providing full 3G data speed in addition to the TouchFLO 3D interface, 4GB of internal flash memory, and much more .The Touch Diamond is one of the most coveted handsets to come out of the Windows Mobile camp in recent memory, so Telus has certainly scored a win by getting their hands on this before anyone else on the continent. Sure, we’ll see a Sprint version of this before too long, and chances are good that AT&T is planning their own variant, but first is first.

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  • bob cobb

    it’s really too bad that htc made the screen so small, I might have stuck with sprint if it was 3.5″ like the iPhone :(

  • Makes Me Wonder

    SCORE TELUS!!!!
    (Now if only it was the Touch Pro!!)

  • Pythagoras

    Congrats. That’s a good deal.

  • JT

    finally! a decent smartphone from telus! who needs rogers and their iPhone now?!?

  • Dayne

    Woah woah woah let’s not start talking crazy talk there JT……You need an iphone, that’s who.

  • Matt

    I’m still bitter about the crappy Tilt performance. I don’t trust this company.

  • Juicy47

    Just secured mine as an upgrade to my now dated P4000 (Mogul/Titan/PPC6800).

    Service rep said it will be available very soon. Some time in July.

  • DavidB

    Why would ATT offer an EV-DO device? Don’t you mean Sprint and Verizon?

  • Dayne

    @Matt, what did verizon OR Motorola have to do with the tilt? nothing.

  • Dayne

    @Dayne comment on the right post you loser!

  • pheer6224

    meh, cdma is a big minus, but as soon as the canucks get t mobile, I’m moving there.

  • Jeff B.

    Matt,
    Personally I don’t care (actually I do) that the drivers are badish because I just dropped my Tilt (total accident) onto asphalt in a parking lot and nothing but a few scratches have emerged…thus far. Keep in mind I stood in the middle of the parking lot looking the phone over before I got to the car and left, even made people wait and honk at me.

  • Jon

    Not this Canadian. I love my Telus 8330. Windows, been there, done that, and never going back. From what I have read from reviews, this thing is slow too. No surprise.

  • http://aemond.spaces.live.com aemond

    Muuuuuuuch better than Rogers Iphone deal!
    It’s gonna be hard to keep my Telus Touch.

  • nancy

    Any idea or rumors of a suspected release date for the HTC diamond with telus?? I’ve heard aug and september. If anyone knows please email me at nancy_b_araujo@hotmail.com. Thank you!!

  • Lorri

    Nancy, I am also wondering when we will see this phone released. At this rate the US will have to phone out before Canada. Come on Telus give us a date!

  • c.f.

    official release date on telus: august 14th

    plus telus is offering unlimited data, im and email for 15$ for a limited time when its released.

  • gt

    Unlimited WEB, not data

  • runnaz96

    Aug 14th Has been the confirmed date….but i am hoping for the touch pro a month later or soo becuz a physical keyboard is something im looking for.

  • danny

    the touch pro will be released in December, TELUS will be the first in Canada to launch the touch pro

  • runnaz96

    ya i talked to a manager at telus he was telling me more then likely december, hopefully i can wait that long

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