Telus, Bell announce iPhone rivals...

[tha_bandit]

looks good for the CDMA ppl...

TELUS: (HTC diamond touch)
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/03/touch.diamond.for.telus/
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/thabandit007/htctouchdiamond-teluslg.jpg
BELL: (Samsung instinct)
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/03/samsung.instinct.for.bell/
http://instinct.bell.ca/?EXT=MOB_SA_Q3_SAMINST_LM_instinct
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/thabandit007/samsunginstinct-belllg.jpg

Hopefully they stick with the cheap unlimited surfing options..

[avishal26]

Samsung looks way better than the HTC..

Stupid telus.. they never have good phones. Good thing I have a blackberry :D

[cdnsir]

I would also pick the Samsung over the HTC. But I wouldn't be surprised if they both end up carrying them after a couple months of mutual exclusiveness.

[djayz]

HTC looks like a zune :rofl:

[Jlude]

Instinct LOOKS like good competition for the iphone, depending on it's features and such..


EDIT - I didn't see anything about memory other than it has a micro sd slot....

[Inzane]

Cool. More options for a device I still don't see a need for. :rofl:

[toyboy88]

Instinct > HTC.

The Bell plan looks pretty good actually, basic plan + unlim data + SAF = $39!

[mrjay1987]

Yeah bell should be sticking with the unlimited surfing for $7 on this phone; don't confuse it with data though. This phone is gonna be sick, I can't wait to see it and play around with it.

[dino_martini]

I kinda like the HTC Touch Diamond. Im thinking I will buy one either no contract price, or off the marketplace here after they are released. Then just go month to month on Telus and wait to see if Rogers will revise the iphone plans.

[B18C]

What makes the Instinct better than the Diamond? I kinda like the Diamond but I don't know much about the Instinct. The VGA screen on the diamond looks really good.

[Sailz]

The Instinct is out for telus as well

http://www.telusmobility.com/ab/pcs/handset_samsung_sph_m800.shtml

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by B18C
What makes the Instinct better than the Diamond? I kinda like the Diamond but I don't know much about the Instinct. The VGA screen on the diamond looks really good.

Instinct isn't windows.

Diamond is.

So Diamond will probably be a better business phone. But I never like HTC's CDMA offerings. Reception is always bad.

[tha_bandit]

the htc interface looks crazy with the FLO stuff, its all over youtube...

[DNSRadio]

any touch is garbage.




seriously..... trust me i work for Bell and i have soo many of my clients wanting to get out of the touch and into the curve or the world ed. blackberry.


and the samsung is already out.
the unlimited browser still applies to this unit. ( so far )

it looks like a nice phone... but havnt had one come into the office yet.....



and no i dont know the consumer plans details and etc... for those of you who will ask... i work on the enterprise side of the business. diff plans.. same phones....

but yes the samsung is avail.

[GoChris]

Originally posted by mrjay1987
Yeah bell should be sticking with the unlimited surfing for $7 on this phone; don't confuse it with data though. This phone is gonna be sick, I can't wait to see it and play around with it.

same thing, on the touch anyway, and if they offer it on the diamond, will be data. $10 for the instinct, I suspect it will be $10 for the diamond (when bell gets it).