HTC Touch Diamond or Sony Ericsson Xperia X1?

[Martijn14]

Hi all,

I now own a LG Viewty but it's getting on my nerves (slow, not completely customisable, not a lot of full screen games, apps)
So I decided to buy a new phone, now I have to choose between the Diamond or the Xperia.
Which one do you recommed? Pros and cons?

Best regards,
Martijn

[frozenwaffles]

i own both and i'll gladly do a two for one deal for you... both are 850Mhz 3G compatible!

[Martijn14]

So which one do you prefer?
Or do you wanna sale them both?

But I already have an offer from 125 euros for the HTC and the Sony Ericsson would cost me about 150/200 so which one should I choose?

Thanks!

[frozenwaffles]

both are just as crap as each other...well thats in my opinion...

[Martijn14]

Oke, well that helps..
But could you tell me why they are so crap, and maybe recom me another phone instead? Would be really helpfull!

Thanks!

[itoYo]

wait for a new phone! thats what i say, im not even looking at the TP2 and diaond 2. they dont provide much of a transition for me.

[Martijn14]

Well oké, thanks!
But if you had to decide between the HTC Touch Diamond and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, which one would be your choise and why.

My budget is limited and I have never had a WM phone before so I'm sure it will take a long time before I am even able to use all the functions!

[jeffla]

If you text/type at all get the Xperia. The Diamond's on screen keyboard is lacking. I found it too difficult to even enter basic text with it compared to my Fuze (touch pro) or my iphone. I never tried an Xperia but all WM HTC phones are pretty much the same.

If you have never used a WM phone before, I suggest you try one out for as long as you can before buying one. There are many things I like about WM and just as many things that annoy me. My biggest complaint is that no matter what rom I flashed, it was always sluggish.

Is a Touch Pro an option? It should be cheaper to buy used and I felt my Fuze was the best WM phone I had ever used. But unfortunately not good enough to entice me to keep it and renew a 2 year contract with AT&T.

[spikegotti]

i spent quite some time on both the iphone and touch diamond before i bought myself a phone, my current phone is the xperia and i love it...trust me, the photos online u see about the xperia is nothing close to the actual thing, since i upgraded to the latest rom few days ago, i never experienced any crashes, if you are going to buy, buy a new one and make sure u care it, the black battery cover can be easily scratched (i just purchased one online)
right now im selling my black xperia, had enough of it, i want the silver one now :D

[Martijn14]

Thanks all!
Still don't know which one it's gonna be, the HTC is thinner and cheaper...
But the Xperia has a querty keyboard, but is more expensive and doesn't have the TouchFlo interface (even though I know there is a hack for it..)
My choise is going to the HTC, it has more mods and stuff, and a G-sensor and they still taking care of the mobile (new ROM's and stuff)

HTC +
- Cheaper.
- More mods, games, apps.
- good support.
- TouchFlo interface (love it!)

HTC -
- Lagging keyboard (jeffla).
- Smaller screen.

SE Xperia +
- Querty keyboard
- Easy to use Panels
- Good camera
- Bigger screen

SE Xperia -
- Thicker, heavier
- Less mods, games, apps
- No G-sensor

So I think I'm going for the HTC, because it's cheaper and some of the +/- you can see above!

All thanks for the replies!

[netnerd]

i guess you like to scroll right, left, up, and down alot!
sony x1 got WVGA, 800x480!
"see more, scroll less is always better!" -netboy (aks netnerd). haha

[Martijn14]

i guess you like to scroll right, left, up, and down alot!
sony x1 got WVGA, 800x480!
"see more, scroll less is always better!" -netboy (aks netnerd). haha

well, that's true for sure, but I'm not gonna use it for internet a lot, don't have unlimited use of internet, only at home but then I have a computer too..
I'm mostly gonna use the phone, to text, phone, play some fun games, and mod it a bit, and listen to some music... (speaker)

So basisically what I want is a phone that:
Has quite a good speaker.
Is fast.
Is moddable.
Has touchscreen.
Has a lot of apps, mods, games

And to my opinion the HTC has most of it! (or everything for me)

[jeffla]

FWIW the Xperia is an HTC phone as well. But if you really like the Touch Diamond but want a keyboard get the Touch Pro. It is simply a Diamond with a Keyboard.

How about an Omnia?

[slick69]

If you have the budget, do go for the TD2 - much more usable with the bigger screen.

[frozenwaffles]

yes out of the two you picked the better device...