Rumors, being what they are, can always change mid-news-cycle. In this case, the rumors surrounding the HTC Touch Diamond‘s arrival on Sprint and Verizon later this month (August 2008) has been updated to reflect new information from PhoneArena that points to the svelte touchscreen offering from HTC hitting Sprint and Verizon in early September and October, respectively.
The HTC Touch Diamond is expected to arrive on Sprint’s network in CDMA form bearing the HTC Victor moniker. The HTC Victor sports the same 528Mhz CPU that we find in the HTC Touch Diamond’s GSM brethren, with 256MB ROM / 256MB RAM and 4GB internal memory.
Verizon’s CDMA-variant of the HTC Touch Diamond will keep the HTC Touch Diamond model name, so there’s a little less confusion to deal with on Big Red’s network. Unfortunately, Verizon’s HTC Touch Diamond will hit market sporting a pared down 400Mhz processor with only 128MB of RAM (compared to the 256MB in the HTC Victor and 192MB in the GSM-variant). Even worse is the rumor that the HTC Touch Diamond will arrive on Verizon’s network without the 4GB of onboard storage – opting, instead, for a microSD card slot.
Sprint’s CDMA-version of the HTC Touch Pro (codename: Raphael) will reportedly be called the HTC Herman. The HTC Herman will mirror Verizon’s HTC Touch Diamond by nixing the 4GB of internal storage in favor of a microSD card slot. On the upside, the Herman should sport a beefy 512MB of ROM.
On the flip-side, Verizon is opting to stay true to HTC’s naming scheme and will brand their CDMA HTC Touch Pro the Verizon HTC Raphael (HTC’s original Touch Pro codename). We’ll likely be seeing 512MB of ROM in the Verizon HTC Raphael, but will swap out the aluminum frame for a steel frame.
We’re also hearing that Sprint could have a 30-day exclusivity on HTC’s new smartphone wares, so Verizon customers will just have to wait to get their hands on the latest and greatest from HTC – which is par for the course anyway.
Otherwise, all handsets should be rocking the same specs as the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro’s GSM stablemates. That means the glorious VGA touchscreen display, GPS, and 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera will likely make the jump to the CDMA side of things.
As always, it’s healthy to keep perspective on speculation. Don’t take rumors as truth, you’ll end up being disappointed more than not.
[Via: PhoneArena]