Nokia N8 - user opinions and reviews
- Duel
- niD
hayato, 13 Sep 2010I forgot. It's been a long time since i do my research. And i don't watch galaxy s videos too,... more "but n8's video of asphalt 4 last on my brain for such a long time. Maybe it's my first impression on the work"
did i get this right, you say N8 performance with apshalt looked good? and did you mean asphalt5?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ5LEn5K-00
you say this runs smooth? actually thats very laggy, i know someone could think it runs fast, because they made the video faster than its really is to make the game feel fast car game.
but if you watch that, there is very slow frame there and there. I really wait to see that game on last version, but what iv seen the same game couple of times on N8 its not run near as good as other platforms.
so its interesting why so many keep saying n8 has amazing gpu, if it is it should run games and couple of day old video of nfs shift game didn't run smoothly either
- Peter
- iFr
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2010plus add to that handicapped features of galaxy and iphone then we get balanced result :)Exactly.
- Anonymous
- naX
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2010Yaa trueplus add to that handicapped features of galaxy and iphone then we get balanced result :)
- Anonymous
- 9Cn
AMANITA, 13 Sep 2010N8 can never be as fast as iphone or galaxy but Itz a faster symbian phone ! Only the games,ed... moreYaa true
- Me
- kUW
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2010I think symbian hav ugly UI but hav AMAZING feature and functional make me always choose sym... moreSame here,feature is best. I dont care with ui.
- hayato
- t7X
hayato, 13 Sep 2010I forgot. It's been a long time since i do my research. And i don't watch galaxy s videos too,... moreoops, sorry it's asphalt 5 what i mean.
Ok, galaxy s is good, but even if i decided right now that i like it and want it, it will never be released on my country. Sorry. And it doesn't have 12mp too so i can't be deciding that way, i'm already in love with n8's camera.
- AMANITA
- s8f
N8 can never be as fast as iphone or galaxy but Itz a faster symbian phone ! Only the games,editors are the tasks where it is slow ! Browsing photos is superfast !
- hayato
- t7X
Duel, 13 Sep 2010"tried n8 nor iphone or galaxy. But after doing some research and watching some videos, i... moreI forgot. It's been a long time since i do my research. And i don't watch galaxy s videos too, since it i think it will never be released on my country, therefore leaving my list too soon. I watch videos of wave and iphone 4 however, they look fantastic but n8's video of asphalt 4 last on my brain for such a long time. Maybe it's my first impression on the work. Let me check the videos once again to refresh my mind. About the need for speed shift video, i watched that video yesterday since one of you posted it in here. The loading problem didn't irritate me that much. As long as the game can be played smoothly with realistic graphics, it's ok for me.
- Wheez
- nS$
shahid, 13 Sep 2010I am not biased in my discussion I have never said n8 is not good even I also like n8 and I am... moreYou have to give us reasons, not just "it's better", cos that doesnt tell anything. So it's not facts until you tell us the facts.
Also, are you comparing them to old Symbians or to really Symbian^3?
- Anonymous
- Kxc
I think symbian hav ugly UI but hav AMAZING
feature and functional make me always choose symbian over other OS
- Anonymous
- Kxc
I think symbian hav ugly UI but hav AMAZING
feature and functional make me always choose symbian over other OS
- shahid
- mTZ
hayato, 13 Sep 2010You are a satisfied customer. But that's not an excuse to say negative things about n8's gamin... moreI am not biased in my discussion I have never said n8 is not good even I also like n8 and I am also willing to purchase it but this time top 10 mobile in which n8 is also coming top 10 but compared to iphone and galaxy in terms of software no way near dear these is the truth no personal suggestions these are the facts
U plz tell in aspect of software hardware and software how n8 is better than iphone 4g and galaxy other than the cheap plastic body of galaxy
- Anonymous
- K6n
Duel, 13 Sep 2010"tried n8 nor iphone or galaxy. But after doing some research and watching some videos, i... moresamsung sucks
i don't buy it for 1 cent
- Wheez
- nS$
Duel, 13 Sep 2010"tried n8 nor iphone or galaxy. But after doing some research and watching some videos, i... moreI'm 95% sure the video and picture editor laggyness is the software, not the hardware or the OS. Everything else runs with like 60 FPS on the N8, but then when u open either picture or video editor before even doing anything, just being in the many is hell of a struggle. That can't be explained with the phone IMO, I'd say the edit software is badly optimized for the phone, cos there's nothing that requires good specs in the menu, yet it has like 10 FPS.
