Nokia N8 gets lots of stick in early reviews, we wonder why Comments
- Lars
- mvM
You are so totally right and thank you for writing this. You are by far the best site there is when it comes to mobilephones and will always be.
- jake
- xka
Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010Perhaps, but is does use a class leading Broadcomm GPU which takes a lot of work out of the ha... moreThat's exactly the other thing I wanted to explain. Thank you! I'll just copy/paste what I've said earlier.
"Well, we're comparing 2 DIFFERENT OS' here. iOS and Android may need 1Ghz or higher, but not Symbian. On S^3, the GPU offloads a lot of tasks for the interface while the CPU processes the other things. This increases the performance of the battery, as I've heard some users get usage of up to 2 days.
As per using it in competence with Android and iOS, it's personal preference mate. Try the Nokia N8 at the store in London (or wherever a store might be where you live). I think it's a fair handset when going up against the other mid-range phones."
- Mathie
- A$p
jake, 03 Oct 2010Yes Ovi maps needs multitouch ASAP. I've played with the 3.04 version and while it's cool, I c... moreYes, 3.06 should be better.. But we still can install google maps with multi-touch in N8 right ?
- Mr Happy
- N7D
Pliz pliz send me ur used nba 2k9 pc game that u dont use no more, thanx
- Anonymous
- 0rr
Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010n8 use arm11 which is 2 yr old tech processor. Do some research!!Perhaps, but is does use a class leading Broadcomm GPU which takes a lot of work out of the hands of the processor. Lower clocked Processor also means longer battery life.
The only reason Android's run on high 1Ghz proc's is because of the OS nature. JAVA stuff and virtual machine stuff, not a core OS like S3 is.
- Anonymous
- TqC
Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010n8 use arm11 which is 2 yr old tech processor. Do some research!!n8 use same processor of n97. N97 underclocked to save batt.
- ruin
- fu$
waiting for a detailed review from you guys. I am sure you guys will cover everything in your usual unbiased manner.
- jake
- xka
Mathie, 03 Oct 2010I think N8 would be a perfect hit in multimedia. But before N8 released all the ratings we... moreYes Ovi maps needs multitouch ASAP. I've played with the 3.04 version and while it's cool, I can't wait for 3.06 to get there. It's way better.
- jake
- xka
Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010n8 use arm11 which is 2 yr old tech processor. Do some research!!i don't need research, i've used the phone. good gravy.
- Mathie
- A$p
I think N8 would be a perfect hit in multimedia.
But before N8 released all the ratings were like 8.5,8.4,.. but now those are straightly down to 7 figures. I wonder why this happened..
However, I do not think that N8 Ovi maps can perform well like android maps(google)...
- Anonymous
- TqC
jake, 03 Oct 2010That makes no sense whatsoever. What are you comparing desktop processors to mobile ARM proces... moren8 use arm11 which is 2 yr old tech processor. Do some research!!
- s_a_m268
- pTi
I just want to say that I agree with your opinion. Moreover, I am one of the Gsmarena.com's fans because of its precise, fair, and real reviews that I have never seen in the other reviewer sites.
I trust you Gsmarena.
- Anonymous
- TqC
jake, 03 Oct 2010That makes no sense whatsoever. What are you comparing desktop processors to mobile ARM proces... moren8 is onli 680Mhz for ur info!! I feel much difference bet 3gs and iph4. 3gs(680) and ph4(1ghz)
- jake
- xka
Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010change ur current desktop or laptop tp celeron 800Mhz then if u thk processor is not importantThat makes no sense whatsoever. What are you comparing desktop processors to mobile ARM processors in the first place?
You people have no experience. I've held the Desire Z in my hand at the HTC convention, 800mhz means NOTHING since the core of the processor is newer than the previous snapdragons. It's a pretty fast performing phone.
Get over the number hype.
- Anonymous
- srp
Brian, 03 Oct 2010Nokia n85 have oled display (Released October 2008). So N8 is not the first Nokia with oled display.N8 is the first touch amoled
- Relax
- tV0
Onnit, 03 Oct 2010N8 is actually the most useful mobile phone I've seen. For me it is enough to make htpc unnece... moreSupport. Fast but not get the job done is useless.
- TROLLs gonna TROLL
- 0rr
Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010change ur current desktop or laptop tp celeron 800Mhz then if u thk processor is not importantNice going, comparing a phone OS to a full-fledged desktop OS like Win7 or OSX. Ignorant, just plain ignorant.
- Anonymous
- TqC
[deleted post]change ur current desktop or laptop tp celeron 800Mhz then if u thk processor is not important
- Anonymous
- 0rr
And to add on the processor supposedly being 'bad' RAM would aslo be bad. But they forget to mention that the N8 uses the same virtual type RAM as the N900 does effectively boosting RAM by more than 100% (don't now for sure though if that is exact)
- Glittin
- fuI
GsmArena......you are sooo right...the reviews from the other sites are very very very unfair...don't understand why they can't do a fair nd clear review....
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