Watering down the two of the most powerful touch devices in a neck to neck specification fight war viz. Nokia N97 and HTC Touch Diamond 2. Both run on a different OS but because we want to make it easier for you to see how the two look when placed next to each other in terms of features, design and of-course price. Grab a cup of coffee and read along as we explore both of them.

Display:

HTC Diamond2 : TFT resistive touchscreen, 65k colors, 480 x 800, 3.2″ widescreen, 32bit db
Nokia N97 : TFT touchscreen, 16.7 M colors, 360 x 640, 3.5″ widescreen, 24bit db

Dimensions:

HTC Diamond2 : 107.9 x 53.1 x 13.7 mm
Nokia N97 : 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm

Note: N97 is Bigger than the HTC Diamond 2

Memory:

HTC Diamond2 : MicroSD up to 32GB + 300mb user intrnal memory = 32.3 GB
Nokia N97 : MicroSD up to 16GB + 32GB Internal flash memory = 48 GB

Camera:

HTC Diamond2 : 5 MP, Touch focus, video{(640×480)VGA in (850Kbps)@15fps} High-resolution
Nokia N97 : 5 MP, Carl ZEISS, Auto focus, video{VGA@30fps}DVD-resolution, Dual-Led flash

3G:

HTC Diamond2 : 7.2Mbps HSDPA & 2Mbps HSUPA
Nokia N97 : 3.6Mpbs HSDPA

Talk Time:

HTC Diamond2 : 5.5 hours
Nokia N97 : 6.66 hours

Bluetooth:

HTC Diamond2 : v2.0 with A2DP & EDR
Nokia N97 : v2.0 with A2DP & EDR

OS:

HTC Diamond2 : Microsoft Windows Mobile ® 6.1 Professional Can Be Upgraded to Windows Mobile ® 6.5
Nokia N97 : Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5

WiFi:

HTC Diamond2 : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Nokia N97 : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology

CPU:

HTC Diamond2 : Ram 288, Rom 512, Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz, 64 MB Dedicated Graphics Chip
Nokia N97 : Ram 128, Rom 192, Single – ARM11 434 MHz

Battery:

HTC Diamond2 : Li-Ion 1100 mAh (HTC)
Nokia N97 : Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BL-4L)

Colors:

HTC Diamond2: Metallic Black
Nokia N97 : white & black

Price:

HTC Diamond2 : 450 EURO
Nokia N97 : 550 EURO

Design:

Other Features:

———————-HTC Diamond 2—————Nokia N97

USB-charge—————YES—————————–YES

USB Type——————YES,mini———————-YES,micro

Card slot——————-MicroSD———————–MicroSD

Flash Lite—————–Support Flash—————–YES,v3.1

DVB-H TV receiver—– NO——————————NO

GPS————————YES—————————–YES

3.5 mm audio jack——-NO——————————YES

secondary cam———-YES,VGA———————-YES,VGA

Touch screen————YES—————————–YES

Digital compass———YES—————————–YES

Java MIDP—————YES v2.0———————-YESv2.0

FM transmitter———-NO—————————–YES

FM stereo—————-YES+RDS———————YES

Office suite—————YES—————————-YES V6.0

Accelerometer———-YES—————————-YES

Full QWERTY————NO—————————–YES

Handwriting————-YES—————————-YES

Stereo Speakers——– YES—————————-YES

3D surround Audio—–YES—————————YES

Integrated Audio chip-YES—————————YES

Proximity sensor——-YES—————————YES

TV out——————–NO—————————-YES

Slide type—————Candy bar——————–Sliding-tilt Display

Navi-wheel————–NO—————————-NO

WMV9 player———–YES————————–YES

Flash video on web—-YES————————–YES

3D Image Engine——-YES————————–YES

3D Hardware Acc——YES————————–NO

Graphic chip————YES————————–NO

UI type——————-TouchFLO 3Dâ„¢———-Symbian Widgets

Flash video on web—–YES————————YES