Battery Life
I did a short article on the Pre's battery life prior to this review so I'll just republish the results here.
| Phone | Web Browsing (Cell Network) | Web Browsing (WiFi) | Talk Time |
| Apple iPhone 3G | 218 minutes | 400 minutes | 289 minutes |
| Palm Pre | 219 minutes | 351 minutes | 312 minutes |
The thing that surprised me the most however was the eerily similar battery life results between the iPhone 3G and the Palm Pre. The Pre didn't do so well in WiFi web browsing but in the other two tests it lasted around as long as the iPhone 3G. The Pre does let you multitask whereas the iPhone does not, so the potential to run down the Pre's battery life faster than the iPhone's is there.
On the flip side, the Pre doesn't really have any hard hitting 3D game titles, which will easily run the iPhone's battery life down faster. Either way it looks like we're stuck with this sort of battery life for a while, thankfully the Pre's battery is replaceable so you can always carry a spare.
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carniver - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - link
That doesn't make sense entirely. You enlarge the detail by zooming in, and you diminish the detail by zooming out.