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Dunk a Palm Pre and Win an iPhone 3GS

By , Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:11 am
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This one will be painful to watch for the good folks over at Precentral.net. Heck, even we feel a bit bad about this one but It seems as if the owner of this particular Pre had some major screen issues that he couldn't live with any longer - 3 cracked screens in the span of 3 months.

Rest be assured, this device will be replaced with a new iPhone 3GS. At least that's what his friends told him...

[Via Gizmodo]

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  1. farmdreads says:

    Maybe they would sell more Pre's if they included a beer.

  2. fastlane says:

    Wouldn't it take far more than one beer to buy a Pre? ;)

  3. Jon says:

    guess he didnt need the money he woulda made by reselling it.. even if only for $100. thats at least 40 more beers! dohh!

  4. leo from miami fl says:

    thats stupid

  5. leo from miami fl says:

    he should give it away to somebody that needs a phone

  6. Icebike says:

    My guess is that was far from the first round of beers.

    "hold my beer and watch this"

    • Abhishek says:

      Diana October 20, 2011 How cool that you got to meet with an erxpet! I've been having problems with plantar fasciatis and my shins have been tight, so I think I'll try some of these tips!

  7. leo from miami fl says:

    or do an auction and get some money

  8. Bob says:

    If he had bought an iPhone in the first place and decided to dunk it out of frustration, he would have had a second chance. I accidently knocked mine into the bathtub and was able to dry it out with my wife's hair dryer!

    Six months later it is still working.

    Bob

  9. Stan The Man says:

    Yep, dumb... I'd like to try a Pre, but I do love my iPhone even though it doesn't have mms or voice dialing.

  10. cursiv says:

    So he will probably break his screen on his iphone in the first month?

    It is just how careful and responsible you are. I had my 2g for 2 years and never had a cracked screen, and yet my friends break their screens days after getting it.

  11. Thor79 says:

    If he's breaking the screen that often, he's going to do the same to his iPhone.

  12. Mrs. says:

    He said the reason his Pre screen cracked 3 times in 3 months was due to overheating!! That is completely unacceptable! Enjoy your iPhone..smart choice! The rush to buy every new self-proclaimed "iPhone killer" often results in this kind of frustration....solution, just stick with the best & let the imitators try & fail.

  13. StayThirstyMyFriends says:

    Wonder if it's safe to drink after he put the pre in the glass!?!? I'm sure the phone released some crap in the beer!

  14. Ethan says:

    Right. I remeber reading that the Pre releases it's bowels right before it dies.

  15. Ethan says:

    Remember. Does anyone else have a fast typing problem with the 3.1 software? I type quick, and 3.1 has slowed the response time of the keyboard, I think.

  16. Appleking says:

    the pre is excellent device, lets not hate

  17. Loz says:

    Looks like the Pre is pretty waterproof. It lasts quite a while!

  18. Tony says:

    Felt like doin the samething to my BB Storm, but instead I sold it and got some of my money back, that helped to buy my iPhone 3gs... To each there own.....

  19. FORMER IPHONE USER says:

    I love my palm Pre & the fact that my sprint bill is half that of a ATT Iphone bill! My roommate has ATT & always has dropped calls & hi assed bills. He's leaving ATT when his contract ends. FORMER IPHONE CUSTOMER

  20. John says:

    Former iPhone user will come back if he leaves! Will realize how awesome the iPhone is.

  21. drew j says:

    u guys are fags.. i hate iphone fanboys.. get some puss

  22. Truth says:

    The only thing needing a dunk is the Iphone. It is so old and outdated. The Pre and the HTC HERO handily whoops its ass. There's an app for that...oh one at a time...LMAO

  23. Jaime says:

    I went through 4 of them for the same reason. I too now have a 3gs. It blows the pre out of the water in most ways. It still would be nice for apple to allow some multitasking though. I know it's possible because I do it with the jailbrake app "backgrounder".

  24. ken says:

    He could replace the Pre thru insurance and have the iPhone and a Pre.

  25. corlyon says:

    Palm should sell gsm pre in Asia, i.e. China.

    That's really a huge market!

  26. Fixtnk says:

    It's dumb to do that but, he made a couple of good points : #1 can't deal with a pre even if your drunk.

    2 He probably felt sorry after, but not for the pre but for the beer he wasted.

    3 We all realized that it works better under liquid.

  27. macboy15 says:

    @drew j: lol What does having a iphone have to do with getting puss? I have had a iphone since launch and get plenty of "puss". Was not a problem before it either.

    @former iphone user: Im sorry you have to resort to going to the worse carrier in the land. Not sure what you mean by your sprint bill is half of a att iphone bill. My bill is $102.74 every month unlimited data,text and voice. The same plan on sprint is $99. But you get there sh***y live tv and other garbage that no uses. As far as dropped calls and coverage go. I have had nothing but the best 3g coverage in upstate NY. And I had about 3 dropped calls all year. I have had sprint and verizon 4 years on each. Had dropped calls on both.

    @truth: Your nothing but a troll. For anyone reading this . This person crys and bi**hes about every phone out there.

    @ Everyone: If you dont like the iphone and/or dont have one WHY ARE YOU HERE. The site is called The Iphone Blog!!!! Go troll somewhere else.

  28. Dan says:

    @macboy15: thanks for that post. You saved me 10 min of typing.

  29. Jenny says:

    @Ethan - your comment (#14) made me lose my shit. But not in the way that a Palm Pre does at the moment of its demise.

  30. Randy says:

    I had an iPhone went to sprint got the palm pre and let's just say the palm pre is a great device for what it is but I swear it also the most flimsy peice of crap ever I went through 5 palm pres in a month and I never did anything to the phone so geuss what I bought another iPhone today and screw palm and sprint

  31. paige says:

    he is one rich snob i can't afford any of these phones and would have loved one

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