Touch Diamond priced for Asia--cheaper than Cruise

John Chan | May 22, 2008

The HTC Touch Diamond was first announced in Europe earlier this month, and in its press release the company said the device will be available worldwide this quarter. Today, HTC officially announced the new PDA-phone for Singapore and gave it a retail price of S$1,098 (US$809).

Hitting the stores in June, the Diamond will debut at S$100 less than the Touch Cruise which was launched at S$1,198. Considering their feature sets, it's inconceivable that the Cruise should be priced higher than the Diamond. We expect that HTC will have to make some price cuts soon, so look out for that. The rest of Asia Pacific will also be getting the Diamond in June. As of now, CNET Asia blogger Victor Cheung has already informed us of its impending Hong Kong release, and you shouldn't have to wait long for your local HTC office to make a similar announcement.

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ferdiei says...
maybe HTC is starting to realise now that PDAs (be it pda-phone or smartphone) should NOT be priced for more than SG$1,000 (this should be the target!) & should start slashing their profit margins to realistic levels; because manufacturers of sub-notebooks now (Asus, MSI, etc) are aggresively positioning their products to be priced very competitively with the right form-factors that consumers has been waiting for..a long time

Jun 01, 2008 15:56