Will Pre manhandle Iphone

mdb4403 · 05-27-2009, 03:08 PM

I've been watching Precental.net for news on the Pre. I have to say it looks pretty impressive. Nice interface, powerful processor, multitasking, battery life better or comparable to the Iphone, new apps being prepeared daily etc. The first hand accounts of people who have actually had real time with the pre are emphatically positive. Consensus is that is blows the Iphone away. Could this be the end of Iphone's world domination.

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 05-27-2009, 03:17 PM

Unlikely..

Phxblue · 05-27-2009, 03:19 PM

Competition is good. We all know Apple doesn't like playing runner up.

styfle · 05-27-2009, 03:20 PM

Lets see it organize music and hold up to 32GB...
I think people are forgetting the point of the iphone: to merge an ipod with a phone. It just happens to be the best phone as well

I can't ever see another company doing it better.

iphun · 05-27-2009, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by mdb4403

I've been watching Precental.net for news on the Pre. I have to say it looks pretty impressive. Nice interface, powerful processor, multitasking, battery life better or comparable to the Iphone, new apps being prepeared daily etc. The first hand accounts of people who have actually had real time with the pre are emphatically positive. Consensus is that is blows the Iphone away. Could this be the end of Iphone's world domination.

I doubt it will blow the iphone away, it has yet to be released and we don't really know anything about battery or if multitasking will make smoothness and battery suffer. The iphone has such a large customer base of people who love their phone and will never like the pre. Plus this summer apple will be releasing a new iphone which will most likely take a step ahead of the Pre, so we will see. Although I think the Pre will give apple some competition and keep them on their toes, but apple will probably come out in the end. Just my 2 cents.

Oh I forgot some stuff - iTunes syncing, OPTIONS in space and color and the Pre ONLY offers 8GB with no option to expand space, the iphone will most likely have the options of 16GB and 32GB, apple has money to blow, palm doesn't, sprint isn't doing the best right now, and so many other reasons.

mdb4403 · 05-27-2009, 03:50 PM

I don't disagree with you although by all accounts the operating system works as advertised, no crashes, smooth multitasking with up to ten windows open. Sounds pretty good. I have a 3g and am very happy with it. I solved the battery issues (Mophie Air- great by the way) and agree its a superior product. Now if I could just multitask one other non-native app (streaming music) I would be a happy camper. As it stands now, the wife may be getting the iphone and her husband the pre.

aggieman · 05-27-2009, 03:53 PM

there are alot of nice things the Pre has going for it. Honestly, I don't think there is a phone or company out there that can have much of an impact on Apple's success with the iPhone.

I for one will be getting the Pre. I'm very intrigued by the interface, the "Synergy" concept, the web browser, keyboard, multitasking. I won't be giving up my iPhone, I'll simply be adding a plan with Sprint and having a little fun with the Pre.

It has alot of potential and in my mind is the first true alternative to the iPhone. The music player appears to be well implemented and it has amazon mp3 store(so does android). One of the more attractive aspects of the Pre to me is it is kind of a crossover between the Blackberry and iPhone for me. I love my Blackberry and my iPhone. It appears that the Pre has brought in some of the social connectivity features of the BlackBerry while implementing the browsing/media prowess of the iPhone. Without trying this phone it sounds like all I've ever wanted in a device other than it is CDMA and not GSM. Still, alluring enough for me to try it out.

And to those worried about multitasking and the strain it will put on the device and battery....Every BlackBerry or Nokia N series device I've had have done this just fine with = or greater battery life than the iPhone. The multitasking or lack of is my biggest gripe (still). I hate not being able to leave Facebook or IM programs connected. Yes, I know, push notifications....blah, blah, blah. I hate getting a call or text and losing my progress in my game. Again, I don't necessarily think the Pre will be better than the iPhone. I don't think webOS will be conducive to running apps that are near as complex as the ones the iPhone has. Their app store won't even come close. THIS is why I won't let go of my iPhone. The Pre is going to be a very, very good device, but I don't think Apple will have to lose much sleep over it.

iphun · 05-27-2009, 04:00 PM

Here's a good article on the topic : http://theappleblog.com/2009/05/27/p...ling-just-yet/
I agree with what they say about this just like when the iphone came out will have tons of little problems because it is still very young. They are showing that it looked smooth, but so did 3.0 on the March 17th keynote and our 1st beta wasn't anything like what they showed. I know that was a beta but still the actual product is always different from their demonstration. I don't think apple will lost sleep over it either. And don't forget that this 'iPhone killer' was used for the Storm and G1, but that never happened for either of those phones.

aggieman · 05-27-2009, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by iphun

Here's a good article on the topic : http://theappleblog.com/2009/05/27/p...ling-just-yet/
I agree with what they say about this just like when the iphone came out will have tons of little problems because it is still very young. They are showing that it looked smooth, but so did 3.0 on the March 17th keynote and our 1st beta wasn't anything like what they showed. I know that was a beta but still the actual product is always different from their demonstration. I don't think apple will lost sleep over it either. And don't forget that this 'iPhone killer' was used for the Storm and G1, but that never happened for either of those phones.

i think, even without being released, the Pre is already far superior to the Storm and G1. The OS on the Storm was very poorly implemented. It is still good for a Blackberry albeit a bit slow. I still have a Storm and I do like it, although I like my Blackberry to be a Blackberry and prefer my Bold. I think the point of the Storm was to give people a BlackBerry alternative with more of a consumer rather than business emphasis. Android itself is very nice. The G1 sucks, plain and simple, but don't discount Android. The G1 is limited by hardware that looks like something from 2002.

styfle · 05-27-2009, 04:52 PM

I hated the storm. The click touch screen was horrible. After trying to use it for 5 minutes I gave up.