S100 > S200 Worth the upgrade ?

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Well this is what I have been deciding for sometime now.

And here is my verdict:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=48608

I think it's worth it. Orange now have upgrade stock and I've ordered my M600 today. My M500 will probably appear on eBay in the next few days.

Someone else in our office has just got an M600 having upgraded from the M500 and he really likes it - and so do I. Since I'm due for a free upgrade I thought - what the heck...go for it. 8)

I never had S100 but I still have my old 9090. I think you should go for it. The new WM5 is faster, cleaner and more stable (no more soft reset). And not being worried about losing everything when the battery dies. As for the processor, it is right, the S200 is a bit slower, you’ll feel it while playing movies with tcpmp. But using an overclocking app. Will fix it.

if you encode your video correctly, eg in 320x240 res, video playback is no problem whatsoever without overclocking

Indeed!

The gadget it nice, small, stylish black (at least are the XDA Neos), definitely better than the Wizard, and has no problems playing movies without overclocking if encoded with PocketDVDStudio.

It is THE phone!

P.S. The Start and OK/Close buttons are life-savers 8)

I've now upgraded and it was definitely worth it. 8)

When playing movies shot with my Canon Ixus @ 320x240 the Charmer stutters and the S100 does not.

Why would I want to 'upgrade' to something that I need to 'overclock' to get to the same speed that I have already ?

I think I will wait till the next version !

Hopefully they will have sorted it by then.

I would just upgrade again when the next model is out :lol:

Originally Posted by gregory_marsh

Why would I want to 'upgrade' to something that I need to 'overclock' to get to the same speed that I have already ?

I think it is something like this... Let's say I have a Pentiun III (256MB) with Windows 98SE(WM2003SE Device) and I upgrade it to WinXP (WM2005 Device) .... I believe I WILL have to overclock to have same performance speed when let's say opening a document, or starting a game.

I don't know but i believe it is WM5 that is slowing the device down. I guess that's why even if were in 2006 there are still computers running Windows 98. So i guess you are right. If you don't need (yet)the advantages that WM5 brings then you could wait for the next generation Processors so that it will run "at par" as the S200.

I came from a h6340 (OMAP 200Mhz WM2003) to the Universal (Intel 520Mhz WM5) and no matter how you look at it, the Universal is so much faster than the HP h6340.

Oh, BTW... out from the box, the universal was "kinda" slow and I would classify it as a little non-responsive when opening a lot of programs at same time. Now though after a few ROM updates, everything is running quite quick.

First of all, no need to overclock. The processors arent from the same vendor, so dont look too much at the "Mhz".

I had a S100, and now got a 200, the 200s processor is definetely Not worse than the S100.

In my opinion, its worth it! The one thing I miss on my S200, is Project VCABT, I really hope these talented guys will fix it asap