You are right, the GPU can't do everything and its true that when ur at the point where the GPU cant be utilized, the 1Ghz CPU will probably win in like loading times as you mentioned. The game itself should run as well/better with a dedicated GPU.
As said, it's about balance. Android phones don't know how to use the SoC integrated graphics to render the UI, iPhone 4 can and Symbian^3 can (although its not integrated but dedicated) so in everyday use and apart from some very heavy applications, I'd say the balance of the N8 is better. Most of the time I do not play games on my phone or edit videos, but just the every day use.
Flash heavy sites will lag on any current smartphone, the default web browser gives different opinions. Few sites have been praising it and saying that they downloaded Opera but never ended up using it cos the default was so good, some say its crappy and laggy (could be earlier versions?), nevertheless they are redoing the browser with Qt that should make it quite abit better, but that won't make it into the retail box, so maybe later this year.
- Peter
- iFr
Duel, 13 Sep 2010"tried n8 nor iphone or galaxy. But after doing some research and watching some videos, i... morewe don't care, in the future there will be N9
so, N8 is the best "full features" phone to have now.
- Duel
- niD
hayato, 13 Sep 2010You are a satisfied customer. But that's not an excuse to say negative things about n8's gamin... more"tried n8 nor iphone or galaxy. But after doing some research and watching some videos, i think gaming on n8 will be better"
what videos have you watching? i watched need for speed shift on n8 and galaxy s and it runs much better on galaxy s, and loading times are like other planet. N8 takes load nfs shift 33 sec and galaxy s takes 10 second
and thats because the low memory and low cpu
everyone here say but N8 dont need it because it has gpu, but hey guess what gpu is not doing everything :D
and N8 is goin to strucle badly in future, it has it's limitation because the memory and cpu, so it's getting older to run heavy stuffs before others. actually what iv seen on heavy task it's already strucle, like gaming, web browsing with flash on, maps app is laggy and slow, picture editor is laggy
- Wheez
- nS$
Wheez, 13 Sep 2010Nokia will most likely never use Android, cos then it becomes nothing but a bulk phone manufac... moreHowever I deeply hope that the new CEO wont mess in Microsoft in this now that we Meego looking very promising. I hope they keep putting effort into Symbian for lower end machines and Meego for the high end stuff.
Funny how people complain about Nokia having no innovation and complaining that Nokia should go Android at the same time...
- Wheez
- nS$
Mobile Buyer waiting, 13 Sep 2010Come on Nokia, catch up and use Android your OS really sucks I have used the N97 and E71.. you... moreNokia will most likely never use Android, cos then it becomes nothing but a bulk phone manufacturer like Samsung, HTC, SE, that have really nothing original and just race in who manages to squeeze the hardware in for the lowest price. Nokia has also invested so much in Symbian and Meego that it will most likely not ditch em.
Also, Symbian^3 is by far the best Symbian has ever been and it blows N97s 5th edition out of the table, they are different operating system even if they look the same.
Also, it depends abit, there's a reason why corporations use symbians in their work smartphones and not Androids.
Android will most likely never happen, but the Windows OS is possible, seeing that the new CEO is ex Microsoft..
- Wheez
- nS$
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2010Guys dont compare n8 vid galaxy s.bcoz galaxy s gonna b legend.n8 can only beat galaxy in came... moreYou really have to give us some reasons. It sure beats the iPhone in being a smartphone, cos iPhone is very barely one. But what in it makes it better than N8 with Symbian^3? It's hard to say for sure yet, cos N8 is not officially out yet, but theres plenty of footage and material and from what I've found, Android has maybe a few things better, but on the other hand, Symbian wins in other things.
They seem pretty even, but even so it seems that Symbian^3 still takes the slight lead cos its been so much longer in development.
Either way, Android is real amazing for seeing how new and short in development it is, it will be wonderful when it gets more time.
- Mobile Buyer waiting
- ii6
Come on Nokia, catch up and use Android your OS really sucks I have used the N97 and E71.. you have to select menu in menus just to do the simplest things and nothing is logically organised. OVI is great free I think thats the only good thing going for Nokia ATM, I think they know it too :) I'll by the phone as it is a cheap GPS :)
Tip us
880k
142k 87k
457k
RSS
Log in I forgot my password Sign up