The Nokia Lumia has been benchmarked and lets all hope that the numbers are not representative of performance. TNW got their source to benchmark the upcoming device and initial results show it to be behind the pack in most areas.

The benchmarks show that the Lumia 800 falls flat when compared to outsiders like the Samsung GS II or even the aged iPhone 3GS, but it does remain close in performance to that of the HTC Titan. It should be heavily noted that the source of the benchmarks does say the device feels ‘slick and smooth’ and ‘not laggy’. We all know that raw performance stats are not the entire picture but you would think that this device would be competitive to the iPhone 3GS.

Originally Posted by gerbick

The Nokia Lumia 800, aka Sea Ray, doesn't seem to be setting the world ablaze.



Seriously? Also no forward facing camera like the N9, despite having the same body. Read more here...

Originally Posted by lma

Isn't the WP7 device "chassis spec" set in stone by MS anyway? Ie, apart from cosmetic differences they should all perform the same.

Originally Posted by gerbick

This is true. But you'd think that they'd throw better hardware or go up dual core to avoid same comparisons with other WP7 phones already out.

Originally Posted by lma

The point is, I don't think they are allowed to deviate from the official spec. The joys of outsourcing the OS I guess.

Anyway, after reading the article (and parent) in more detail: the bad performance isn't due to the hardware after all, it's really about IE vs webkit. The CPU itself isn't bad. Not that we care of course

Originally Posted by gerbick

But you'd think that they'd throw better hardware or go up dual core to avoid same comparisons with other WP7 phones already out.

Nope.

Originally Posted by Rauha

I guess they will try to justify Nokia tax with megapixels.