52% Unlikely to Switch to Sprint for the Palm Pre

palm-pre-pollTwo days ago, we asked in a poll how many of you would switch to Sprint just to become a proud Palm Pre owner. As of now, there are 524 responses and more than half of those either said “no way” or “not likely.” Around of a third of you definitely plan to make the switch or are likely to switch to Sprint for a Palm Pre.

Number portability is a non-issue here since you can port your existing cellular number from one carrier to another. And perhaps some of you need to “see it to believe it” when it comes to the Palm Pre. After all, we’ve only taken a basic look at it, don’t know the release date and still need to see how much love the development community offers.

Some good comments followed the poll as well. Here’s a sampling of the reasoning:

Erik wants flexibility to swap SIMs: “I wouldn’t switch to Sprint but I’d consider importing an unlocked GSM version from Europe…”

Scott already switched loyalties once: “I recently switched FROM sprint to ATT for the iphone… so no, I’m not going back. Sprint was my first carrier and of course they come out with a loyalty program not in the 10 years I was with them – but 6 months after I leave -rolleyes-”

FrustratedConsumer probably didn’t get an iPhone either based on this: “A cool phone on a so-so network is worthless to me. I must be getting old.”

Thomas iterates a common theme in the comments on service: “I switched to Verizon 4 years ago after a bad customer service episode with Sprint and I’ve never looked back. I don’t love Verizon, but they’re the least onerous and 90% of the people I know are on it. I want a more capable phone that’s not annoying to use but I’m not switching carriers to get one.”

I’ll leave the poll open through the weekend, but I don’t expect the results to change much. If they do, we’ll take another look. Given this small sample size, we really can’t draw conclusions with any level of certainty. But it seems to me that there were more people willing to switch to AT&T when the iPhone 3G arrived. It could be that people don’t yet know enough about the Palm Pre, so maybe we’ll run another poll when the actual launch gets closer.

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