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 Originally Posted by TheRQTekt
Hey guys! My first post!
My upgrade date is in January and I'm leaning VERY HEAVILY (more than 80%) on getting the Palm Pre over the Blackberry Tour. I did have a couple of questions about the phone that I need answered though. I've gone searching for a lot of info about the phone to which I've found a bunch of posts about people having certain issues...but none ever say if the issues were resolved so...
Hey bro.. Just got my Pre on Saturday. Heres what I think, and keep in mind...I love the phone.
- Is the battery REALLY as weak as you guys say? (I'm getting a 2800MaH battery anyways)
Yes. I unplugged my phone from the Touchstone @ 6:30 am, its now 10 am, and im at 60 %. I watched two YT vids, Searched a few webpages, and obviously tinkered with my schedule's and tasks. By the time I leave this job @ 330, Im going to be near dead.
But...its an inconvienience..but a minor one, just make sure you have a charger with you. Thats all, and I wouldnt recommend a 3rd party battery, since they wont work with the Touchstone.
- Is the build quality (the wiggling and wobbling that I've heard so much about) any better on the newer production line of Pre's?
I havent had the phone for a whole week yet, but I have expeirenced zero issues so far. My only gripe I guess (if you call it that) is when I hit the top left to access the app options, it gets confused and gives me the battery/wifi menu (which you hit the top right for). And thats it lol
- Are the corners really THAT sharp? (Somehow I doubt it)
No. Whoever made it seem like you can cut beer cans with the phone is out of their minds.
- Am I going to run into any problems with syncing because I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64?
Honestly couldnt answer you on that.
- Besides battery, build, and possible syncing issues...is there anything else that I need to know as far as pitfalls of the phone?
Again, the battery is the only downfall for me. The phone has frozen on me once, but it was during a streaming vid, and def not a common occurence.
Outside of that, everybody who has seen my phone has gone ape **** over it (excuse my french). Call quality is great, the Web acts very well, and being able to jump back and forth between apps with ease is awesome. Im sure the more I learn about the phone myself the more Ill dig it.
The Palm Pre, like so many of you, has renewed my interest in Palm and I do really wanna take the dive...but I need to know what to expect, and\or if I have anything to be worried about at all. MOSTLY I WANT TO KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RESETTING LIKE CRAZY LIKE THE 755P DID.
Hope you guys can help me!
Well, as I mentioned, Ive only had the phone a brief while, but figured Id give you perspective from someone who just bought a phone, which is probably the most current build.
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