Dimensions

HTC Touch Diamond: 102mm in height, is 51mm wide and 11.5mm thick, weighs 110g.

iPhone 3G: 115.5mm high, 62.1mm wide and 12.3mm thick, weighs 133g.

Winner: HTC Touch Diamond

Display

HTC Touch Diamond: 2.8″ touch-sensitive screen.

iPhone 3G: 3.5″ multi-touch display.

Winner: iPhone 3G

Operating System

HTC Touch Diamond: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

iPhone 3G: The iPhone runs on OS X

Winner: iPhone 3G

Storage Capacity

HTC Touch Diamond: 4GB of internal flash storage, plus a microSD card slot

iPhone 3G: 8GB and 16GB

Winner: iPhone 3G

Camera

HTC Touch Diamond: 3.2-megapixel sensor, and auto focus.

iPhone 3G: 2.0-megapixel camera

Winner: HTC Touch Diamond

Media Player

HTC Touch Diamond: An integrated speaker and FM radio feature in the Diamond, and the audio player can play MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB formats.

iPhone 3G: The iPhone’s main thrill is indeed the iPod functionality, and with 8GB or 16GB options, that’s a lot of AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.

Winner: HTC Touch Diamond

Connectivity

HTC Touch Diamond: 3G HSDPA, plus integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

iPhone 3G: 3G HSDPA, plus integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Winner: Even

GPS

HTC Touch Diamond: A-GPS

iPhone 3G: A-GPS

Winner: Even

Battery Life

HTC Touch 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.

iPhone 3G: Up to five hours of talk time using 3G, or 10 hours using 2G, standby is 300 hours, five hours of 3G internet use and six hours of Wi-Fi internet use, seven hours of video playback and up to 24 hours of audio playback.

Winner: iPhone 3G

Availability and Pricing

HTC Touch Diamond: Out now, available for free on various contracts with T-Mobile, otherwise for £500 PAYG.

iPhone 3G: Out on July 11th, you can get it for free on £45 and £75 per month tariffs, or £99 on the £30 and £35 per month plans.

Winner: HTC Touch Diamond

Overall Winner: HTC Touch Diamond

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Yet another good news for Malaysian. Non-contract iPhone on sale at 11th July, 8GB - US$599 / 16GB - US$699.

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Good news. Always thinking how to avoid the carrier postpaid contract? Now O2 posted pricing for the iPhone 3G when purchased through its Pay & Go prepaid program, showing £300 (about $591) for the 8 GB and a brutal £360 (about $709) for the 16 GB.

iPhone is coming soon for Pay & Go

Customers will soon be able to enjoy all the great features of iPhone without a monthly contract with the iPhone for Pay & Go.

Just register your interest opposite and we’ll drop you a line in early July to tell you what you need to do to be one of the first to get your hands on the new 3G iPhone.

More information on the new iPhone will be available shortly so come back in a few days or visit www.apple.com

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