iPhone 4 & Pre Plus Gallery, iPhone 4 gets Reviewed 32
Read TiPb's iPhone 4 Review
Our pals at TiPb have dropped their massive iPhone 4 Review and it's quite the doozy - covering the glass-sandwiched device from A to Z. We previously linked to their webOS Switcher's guide too, if you're the switching sort.
We're taking a close look at the iPhone 4 here at PreCentral HQ and will come back to you with some full head-to-head thoughts next week - but chances are you can guess our initial impressions already: the hardware and speed impresses, the implementation of multitasking does not, and the notification system on iOS 4 still looks straight-up antiquarian compared to webOS. Also, despite the fact that the iPhone still has the best-of-breed software keyboard, we still strongly prefer the physical keyboard on the Pre.
After the break, a photo gallery of the iPhone 4 up against the Palm Pre Plus!
32 Comments
Here's a suggestion for those with reception problems, hold it like this:
http://thenehrings.com/funny/handsfree.jpg
holy crap the iphone's thinness makes the Pre look like a fatty. You gotta admit apple's hardware is topnotch stuff.
I hate iOS though and will hold on to my webOS device thank you very much; anyone thought of porting webOS to the new iphone? That would be a match made in gadget heaven. :)
Top notch. Except for the breaking from a one foot fall and the phone not working because you're holding it wrong.
If that's top notch, the top bar is quite low.
If and when HPalm are able to start rolling out some solid apple quality hardware WebOS will be GOLDEN! Regardless of what people say the iPhone 4 is an engineering masterpiece and that reception thing is all bullshit. It took us a while to just kind of replicate it on my brothers new iPhone and even then it was like a 1 or 2 bar loss... not a big deal at all unless you like to nit pick. It's not an easy thing to do if you hold a cell phone like a normal person should (in portrait or landscape mode)
I'm so excited about the new WebOS products coming soon! It's like I just had new life blown into me by the reality of the imminent buyout... It's not like I'd ever jump ship from WebOS though because android is just plain UGLY and iOS... well you'd be stupid to go from sprint to att with the price differences on the family plan that I have.
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lmao, nice.
Pre Plus is far sexier than iPhone too.
Wheres the pics of the front of both phones showing the whole phones side by side..
Not at an angle
exactly my sentiment. my main complaint about pre is screen size just doesn't do it for me. I keep using the ipod touch when I want to browse or watch videos. Just a little bigger please!!!
It still amazes me that they have not improved their notifications. I know Apple is smart enough to know that their system is not designed well. Usually this is the kind of thing they do well. They have palm's notification designer now so maybe that will change things but I don't think a company like Apple needs a new hire to make this change.
It almost seems like they purposely leave out the obvious fixes so they have something AMAZING to show people at the next unveiling. You would think it would have been one of the very first things they would have fixed... even the sloppy looking android OS has a better notification system.
You can't take away from Apple the technical achievements of their new phone. What you shouldn't do is compare style approaches between these two phones i.e. a phone inspired by river rocks vs. a phone inspired by a Leica camera (or as I like to call it a steam punk'd iPhone). Two different approaches, two different outcomes.
I'm sure as the years roll on, WebOS phones will get better by leaps and bounds while the iPhone gets incrementally better. By 2014 they will be neck and neck on all fronts: design, functionality, software, etc.
Just you wait.
I love the I4 form factor. Metal and glass, feels like a thousand dollar device. If I had to carry a slab, I'd want it to have a precision and masculine feel like that.
It still amazes me that they have not improved their notifications. I know Apple is smart enough to know that their system is not designed well. Usually this is the kind of thing they do well. They have palm's notification designer now so maybe that will change things but I don't think a company like Apple needs a new hire to make this change.
looks like my 80gb zune 1st gen lol that's not a compliment. And yes I bought a zune and it's a million times better than ipod esp the software.
Just make sure you hold it perfectly, awkardly like your supposed to or no reception. Your fault not Apple's.
Apple invented touch screen smart phones and Apps for them.... About a decade after Palm did.
As a a guy who switched to Sprint from AT&T to get my Pre, and who doesn't plan to go back to the death star network, obsessing about the iPhone is pointless.
