Originally Posted by ching1206

hey guys.
i am planning to order the N900.
But after reading the forum.
there are quite a bit of problems n its KINDA holding me back from pressing the order button.

list your exp. with the problem here
so future owners or potential buyers know what to expect.

Originally Posted by Flynx

There is already a thread for this.
N900 issues for potential buyers

Originally Posted by Bec

Then why not make the first post accordingly to PR 1.2 and make it objective?

I simply asked to remove the iPhone comparisons from the first post because even as the author said:

So how can he really know in what fields iPhone would behave better?

It's not that I say he's a liar, but does he really have an N900? Most of his post is picked up from scraps around the forum, his own complaints aren't quite supported by more than 3-4 users and a correct discussion can't be based on an outdated report - he seems unable to update to PR 1.2... that if he has an N900... my bad only Nokias he said...

So let's have a level headed discussion instead of yet another "vs". thread
This is really all I asked: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=154

Originally Posted by ysss

I don't know about etuoyo's experience in regards to iphone, but I own an iPhone (currently 3GS, but I've also owned the 3G and 1st gen) and I agree 100% with that passage about N900 vs iPhone comparison by etuoyo that you questioned.

I'd even add that the experience of using and navigating on the last gen of iPhone (3G) is in whole still generally smoother and more fluid than the N900.

Originally Posted by 9000

You own both devices so of course you can testify. However, in this regard, have you taken into account that, under the same CPU condition, N900 has 800x480 pixels and multitasking, while iPhone only has 480x320 pixels and selective tasking?

Originally Posted by ysss

As a matter of fact, I have:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...933#post547933

But that's part of Nokia's design decision isn't it?
Those improvements are chalked up as N900's positive points on a different list and they have to bear the compromises of their design decisions as cons on this list.

Moreover, the UI smoothness issue has been discussed and attributed to software issue that could be addressed without any hardware changes. So in the end, it's not hardware limitation afterall... they're design deficiencies.

Originally Posted by 9000

Why should Nokia compromises? What's the niche in N900 if Nokia wanted to do it the same way as iPhone?

Do we want another iPhone clone?

The last paragraph of your reply has already been strayed away from our initial argument on "UI comparison between N900 and iPhone". I'd rather start another thread elsewhere because I don't want to open too many discussions in this tiresome thread. I hope you don't mind.

Originally Posted by ysss

Higher resolution may result in higher cost, higher amount of digital assets to make use of (storage, ram, cpu, gpu) which may result in higher power drain. It depends on what's available at the time of design.

Let's not make wrongful assumptions and harshly act on them in a level headed discussion.

Originally Posted by 9000

I see your point, but if Nokia has chosen anything less for N900 I wouldn't buy it, and I think that speaks for many people.

I just want to say I agree that iPhone is smoother in UI, but since hardware-wise N900's overhead is higher, the comparison is unfair.