iPhone 3G S vs Palm Pre vs HTC Touch Pro 2

Three of the newest phones, each with a different OS , each from a different company. If you are about to upgrade your phone and you are having trouble making a choice the following specification comparison may help.

Some phones are expensive, some lack basic features, some are incapable of performing background tasks. The phones below each have their own specific pros and cons that you should research before committing to a purchase. When choosing a phone it depends on what you want to use it for. There are may other considerations such as software capabilities, ease of use , form factor and your own level of technical knowledge that you should take into account. The comparison below is just a straight specs guide to the three of the newest releases.

At the time of writing this up we have received a review for only one of the phones below. Feel free to send us a review for one of the others if you own it.

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FEATURE	iPhone 3G S	Palm Pre	HTC Touch Pro 2
Size	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm	100.53 x 59.57 x 16.95 mm	116.8 x 58.4 x 17.8 mm
Screen	88.9 mm	79 mm	91 mm
Resolution	480 x 320	480 × 320	800 × 480
CPU	600 MHZ*** See note  below	600 Mhz Texas Instruments OMAP 3430	528 MHz Qualcomm® MSM7200A™
Ram	256MB*** See note  below	256 MB	288 MB
Storage	16GB or 32GB internal flash drive	8 GB internal	microSD™ memory card supports up to 32GB (SD 2.0 compatible)
USB	No	Yes MicroUSB  with USB 2.0	Yes Micro USB for headphones, charging ,data, and TV Out
3.5 mm jack	Yes	Yes	No
Input	Multi-Touch Touchscreen	Touchscreen and Slide Out QWERTY Key-Pad	Touchscreen and Slide Out QWERTY Keyboard
Camera	3 megapixel	3 megapixel	Main camera: 3.2 megapixel Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera for video chat
Video Recording	VGA video recording	No	VGA video recording
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)	Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)	Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Tethering	Yes	Yes	Yes
GPS	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and A2DP	Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and A2DP	Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and A2DP
Sensors	Accelerometer Ambient light sensor Proximity Sensor Digital compass	Accelerometer Ambient Light Sensor Proximity Sensor	Accelerometer (G-Sensor) Ambient Light Sensor Proximity Sensor

 * At the time of writing Apple hasn't yet released this information. It is conspicuously missing from the official technical specifications page.However T-mobile (Netherlands distributor) give these specs for the RAM and CPU on their site

Still not sure ?

There is also a good review on our site for the HTC Touch Pro 2 .

If you prefer the i-Phone but don't think the new upgrade is compelling enough to lock yourself into a contract this article shows what i-Phone 3GS Functions you can get on the older models

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