If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer who’s been hanging on for the release of Verizon’s version of the HTC Touch Diamond, you now have something else to hang on to: your wallet. 

According to today’s press release, Verizon plans to sell the “new’ Touch Diamond for $299 with a two-year service agreement and a $70 mail-in rebate, which means you’ll lay down $370 bucks to take home this soon-to-be retired handset when it goes on sale tomorrow.

Why price Verizon’s Touch Diamond $100 over the MSRP of Sprint’s version?  No clue. 

We’ll be eager to see how long it takes for Verizon to lower the cost of this phone.