Comments on: Samsung i8910 Omnia HD now sporting a 1GHz processor?

By: matthew

matthew — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:54:49 +0000

Wow Great news, where can I buy it from in the greece?

By: Jonathan Bruha

Jonathan Bruha — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:03:04 +0000

Hit the Samsung India link again. They’ve since taken down the line about the 1GHz processor.

By: box360

box360 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:36:39 +0000

It’s OFFICIAL no 1GHz processor for i8910 HD http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_officially_denies_the_existence_of_a_1ghz_omnia_hd-news-1068.php

By: surge

surge — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:31:53 +0000

When I first read about this I was VERY upset! I already purchased the device and it does have alot of issues that could be helped by a faster CPU…however — the advertisements are just plain wrong. If it’s 1ghz — then what CPU is it then? OMAP 36XX, Humingbird? Yeah right, those aren’t even being used yet on mobiles — and if they were, you would bet your big fat ass there would be advertisements…. Why is it the exact same model number? If it is an entirely different CPU, it would need an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM, SDK, list goes on. There’s no way samsung would go through all of that, and then release the phone in INDIA of all places.

By: xirvin

xirvin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:45:41 +0000

Well, assuming they are adding just the dsp and the cpu.to get the 1ghz speed this means that the PHONE HAVE THE SAME HARDWARE BUT ADVERTISED DIFFERENT IN INDIA THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD. Somebody should hit the marketting department in the face as Samsung India is trying to mislead customers using different standards to report their phone speed than the rest of the world, apparently the marketing department is run by thieves in India, I doubt this joke could have been let run in Europe and America.

By: qwerty

qwerty — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:18:35 +0000

Well I think it would be a bit of a let-down for the ones who already have it, but in the end N95 also came in plenty of flavors.

What I realy argue is that Samsung should not be compared with the failure company Sony Ericsson (the joint venture almost broke whan uiq went out of business and they barely have a device that captures VGA) wich only provides ant-brain phones, or “the Giant, nokia” wich hasnt had a successful device in 2 years now. I mean N97 is overadvertised while N95 simply had succes on it’s own, not to mention the two devices have the same hardware(ouch).

I’m glad samsung is smthg fresh and i’m not glad that symbian seems left behind for winmo, but then I’m glad again that samsung heard our AAC issue and proved it’s not blind to the market.

In the end tech-junkies like us still fall into 3 categories sony/apple wanabees, nokia fanboys(n97), and the small market of hardware uber-geeks in wich I too belong that still look up to the omnia hd despite samsungs many many launching/promoting/supporting failures.

So if it is to be 1ghz, GIMME ONE!

By: Jonathan Bruha

Jonathan Bruha — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:02:42 +0000

That’s what nobody seems to understand. The card and Samsung’s website are correct, technically. Adding the 600MHz CPU and the 430MHz DSP together does add up to 1GHz, but it’s just fluff. No one else clocks mobile processors this way and it’s not to be compared to a real 1GHz CPU as seen in the Toshiba TG01 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon architecture.

If we clocked mobile processors that way, then the N97 would have a 684MHz CPU (434MHz CPU+250MHz DSP), which we all know isn’t true.

By: jet s8003 owner

jet s8003 owner — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:37:03 +0000

The poor quality HD video created from the limitation of the 600mHz cpu with the new firmware was the major reason I chose the jet instead of the Omnia HD. If they do upgrade the cpu and fix the problem with the HD video then I will definitely buy the Omnia HD. Since the jet does not have an OS there are virtually no programs/widget available to install,for example symbian programs. I don’t know how samsung can call the jet “smarter than a smartphone”.

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:33:26 +0000

Maybe it is new Samsung 1ghz processor . Maybe it this http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_announce_1ghz_arm_cortexa8_hummingbird_cpu-news-1042.php

By: soHD

soHD — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:31:06 +0000

But it’s not the fact that it was placed on that card that made me decide to post the story. That could easily be explained by human error. My main rationale was that the 1GHz spec is still listed on the official Samsung India website (see screen grab above!)

Don’t get me wrong, I’d be very surprised if it were true, but given the credible source it was difficult to ignore.