Official Palm Pre User Review Thread

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I just wanted to inform everyone that there are some bad batches of Palm Pre's still being sold at Best Buy and Sprint stores. I witnessed several "screen twist" Pre's and also 2 Pre's with "dead" pixels straight out of the box brand new. This was yesterday evening in a Houston based BB store. My advice to those who are on the picky side like myself is to have the sales rep hand you the Pre so you can visually inspect it BEFORE they begin to activate it. The "twist" syndrom is not anything to get alarmed over as it's a minor quality issue that does not affect the phone's function other than occasionally causing the slide to bind and drag in which case I would definetely exchange it or not purchase one that does that. The dead pixel(s) is something you will really need to look very closely for. A dead pixel in the screen looks like a white dot that never goes away and can be confirmed by simply navigating through the phones features while paying attention to the dead pixel never changing colors and remaining a constant white. It's not the end of the world if you happen to have gotten a phone in this condition, just return it to the place where you bought it even after the 30 day return period because the Pre has a 1 year manufacturer warranty reguardless. No need to file an insurance in these cases. Well that's my tip of the day for everybody...