Nokia N8 is 180% faster than Nokia N97

Nokia N8 cameraphone, which is the first smartphone based on Symbian3 operating system, was officially presented at the end of April this year. At that time many people were probably disappointed with the specis of the smartphone’s processor: its clock frequency is only 680 MHz – the amount RAM is equal to 256 MB.

At present users of the FinestFones resource have conducted tests on Nokia N8, allowing to study the speed of the operation of the device. For this purpose Speedy Go! application was used. According to the results Nokia camera phone is 54% faster than Samsung Omnia HD, and 180% faster than Nokia N97, which is equipped with 434 MHz clock frequency processor and 128 MB of RAM. As it is known, both Omnia HD and N97 run Symbian S60 5th Edition.

In addition, 3D-tests were also carried out in which Nokia N8 showed the best results – 60fps. Such high rates are probably the result of the use of graphics hardware accelerator, as well as Symbian3 operating system in general.

It is also worth noting that all tests were performed on the prototype, therefore the real capacities of the smartphone should be even more impressive.