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Palm Pre Plus vs Philips S396

Compare recorded specifications, size and practical differences.

Philips S396

Philips S396

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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.

  • WeightPre Plus: 13 g lighterPre Plus: 138 g · S396: 151 g
  • WidthPre Plus: 13.5 mm narrowerPre Plus: 59.5 mm · S396: 73 mm
  • Screen diagonalPre Plus: 1.9 in smaller diagonalPre Plus: 3.1 in · S396: 5 in
  • DepthS396: 7.2 mm thinnerS396: 9.7 mm · Pre Plus: 16.9 mm
  • HeightPre Plus: 41.4 mm shorterPre Plus: 100.5 mm · S396: 141.9 mm
  • Release year2010 / 2015Pre Plus: 2010 · S396: 2015

Physical size

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.

Front
Pre Plus: 100.5 × 59.5 mm 1 S396: 141.9 × 73 mm 2
Side
Pre Plus: 100.5 × 16.9 mm 1 S396: 141.9 × 9.7 mm 2
  1. 1. Pre Plus
    Height
    100.5 mm
    Width
    59.5 mm
    Depth
    16.9 mm
    Weight
    138 g
  2. 2. S396
    Height
    141.9 mm
    Width
    73 mm
    Depth
    9.7 mm
    Weight
    151 g

Specifications

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Everyday essentials
Everyday essentials
SpecificationPre PlusS396
Dimensions (HxWxD)
  • 100.5 Х 59.5 Х 16.9 mm
  • 141.9 Х 73 Х 9.7 mm
Weight
  • 138 g
  • 151 g
Technology
  • TFT
  • IPS LCD
Screen size
  • 3.1" inch
  • 5" inch
Screen resolution
  • 320 x 480 px
  • 720 x 1280 px
Internal memoryRecorded storage / RAM variants. Entries are alternatives, not a combined maximum. Ambiguous formats stay as recorded.
  • 16 GB
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 8 GB
  • 1 GB RAM
Memory card support
  • No
  • microSD
  • up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
BatteryCapacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
  • 1150 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
  • 2300 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
Operating system OS
  • Palm webOS 1.3.5
  • Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Unknown
  • Mediatek MT6735P (28 nm)
Headphone jack
  • Yes
  • Yes
Display
Display
SpecificationPre PlusS396
Touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
Display colors
  • 16M
  • 16M
Screen area
  • 28.6 cm2
  • 68.9 cm2
Screen format
  • 3:2 (height:width)
  • 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
  • 47.9%
  • 66.5%
PPI /points per inch/
  • 186 PPI
  • 294 PPI
Camera and Video
Camera and Video
SpecificationPre PlusS396
Rear camera, main
  • 3.15 MP
  • Single
  • 8 MP
  • Single
Camera specs
  • 3.15 MP
  • 8 MP
  • AF
Functions
  • LED flash
  • LED flash
Video
  • Yes
  • 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie
  • 0 MP,
  • 8 MP
  • Single
Specifications Unknown
  • 8 MP
Performance
Performance
SpecificationPre PlusS396
Processor CPU
  • 600 MHz Cortex-A8
  • Quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Graphics processor GPU
  • PowerVR SGX
  • Mali-T720MP2
General specs
General specs
SpecificationPre PlusS396
Release date
  • 2010
  • March
  • 2015
  • June
Colors
  • Black
  • Black
Historical recorded priceLegacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
  • 170 EUR
Unknown
Battery life
  • Stand by time- Up to 350 h (2G) / - (3G) Talking time- Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 4 h (3G)
Unknown
Communication and Connectivity
Communication and Connectivity
SpecificationPre PlusS396
SIM card
  • Mini-SIM
  • Dual SIM
Network
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100)
  • 3(1800)
  • 7(2600)
  • 20(800)
  • 38(2600)
  • 39(1900)
  • 40(2300)
  • 41(2500)
Speed
  • HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps
  • HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps
  • LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS
  • Class 10
  • Yes
Edge
  • Class 10
  • Yes
Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • hotspot
GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
USB
  • microUSB 2.0
  • microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth
  • 2.1
  • A2DP
  • 4.0
  • A2DP
Music and Audio
Music and Audio
SpecificationPre PlusS396
Radio
  • No
  • FM radio
Other features
Other features
SpecificationPre PlusS396
Dop
  • Sensors Accelerometer Wireless charging
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • proximity
  • compass