The phone that has just caught my attention (literally today) is the Samsung Galaxy S. All 4 major US carriers will carry it, Sprint calls theirs the Epic 4G.
It will have 4" super AMOLED screen, 4G (naturally), a 1ghz processor, removable memory (w/a 16gb card standard), and a landscaped slide out keyboard (a Sprint exclusive).
I have been really interested in the Evo, but the Epic just jumped to the top of my list. Come on HP, digest Palm quickly and give me a phone to replace the Epic and Evo on my list.
I don't see the point in comparing these two devices. They exist on completely different levels and I don't expect Palm to be competing with a new device anytime soon.
I still believe that the WebOS architecture is superior to any mobile OS currently offered even today. The obvious problem is that WebOS' future is uncertain even with HP being the apparent benefactor for its future.
Former iphone 3g AT&T survivor here. I thought the iphone was a great phone, but AT&T's dropped calls and scattered/spotty 3G network made me drop the phone all together this last February, and jump on the Pre Plus bandwagon.
The notification system alone imho makes the Pre better than the Iphone 4 software. True multi-tasking on Pre...I think the multitasking is easier on the Pre as well.
Sorry, as nice as the iphone 4 is (and its a nice phone don't get me wrong), there is nothing that would get me back on At&T.
I see no point in comparing these. This is old tech vs. New tech. Plus aren't most pre users on sprint? Is that just users on this website? Thus most users don't have the Pre Plus they just have the Pre. i get they are on the same network so ok, whatever. There's just a bit of grasping at straws here. Regardless i don't see the point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiJ2vB7-MYE
Be warned this video has curse words.
idk I saw the video with 1ghz I think we ned at least 1.5ghz
idk I saw the video with 1ghz I think we ned at least 1.5ghz
I like my phones the same way I like my ladies...Smart and full of curves ;-)
baby got back! Baby pre that is ;-)
Where's the pixi comparison? Is it really thinner than the pixi? Actual pics would be nice too! :)
I like my phones the same way I like my ladies...Smart and full of curves ;-)
baby got back! Baby pre that is ;-)
i hate "i" anything.. im on a plane to puerto rico and the flight attendent gets on the mega phone says "make sure your 'ipods' are set to the off position" not every mp3 player is an ipod.. this "i" thing is getting out of control.. its turning into a qtip.. scotch tape.. thing and i dont like it not one bit.. booo the iphone!!
I agree the "I" thing is way out of hand even sony on there new camera has a feature called isweep how gay an unoriginal I won't buy or use anything that has I in front of it thre is a local tanning salon called itan really???
I have to say, the iPhone software keyboard isn't the big thing anymore. Swype is the best now. I can't go back on my iPod with that old tip tap keyboard.
FAIL...seriously. The answer to not grounding your phone is to put a case over it. Great solution.
I completely agree. My dream combo is the iphone 4 hardware with webOS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO HP/Palm? Even though I realize that an exact copy would not be realistic I just ask for HP and Palm to be just as innovative as Apple when it comes to hardware design. Android phones have yet to make me drool (and there are a lot of Androids to choose from). The iphone 4 hardware is all around top of the line. You never hear any sane person call it cheap hardware. That is what I want from Palm and FAST!!! For the moment I am a loyal Palm Pre Sprint customer and willing to give it another 6 months or so for something new to come out or at least give us news of something new to come (detailed news). WebOS is the best mobile software I have ever used and for that reason I am currently a satisfied customer. Oh and one more thing, my ability to overclock and add patches with ease has made me fall in love with my Pre all over again and keep me satisfied while I hope and wish for new Palm hardware........jailbreak that iphone
I have the palm pre plus and the only conplaint I have is the apps aren't as good as the iphones, but it seems like the pre as way better multitasking. If pre could step up the apps it would blow it out of the park.
I hope they do the Palm Pre Plus..
At least that way it was be a closer fairer comparison, as they are both on AT&T and the Pre+ is a bit newer.
I am a current iPhone 4 user with a Pre Plus for AT&T on the way. I'll let you know my experience in a few weeks.