HTC Touch Diamond Vs. Apple iPhone

Dimensions

The HTC Diamond measures 102mm in height, is 51mm wide and 11.5mm thick, whereas the iPhone comes in at 115mm high, is 61mm wide and 11.6mm thick, weighing 135g.

Display

HTC has put a 480 x 640, 2.8″ TFT LCD touch-sensitive screen on the Diamond, and the iPhone has a 480 x 320 3.5″ multi-touch display.

Media Player

An integrated speaker and FM radio feature in the Diamond, and iPhone lacks both -

Connectivity

The Diamond includes a HSDPA connectivity, and 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds.

The iPhone, meanwhile has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth…

GPS

The Diamond has GPS and A-GPS. The iPhone, on the other hand, has Google Maps, which is a pleasure to use, particularly in conjunction with the multi-touchscreen.

Battery Life

Diamond 270 minutes’ talktime for WCDMA and up to 330 minutes on GSM networks, whereas standby is 396 hours and 285 hours respectively. When video-calling, users will get up to 145 minutes on WCDMA.

The iPhone has up to eight hours of talk time, up to 250 hours of standby, 6 hours of internet use, 7 hours of video playback, and up to 24 hours of audio playback.