After living with the phone for a month, I can say that overall I like it. I have not done any scientific analysis of the iphone 3Gs versus the Pre, but the obvious comparison is the amount of apps. The Pre has been out for almost 2 months and there are about 30 apps. The variety and amount of apps in iTunes is just sick. Also the 3Gs is faster, by a lot, maybe 50% or more in comparable actions like camera, google maps, messaging, browsing, yelping.
Pre Pros
- small form is easy in the hand or pocket
- keyboard and overall UI allow for one handed operation
- card interface is intuitive and quick if you have all the apps you need open
- gestures become automatic to the point where i kept wanting to slide to go back on the iPhone
- synergy makes setup via google mail/calendar and exchange a breeze
- battery life blows, 1 day at most and if you leave it for 2 days without using it (over a weekend for example) it dies
- no applications
- slow for opening apps
- either the internal antenna sucks or this firmware isn't properly using it*
- synergy has no fine tuning so you can get duplicates and triplicates and quadicates of your contacts
For $99 (well in tax-loving Santa Monica $118) per month for all you can eat, I am happy with the features and service. If the apps don't improve or multiply in the near future I would get the iPhone for the next round although I still hate iTunes.
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