Holiday Gift Guide »

Nokia sticking with ARM 11 CPU for Nokia N97?

Categories: Devices, Nokia, Rumors, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 12:27 PM

The Nokia N97 was recently announced to a good deal of fanfare. As the Finnish cellphone giant’s 2009 flagship, the Nokia N97 was expected to be a monster of a smartphone. The feature set reads like a list of what’s what in the mobile space – 3.5-inch touchscreen, 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss camera (with dual LED flash), aGPS, WiFi, 3G data connection, slide-out QWERTY keyboard and 32GB of on-board memory are just some of the Nokia N97′s highlights.

Today we’re hearing, in an unconfirmed report, that the Nokia N97 flagship may just be packing the older ARM 11-based processors that are powering Nokia’s current Nseries fleet. The slower, less efficient Texas Instruments ARM 11 processors are reportedly being carried over from devices like the Nokia E71.

The newer TI OMAP 3 processors feature a more efficient power draw and faster core speeds, making them a more attractive choice for a new flagship smartphone. But, instead of making use of the newer chips, Nokia is rumored to be boosting the ARM 11 processor’s clock speed to improve performance on the Nokia N97.

If true, Nokia’s decision to use the slower ARM 11 processors could disappoint those Nokia-holics expecting to use their Nokia N97′s big touchscreen and computer-like feature-set as an MID or Netbook replacement.

[Via: Slashgear]

About The Author

Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Didi

    Unconfirmed? They were perfectly clear on that. It will be an ARM11 processor – which works great with the E71, btw. What they aren’t releasing yet is processor clock speed. Apart from saying it will be “significantly faster” than current models.

    To reiterate, this was something they answered multiple times at the N97 booth at Nokia World.

  • MySKY

    NOKIA, No new TI OMAP 3 CPU = No upgrade to N97!!!!

  • pachi

    Nokia better do something, at least use the OMAP 2420 used in the N95 with a higher clock speed.

  • Bryan

    If no better processor for N97, I am sticking with my old device.

  • toni rahovec / KosovA

    Nokia N97 is useing ARM11 Dual 330MHz and 256 SD Ram.