iPhone 3G S vs Palm Pre
So now that we can stop saying things like “the new iPhone is expected to be announced this June at WWDC”, lets get on with the question on so many of our lips – how does the iPhone 3G S compare to the Palm Pre?
With Apple remaining tight-lipped regarding certain aspects of the iPhone 3G S internals, it’s hard to compare those aspects, but we’ll continue updating this post as information hits the web.
Connectivity
Palm Pre: EVDO Rev. A (3.1Mbps)
iPhone 3G S: HSDPA 7.2Mbps
Wi-Fi
Palm Pre: 802.11b/g
iPhone 3G S: 802.11b/g
Screen
Palm Pre: 3.1-inch, 480×320 resolution,
iPhone 3G S: 3.5-inch, 480×320 resolution (163 ppi)
Bluetooth
Palm Pre: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP
iPhone 3G S: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP
Storage
Palm Pre: 8GB
iPhone 3G S: 16GB or 32GB
Price
Palm Pre: $199 (after $100 mail-in rebate) and $70 per month
iPhone 3G S: $199 (16GB), $299 (32GB) and $70 per month
Camera
Palm Pre: 3.2 megapixels with LED flash and DxO image correction
iPhone 3G S: 3.2 megapixels with auto-focus, tap-to-focus, geotagging, macro mode, auto exposure and auto white balance
Video Recording
Palm Pre: None
iPhone 3G S: 30fps VGA (640×480) with editing and e-mail/MMS/MobileMe/YouTube sharing
Processor
Palm Pre: 600MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 System-on-Chip
iPhone 3G S: Unknown (Apple claims its 2x faster than the iPhone 3G, which was an ARM 11 clocked at 412MHz)
Memory
Palm Pre: 256MB
iPhone 3G S: Unknown
Dimensions
Palm Pre: 100.53 x 59.57 x 16.95 mm
iPhone 3G S: 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
Weight
Palm Pre: 135 g (4.76 oz)
iPhone 3G S: 135 g (4.76 oz)
Keyboard
Palm Pre: Physical QWERTY
iPhone 3G S: On-screen QWERTY
Battery
Palm Pre: 1150mAh Lithium-ion
iPhone 3G S: Unknown (iPhone 3G was 1150mAh)
Hardware 3D
Palm Pre: Yes (although webOS does not allow developers hardware access at this stage)
iPhone 3G S: Yes (but will developers will ignore approximately 25 million devices and code specifically for the iPhone 3G S?)
Connection/Charging
Palm Pre: microUSB
iPhone 3G S: Proprietary Apple connector and cable
Browser
Palm Pre: WebKit-based, no Flash support (although Adobe has announced they will release a version for it)
iPhone 3G S: WebKit-based, no Flash
Tethering
Palm Pre: Carrier dependant (Sprint: Not yet)
iPhone 3G S: Carrier dependant (AT&T: Not yet)
Push Email
Palm Pre: Yes (only via Microsoft Exchange at this stage)
iPhone 3G S: Yes (via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or MobileMe)
Which way are you leaning?
Now that we know more about the iPhone 3G S, which of these smartphones looks to empty your wallet this year? Or are you still firmly in the Android or Symbian camps? Let us know in the comments.
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8 Comments
A couple of minor fixes/additions:
You might want to alter that top image to reflect actual sizes. Having just placed the two side by side, the pre is notably shorter (as shown by the dimensions) — both a plus and a minus.
Also, the pre at the very least has geotagging of its photos.
Any site that leaves out Pre’s multitasking shows its bias.
‘bubblebuster’ is daft.
Any site that leaves out information shows that it is run by humans who make mistakes.
Also not mentioned in this article is the app store, or the iPhone’s iTunes/iCal/Mail/AddressBook integration, or the built-in iPod, or the compass, or voice activation and navigation………
This website should replace the image used to show the different phones because they have obviously altered the size if the different handsets to make them appear the same size, which they absolutely are not!
The Pre is much much smaller for better or worse it is the truth and the image on this site lies to the it’s readers!
@JohnVA – It’s not a scientific diagram, thus not to scale.
@Tim Hanlon – The casual reader would not make that inference and thus it is misleading.
@Niel – It’s big piece of info.
Also not mentioned in this article is the app catalog, or the iTunes syncing, synergy/gmail/yahoo/AIM integration, or Sprint TV, or wireless charging, or over the air syncing and or the native voice assisted turn-by-turn navigation………
@bubblebuster – Anyone who read the article would’ve seen the difference in screen size and dimensions.
This was meant to be a quick post comparing the hardware of two phones. I will wait until I have both phones in my hand to compare the OS/software.
@Tim Hanlon –
I was parodying Neils comment if you did not notice.
When it comes to the dimensions, the human mind is terrible at comparing raw numbers. Just because you believe the photo is not misleading, that doesn’t magically make it so. As I said, the casual reader would find it misleading. The technical reader may not. Please take this from my authority a I deceive people for a living. If I do not want people compare things, I keep the data raw. When I want them to compare items, in my favor, I use visualizations. It’s called putting things into perspective.