Well the official announcement from the HTC camp is that the new HTC Touch Diamond2 is will be available in the UK in just over a month’s time. Following on from the incredibly popular HTC Touch Diamond HD phone, the Diamond2 has a tough reputation to live up to if it is going to be one of the top smart phones of 2009.

HTC have always released stylish phones and the Diamond2 is no exception.No angled corners on this model, just beautiful rounded corners and a high gloss finish. The phone comes complete with a 3.2 inch touch screen display that has a great zoom feature on board, so you can enlarge specific areas of the screen when you are browsing or viewing gallery pictures.

The new HTC screen has a resolution of 400 x 800 pixels which means you get fantastic, crisp and sharp images. Remove the stylus, which tucks neatly into the body of the phone and use it to navigate the device which uses an updated version of HTC’s TouchFLO 3D navigation software. A great bit of software that makes the phone easy to use and pretty much sets it on a par with the Apple iPhone.

Not forgetting the Windows capability, the HTC Diamond 2 hosts a small Windows icon, that when pressed, opens up the familar Windows Mobile applications such as Word and Excel. A great touch that expands this phones capabilities and turns it into a great mini PC in your pocket.

The Touch Diamond2 features an impressive 5.0 megapixel camera that supports zoom but unfortunately does have a flash onboard.

Keeping you connected is HSDPA which can reach speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps plus Wi-Fi connectivity so when you’re in a hot spot or if you have a wireless network at work or home, you can use this for web access and avoid any hefty data charges. GPS is also built in for satellite navigation. Storage isn’t a problem thanks to expandable memory supporting up to 16GB microSD memory cards and the battery life has been greatly improved.

The 2009 HTC Touch Diamond2 easily outperforms its predecessor thanks to a larger and higher resolution screen, better camera and overall better design. Can it take on the Apple iPhone - well we will have to wait and see. However, with the addition of Windows Mobile on a touch screen phone that already has some amazing functionality then it could well take the smartphone crown.

Ful information of the HTC Touch Diamond2 on the HTC website.

Don’t forget that Insure and Smile are a specialist Mobile Phone Insurance company in the UK and we will be adding HTC Touch Diamond 2 Mobile Phone Insurance as soon as it is available in the UK in April.

Posted by admin on Thursday, March 5th, 2009