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Do you really need that iPhone 3g or Sexy HTC Diamond

 

I love gadgets and I do like to get a new phone every year.

However it hasn’t gone unnoticed at DiPonio central the cost of everyday essentials are going through the roof.

With the hype surrounding this weeks launch of the iPhone 3g. I wonder how many people have figured out the total cost of ownership.

  On Contract:

£99 Handset, 18 Months @ £30 = £540 TCO for 18 months is £639
£99 Handset, 18 Months @ £35 = £630 TCO for 18 months is £729
£0 Handset, 18 Months @ £45 = £810 TCO for 18 months is £810
£0 Handset, 18 Months @ £75 = £1350 TCO for 18 months is £1350

There are other issues like do you actually have 3g coverage where you live/work. I have had a 3g enabled phone for about 3 years and I wonder if this 3g dream people are expecting of being permanently connected is actually going to work out.

The other sexy phone on the market is the HTC Touch Diamond

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I could pick one up for £433 inc VAT and just pop in my SIM card.

So when compared to the cost of the iPhone the HTC Touch is much more affordable.

However lets be honest the HTC Diamond is just another Windows Mobile device with a shiny face. It doesn’t help that it has a User Interface running on top of a User Interface.

I don’t want to give the impression that I don’t want either device but at £639 or £433 respectively I think I am going to pass.

My current HTC Touch is small, light, has good battery life and most importantly I already own it.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 at 8:53 am and is filed under Apple, Blog Entries, HTC Touch, iPhone. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Do you really need that iPhone 3g or Sexy HTC Diamond”

  1. Gary F Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    You have the calm, cool headed logic of a Vulcan, Colin. ;-) First adopters of any new device always pay a premium so it’s worth holding back for a good 6 months and not only will the price drop but any initial technical glitches should be ironed out by them.

    I’m hoping Orange will give me an upgrade to the Diamond for under £100. How so? If you resist the compulsion to upgrade your phone (on contract) every year then this counts in your favour and the discount they give you on your next phone increases each year.

    They Diamond may be a GUI on top of a GUI but if it hides the horrible Windows interface then it has to be a good thing, providing it doesn’t take you through one layer of menus and suddenly dumps you back into the Windows GUI. I think HTC’s first attempt at a new interface did just that and totally defeated the object of a single-finger operated GUI. I mean, you can’t use a Windows phone easily while walking down the street.

  2. Colin DiPonio Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Hi Gary

    At the right price either of these would be great.

    But in my eyes both are £250 too expensive and in this climate that’s put me right off.

    Colin