But in a way, we can’t forgive it. The Pre 2 is a good phone. It deserves its moment in the spotlight, not a press released followed by what amounted to a footnote in the announcement presentation of other products months later. Instead HP and Verizon are content to let it sit in the back of their stores and warehouses where potential customers have to know that the phone exists and actually want to see it to get a demo. If the Pre 2 had come out on Verizon in October when it was first announced, then we might be singing a different tune. But with the release landing so many months later than we suspect was intended, it’s like HP and Verizon are just going through the motions because they couldn’t afford to stop the wheels of distribution. “We’ve got the phone, we might as well release it,” seems to be the overwhelming attitude.
Which is sad, the Verizon Pre 2 is a good phone. It’s fast. It’s solid. It does just about everything we want it to do and never once balked at our asking it to do too much. It’s everything the Pre should have been, and it’s made us more excited for what’s yet to come.
I have a hard time understanding how this phone’s launch could be this bad.