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 Originally Posted by anaphora68
Hi All -
I've been an iPhone user for the past two years. I've had the original iPhone, and more recently the 3G.
When I first got the iPhone, I absolutely loved it. However, in the nearly three years they have been out, the user interface and functionality has stayed basically the same. Yes, there a ton of apps, but the interface feels old. The lack of true multi-tasking, and the way the phone operates bothers me.
I made the mistake of playing around with a Palm Pre in the Sprint Store last week. I have to say, I'm absolutely impressed with Web OS. It seems like a very simple, elegant, but powerful mobile OS.
However, I have a few hang-ups, and I want to address them before I move over. I'm on a family plan with AT&T, and would likely end up having to leave my future wife with AT&T (her choice).
Overall, for people who have had the Pre for a while, how do you like it? Would you recommend it to someone? Have you had any serious issues? I ask because I recently went through exchanging my iPhone 3G due to cracks on the housing (all over the phone). I don't want to trade one problem for another, similar, problem.
I'm just looking for feedback. I'm tired of throwing money away to AT&T, but I don't want to move if peoples' experience with Sprint is just as bad.
Thank you in advance!
I'm on my 3rd phone... every time I've swapped has been due to a speaker issue. My first phone was rock solid, but the earpiece went out. My 2nd phone was rock solid, but the external speaker went out. My 3rd phone IS rock solid, and I'm hoping to have no issues with it from here on out. Palm seems to have lowered the max volume the external speaker can put out with WebOS 1.2, so I don't think it'll happen again, knock on wood. Otherwise, the phone is tremendous, and I can proudly report with WebOS 1.2, standby battery usage has improved dramatically, I've been monitoring it quite a bit, and standby battery usage improving translates to more time actually using the phone, meaning you'll feel an overall improvement. There are still little issues, the browser has some memory management issues with this release, but nothing that would keep me from recommending this phone to anyone, and nothing that can't be ironed out with a minor update. They are updating the phone all the time and adding functionality, so if you don't mind being an early adopter(and since you've had an original iPhone I think you understand), and waiting for the features to come out, go for it. Video recording will hopefully be ready by the end of the year, that's the only big thing left for me for this phone, and then I'll be really happy.
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