HTC Touch Diamond launched in India

Available exclusively on Airtel

New Delhi (INDIA) – HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; “HTC”), a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond™. Delivering unmistakable style and meticulous craftsmanship the HTC Touch Diamond is defined by its compact size, game-changing Internet and its new captivating 3D touch interface called TouchFLO™ 3D. The Touch Diamond™ will be exclusively available on Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunication services provider.

Mr. Ajay Sharma, Country Manager, HTC (India) said, “We are proud to launch the HTC Touch Diamond™ for our valued customers in India. The Touch Diamond™, HTC’s new flagship product, packs diverse functionalities into an attractive form factor with consummate ease. It is indeed a phenomenal innovation from HTC and we are extremely positive about its response in India.”

“Today we mark a new era in mobile phone evolution, an era where beauty and size integrate with uncompromising innovation at high wireless speeds,” said Peter Chou, President and CEO, HTC Corp. “The HTC Touch Diamond will make browsing the Web and using Web-enabled applications just as practical and easy to use as making calls.”

A New Dimension To Touch

HTC has taken a great leap forward in touch screen innovation with the introduction of its new 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather and more. In addition, HTC is introducing a new innovative touch-sensitive control for interacting with Touch Diamond.

Making The Mobile Internet Fun

With the introduction of the Touch Diamond, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes high data speeds. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they were designed. As part of this browsing experience users can zoom and pan websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.

In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Diamond includes a customized new, HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content.

Unmatched Style and Size

The Touch Diamond is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user’s hand without compromising on features or functionality. Blending contrasting design elements of metal and unique geometric facets, the Touch Diamond complements a user’s personal style.

Bursting with Innovation

The Touch Diamond delivers an unrivalled combination of features and functionality that set a new standard for integrating mobile phone innovation into a small package. The 2.8 inch display provides near-print quality viewing that enables beautiful Web browsing and viewing of photographs. The built-in camera includes an optical auto-focus lens that insures the photos you take will be clear and consistent. Advanced wireless and auto sensor screen pivoting are just a few of the features that make the Touch Diamond experience a stand out.

Availability & Pricing:

The HTC Touch™ will be available through Airtel in top 25 cities across the country at a Market Operating Price of Rs. 27,500.00 (inclusive of all taxes) and all authorized HTC resellers.

About HTC:

Founded in 1997, HTC Corp. (HTC) designs, manufactures and markets innovative, feature rich smartphone and PDA Phone devices.

Since its establishment, HTC has developed strong R&D capabilities, pioneered many new designs and product innovations and launched state-of-the-art PDA Phones and smartphones for mobile operators and distributors in Europe, the US, and Asia. These machines are available as HTC devices and as products individually customized for operator and device partners.

HTC is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile device market. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.

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