Comments on: Nokia N97 processor revealed

By: N97 Geeks

N97 Geeks — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:36:54 +0000

Thanks Mikey, much appreciated.

By: Mikey Bee

Mikey Bee — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:50:14 +0000

N97 Geeks: The source is in the story – it comes from Nokia itself : http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/N97 it’s under the GENERAL specs for the device

By: N97 Geeks

N97 Geeks — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:54:26 +0000

Is there a source for the processor spec? Not found anything official from Nokia.

The phone is expensive and I agree, a more powerful processor would have been nice but whether it’s needed or not, remains to be seen. Time will tell, time will tell.

By: hammer

hammer — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:52:46 +0000

Processor speed isn\’t everything. Good software coding really, really helps. The E71 is proof of that. It\’s the fastest Nokia that I have ever used.

BUT…$700 is a lot of cash. Placing this phone squarely as an iPhone competitor.

The iphone runs at about the same speed but has a 3d accelerator to help with the transitions, games and gps maps etc…

This phone will also be competing with the Omnia HD and I can tell you (I\’ve played with the Omnia HD) that the N97 is gonna need to be amazing to beat it.

I don\’t think it will.

In fact, I\’ll go as far as saying that unless the price halves it\’s as good as dead.

Resistative screen. Average UI, no 3D, slow(er) processor and a ridiculous price are all screaming FAIL. Certainly in the current economic climate.

By: juanma

juanma — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:09:34 +0000

What a shitty processor!!! ive been with nokia phones all my life and i think that nokia is really cheating with this “monolith-with-keyboard”. its a deception. this cant be the nokia flagship phone, common!!!
im going to buy the samsungs omniaHD with a processor acording to XXI century!!

nokia if you hear me: You have lost a consumer!!!

By: mato56

mato56 — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:43:50 +0000

No, not any Symbian device, Samsung OMNIA HD, has a much faster 800Mhz processor, and to my knowledge is 100€ cheaper than N97:) I don’t know why nokia is making shitty phones like this.

By: Fadi

Fadi — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:26:41 +0000

@Zubair.. Wow man, just because another phone has 600mhz you will go for that!? lol.. You know it’s not always about CPU speed. As long as the phone is responsive and fast why worry about the CPU speed??

The N97 does NOT have any problem about responsivness or slowliness, so why worry about the CPU speed..

I do agree with everyone else though that this phone is not that exciting (at least for me), and that I will be waiting for the next one.. Main thing that is really bugging me is the screen type.. I am not a big fan of resistive type of screens.

But it’s an awesome phone anyways though, don’t get me wrong, I am not talking smack about the phone or anything like that.. but for me, I’ll just be waiting for the next version.. N97-2?

By: suyanto

suyanto — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:57:55 +0000

thank for information

By: Mikey Bee

Mikey Bee — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:43:00 +0000

@Danny I hear you. Lot of money to pay but if they stick a 600MHz chip in there and it punts the price to $750, would you sleep easier at night? Am thinking that speed isn’t everything, it’s nice but not essential – do you use all the grunt power in your laptop/PC? – when after all we’re talking what, 10th of a second (subjective, I’ve not benchmarked them) difference when loading apps? That kind of speed can be made up by having a great interface, which N97 hopefully will have. Technology moves on, it’s a fact of life – am looking at my six month old laptop now and thinking I’d like a shiny new one

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:58:15 +0000

Nokia if you are listening I’m disappointed but I’ll get over it, not because I’m spending $700 on something that will have something better (Nokia) come out in another year, but Nokia it still one of the best phones out there in terms of quality of service (cellular signal).