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Rogers Selling HTC Touch Diamond Contract-Free for $599.99

Categories: Hottest Hardware, HTC, Rogers
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 AM

Latest reports have Rogers Wireless up in Canada (eh?) selling the HTC Touch Diamond for $599.99 with no contract. These reports stemmed from the latest issue of UR Magazine, a free publication to all Rogers Wireless subscribers (which is kind of weird to me… I’m a subscriber and I haven’t received this once!?). The HTC Touch Diamond was published in the magazine for $599.99 on no-contract. That seems like a lot of beans to me. Pricy indeed.

The Touch Diamond has yet to make any appearance on the Rogers site, and no release dates or contract details have been announced… But with news like this coming out now, you can bet release will not be too far off. Expect the usual 3-year contract to be offered from Rogers for best pricing. That seems to be the norm.

Oh, and fellow Canadians please don’t be mad about my ‘eh’ reference. I’m Canadian too.

[Via: BGR]

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  • Neville

    I don’t get it….!! In the UK we’re struggling to get used to the idea of a 18 or 24 month contract, let alone a 36 month one….

    Here’s were I get lost:
    1) I’ve never owned a phone that has lasted 12 months without the need for repairing (current phone has come the closest but there is still 6 months before upgrade). So why do I believe that any new phone will?

    2) When I upgrade (normally after 12 months) If I’m told that I will have to pay for the phone (lets say that it’s free on another provider), then I play one of the other. Doing this saved me the equivalent of £900 in one year.

    3) Finally, more than a year without a new phone…………. I’m only just resisting the “i’ll get than on a new contact, I’ve only 3 months to run on this one.”

    How is it the the US providers get away with charging so much…..

    Nev

  • Reuben

    I work for Rogers and I've just checked the latest updates and this is what it says:

    Equipment: HTC Touch Diamond (Wireless Rogers)

    26-Nov-2008

    Effective today, the HTC Touch Diamond is available for new activations and hardware upgrades.

    So thera ya go =) (Rogers site hasn't been updated yet?!)