Phone Comparison - Palm Pre vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs Motorola RAZR i XT890

general General Info

Manufacturer Palm Samsung Motorola
Announced Februray 2009 February 2012 September 2012
Status Available - October 2009 Available - May 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Black Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 100.5 x 59.5 x 16.9 mm
(3.96 x 2.34 x 0.67 in)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
122.5 x 60.9 x 8.3 mm
(4.82 x 2.4 x 0.33 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 126 g (4.44 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Palm webOS Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 1.3GHz, Intel Atom Z2460, Boost to 2GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX Mali-400MP PowerVR SGX 540 @400MHz
RAM 256 MB 768 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Advanced, Edge-To-Edge Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches 3.8 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (186 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 47.90% 55.64% 68.41%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash enhanced fixed focus LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video No Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser WAP 2.0 / HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1150 mAh 1500 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 5 h Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 20 h