Thread: The EPIC N9 anticipation thread
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geohsia is offline geohsia
2011-05-12 , 17:02
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#148
Originally Posted by richwhite View Post
Make your mind up, are we discussing hardware or software?
Dual core is a hardware feature.

When the N900 came out other phones had faster processors, but unlike Android, Maemo is optified well
Not sure how being optified compensates for a slower processor.

Yes it could have done with say 800MHz not 600, but it wasn't as slow as Android would be. I want a nice balance between performance and battery life,
Seriously. Do you remember life BEFORE Titan? It sucked Big-TIME.

and if it's well coded there may not be a difference between 1GHz and 1.2Ghz or dual core etc.
Again, all fine and dandy, how long will that take. With the N900 performance and battery life was one of the main drivers for Titan and other optimizations. Innovation born out of frustration. Why not start with good hardware and save ourself the frustration? I'll pay more for a device if that means less frustration for the first year or so.

If there is a noticeable difference then yes, i'll want it. But i won't want it for the sake of a spec orgasm.
You're saying there would be no difference between a single 1 Ghz process and a 1GHz dual core processor? Hmm.... I think there is.

But none of this has anything to do with Ovi Maps

Except everyone keeps saying that all optimization problems will be addressed by the MeeGo collective and OVI Maps, one of the worst offenders on the N900 can only be addressed by Nokia and not anyone else. So if there is any chance OVI Maps for N950 will be as resource intensive as on the N900 then dual core would again be beneficial.
Last edited by geohsia; 2011-05-12 at 17:04.