o        Dimensions: HTC Diamond stands at 102 x 51 x 11.5 mm while iPhone is at 115 x 611 x 11.6 mm. HTC Diamond weighs 110g while iPhone is a bit heavier at 135g.
o        Display: HTC Diamond has a touch-sensitive screen display of 480 x 640, 2.8 inches TFT LCD. Though, iPhone has an impressive screen display of 480 x 320, 3.5 inches multi-touch display.
o        Operating System: Even though HTC Diamond uses Windows Mobile 6.1 HTC still tried to mask it with its own software which made it a lot easier to use. Also it makes use of the TouchFLO 3D Technology. While iPhone uses Apple's very own OS X that is only exclusive to them.
o        Memory: HTC Diamond was embedded with a 4 GB of internal memory with no external memory. Also included are a 192 MB DDR SDRAM and 256 MB ROM. iPhone on the other hand offers 8 GB/16 GB flash drive and 128 MB of RAM.
o        Camera: Diamond sports an impressive 3.2 MP camera with auto-focus. Like iPhone it is also equipped with an accelerometer. Accelerometer enables you to view display in landscape. Also has a camera on the front for video-calling. While iPhone only has 2 MP camera and has no auto-focus, image editing software and flash but this is not its main feature though.
o        Media Player: Diamond has FM radio and speaker where in iPhone does not have both. iPhone has its iPod functionality which is to die for. It supports Protected AAC, AAC, MP3 VBR, MP3, Audible formats 1, 2, 3, AIFF, Apple Lossless and WAV. Diamond only supports AAC, AAC+, MP3, WMA, AMR-NB and WAV.
o        Connectivity: Diamond is equipped with HSDPA, 384 kbps and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds. iPhone has EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
o        GPS: iPhone has the ever helpful Google Maps while A-GPS and GPS is embedded in Diamond.
o        Battery Life: Diamond has a talk time of 270 minutes for WCDMA and on GSM networks a maximum of 330 minutes. Its standby time is 285 and 396 hours correspondingly. Video call time is up to 145 mins on WCDMA. iPhone's talk time is up to 8 hours, maximum of 250 hours standby, internet use is 6 hours, video playback 7 hours and audio playback of up to 24 hours.
Pricing and Availability: iPhone offers an 18 months contract at £35, £45 or £55 per month plus the upfront fee.
