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June 22nd, 2009

Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET

Posted by Jason Hiner @ 4:00 am

Categories: Apple, Palm, iPhone

Tags: Apple iPhone, CNET Networks Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Hiner

In a special episode of CNET Prizefight, Briant Tong, Bonnie Cha, and Nicole Lee pit the iPhone 3G S against the Palm Pre in three speed tests: boot up time, loading a Web page, and taking and sending a photo. They also included the second-gen iPhone in the tests for further comparison.

Watch the six-minute video to see the Palm Pre win two out of the three tests. Keep in mind that this is a non-scientific test that takes place in the CNET studios in San Francisco, a city where the iPhone suffers from widely-reported network problems. Nevertheless, the Pre showed very impressive performance and the iPhone 3G S showed solid improvement over its previous generation hardware.

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You really hate logic don't you?
The time to complete the task was OBVIOUSLY faster on the iPhone 3G
S from the USERS perspective. Don't tell me that when you press the
"send" button on an email, you sit and wait for it to a... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Bruizer Posted on: 06/27/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Why measure boot time  frgough | 06/22/09
I don't know, but all of my friends iPhones have to reboot from crashes  T1Oracle | 06/22/09
get it looked at!  Geuseppi | 06/22/09
this is a reason  krikus050 | 06/22/09
I would have called the last one a tie.  Bruizer | 06/22/09
I agree, rerun the tests.  NonZealot | 06/22/09
Be fair  Michael Kelly | 06/22/09
Let me clarify  NonZealot | 06/22/09
You guys realize these phones will not work on the other's network, right?  bubbatex | 06/22/09
Or the Pre on AT&T.  Bruizer | 06/22/09
Typical Apple Bigot  quixel | 06/24/09
You really hate logic don't you?  Bruizer | 06/27/09
typical Apple fan  nessrapp | 06/22/09
Not at all.  Bruizer | 06/22/09
Or another look...  Bruizer | 06/22/09
BullSh!t  quixel | 06/24/09
Anandtech's controlled tests with Wifi, iPhone beats Pre 20+%  Davewrite | 06/22/09
Apple announces 1 MILLION 3GS' SOLD! 10 times Pre.  Davewrite | 06/22/09
Good job Apple!!  NonZealot | 06/22/09
hey morning NZ! happy BUY ONE and...  Davewrite | 06/22/09
I suppose I could!  NonZealot | 06/22/09
'least popular' could also means it Sucks! No? happy -nt  Davewrite | 06/22/09
It could!  NonZealot | 06/22/09
But let me guess  rtk | 06/22/09
Well....  Davewrite | 06/22/09
Good job Apple!!  MnDude1971 | 06/22/09
hehehe, yeah.  rtk | 06/22/09
eheehehheeh OH YEAH  Geuseppi | 06/22/09
Clearly you are  rtk | 06/22/09
Missing the whole point on the numbers thing  Geuseppi | 06/22/09
Why should we compare it to iPhone 1? This is 2009 not 2007  Davewrite | 06/22/09
Those iphones were sold in ***8 Countries***  scorpeo | 06/22/09
So what? Fact is Apple installed base gets BIGGER gets the DEVELOPERS!  Davewrite | 06/22/09
Your opinions do not equal the facts!  scorpeo | 06/22/09
FACTS: AT&T already said on first day it's sold hundreds of thousands  Davewrite | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  Ben_rockwood | 06/22/09
Depends on the point of the test  NonZealot | 06/22/09
RE: RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  scorpeo | 06/22/09
You guys basing Cell networks on ONE test?  Davewrite | 06/22/09
Networks speed matters!  scorpeo | 06/22/09
Neither Sprint nor Verizon had a 1,000,000 weekend activation spikes.  Bruizer | 06/22/09
RE: Neither Sprint nor Verizon had a 1,000,000 weekend activation spikes.  scorpeo | 06/23/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  mafuman | 06/22/09
cough cough  quixel | 06/24/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  tdibble | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  mafuman | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  apfer | 06/22/09
A major flaw in the test...  heres_johnny | 06/22/09
No... SPRINT beat AT&T is 2 out of 2 tests...  smitsc05 | 06/22/09
Going to vary greatly depending on where the tests are run  timothyt@... | 06/22/09
Who cares about startup time???  Narg | 06/22/09
Startup Time  Christo295 | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  remonl | 06/22/09
Missing the whole point on the numbers thing  Geuseppi | 06/22/09
It's obvious you're missing the point!  scorpeo | 06/22/09
Once again, people not reading...  Geuseppi | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  tlkunz@... | 06/22/09
Are you kidding me?  NonZealot | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  krikus050 | 06/22/09
Used Both... Like the Pre  fortitermac | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  cc92260 | 06/22/09
Comparing Networks  enovikoff | 06/22/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  Niiro13 | 06/25/09
RE: Palm Pre beats iPhone 3G S in 2 out of 3 speed tests by CNET  phonelover | 06/26/09

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