One of the first things I saw today that surprised me was the news that HTC’s new sexy Touch Diamond phone was on sale online in the US at CompUSA. This surprised me because CompUSA is detailing the phone they are selling is US-friendly quad band and the information I’ve received from HTC is that this initial model is just tri-band for Europe. This means it will work in the US but not at 3G as those bands are not yet implemented by HTC. Later today I then saw that Amazon is also now offering a "quad-band" Touch Diamond. So what’s the deal? I don’t think HTC would be telling me it’s tri-band if it wasn’t. Engadget was wondering the same thing too and have confirmed with HTC that this is indeed just a tri-band phone so if anyone drops more than $700 expecting it to be 3G in the US, well, expect some unhappy customers. Note that CompUSA is now correctly identifying this model as a tri-band phone.
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