| Palm Pre | RIM BlackBerry Porsche Design P9981 |
| Manufacture | Palm | RIM |
| Model | Pre | BlackBerry Porsche Design P9981 |
| Form factor | QWERTY Slider | Block |
| Weight | 135 gram | 155.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 101 x 60 x 17 | 115.00 x 67.00 x 11.30 |
| Operating System | webOS | BlackBerry OS |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800/1900 3G - 850/1900/2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 850/1900/2100 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
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| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | 2.1 |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 3 megapixels | 5 megapixel, autofocus, geo tagging, 4x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | LED |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | 720p |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 3.1 inches | 2.80 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 16777216 |
| Display width | 320 | 640 |
| Display height | 480 | 480 |
| PPI | 186.09 | 285.71 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 |
| GPU | NA | Adreno 205 |
| Memory | 8 GB | 768 MB RAM. 8 GB internal storage. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, FLAC, OGG, AAC-LC |
| Java | NA | |
| Games | Yes | NA |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | NA | 1230 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 300 | 213 |
| Talktime (m) | 300 | 330 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML | HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | NA | |
| SyncML | NA | |
| Website | Website | Website |