Motorola Fire 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

  Fire: 23 g lighter

  Fire:

  110 g

  Pre:

  133 g

• Width

  Fire: 1.5 mm narrower

  Fire:

  58 mm

  Pre:

  59.5 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Fire: 0.3 in smaller diagonal

  Fire:

  2.8 in

  Pre:

  3.1 in

• Depth

  Fire: 3.4 mm thinner

  Fire:

  13.5 mm

  Pre:

  16.9 mm

• Height

  Pre: 16 mm shorter

  Fire:

  116.5 mm

  Pre:

  100.5 mm

• Release year

  Fire:

  2011

  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. Fire

   Height:

   116.5 mm +16 mm versus Pre

   Width:

   58 mm

   Depth:

   13.5 mm

2. 2. Pre

   Height:

   100.5 mm

   Width:

   59.5 mm +1.5 mm versus Fire

   Depth:

   16.9 mm +3.4 mm versus Fire

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. Fire

   Screen diagonal:

   2.8 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   4:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   24.3 cm²

2. 2. Pre

   Screen diagonal:

   3.1 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   3:2

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   28.6 cm²

Pre has approximately 17.9% more rectangular screen area than Fire.

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.