HTC Butterfly vs Palm Pre

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Weight

  Pre: 7 g lighter

  Butterfly:

  140 g

  Pre:

  133 g

• Width

  Pre: 11 mm narrower

  Butterfly:

  70.5 mm

  Pre:

  59.5 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Pre: 1.9 in smaller diagonal

  Butterfly:

  5 in

  Pre:

  3.1 in

• Depth

  Butterfly: 7.8 mm thinner

  Butterfly:

  9.1 mm

  Pre:

  16.9 mm

• Height

  Pre: 42.5 mm shorter

  Butterfly:

  143 mm

  Pre:

  100.5 mm

• Release year

  Butterfly:

  2012

  Pre:

  2009

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Butterfly

   Height:

   143 mm +42.5 mm versus Pre

   Width:

   70.5 mm +11 mm versus Pre

   Depth:

   9.1 mm

2. 2. Pre

   Height:

   100.5 mm

   Width:

   59.5 mm

   Depth:

   16.9 mm +7.8 mm versus Butterfly

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Butterfly

   Screen diagonal:

   5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   68.9 cm²

2. 2. Pre

   Screen diagonal:

   3.1 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   3:2

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   28.6 cm²

Butterfly has approximately 140.8% more rectangular screen area than Pre.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

Open a section for more detail. On narrow screens, swipe sideways or use Left/Right arrow keys while the table is focused. Unknown means missing data, not No. Recorded zero values are shown as recorded.