The Pre is the UK’s most anticipated phone, with 26 per cent of mobile users expressing an interest in buying one. This is almost double the 16 per cent who said they would buy the iPhone before its launch in 2007.

The ‘Iphone killer’ handset, due to launch on Friday, will be available on O2 alongside its Apple rival. O2 will be offering the smartphone free to those on a 24-month contract, which it hopes will boost longer contracts in its users.

This is verified by the figures from TNS which show that the 27 per cent of existing O2 customers want a Pre. Of those polled, 32 per cent who are currently on other networks said they'd consider switching to O2 to get it.

Sales of the Palm Pre are expected to outshine those of the Iphone in its first year, despite lower awareness of the handset overall among the general population." Via The Inquirer .

Labels: iphone, pre

¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/14/2009 11:21:00 AM