Many people are of the belief that having dual-core processors are an absolute necessity in mobile phones these days, but the question is why insist on something if a device works equally well without it? There are a couple of phones that do just as well as phoned with a single-core processor making one wonder whether the dual-core is just a marketing gimmick.

Some of the latest Windows phones like the Nokia 800 ad the HTC Titan have been criticized because they are not powered by the new generation dual-core, or the top-end memory, however it's only when one has used any of these Windows mobile phones will they realize in spite of not being dual-core, they can stand comparison with those that are, in terms of slowing down or any problems related to their performances.

Typically Windows phones are not created in the same manner as the Android or the iOS phones. The creators of the Windows phone, Microsoft have so planned the operating system such that it is really fast and effective in spite of the fact that it is a single core device the User Interface is so fast and without any hitches even when playing games that have a lot of graphics or when working on any multi-media project.

Including a dual-core processor need not necessarily be one of the better choices especially for those people who look for longer life of their mobile phone batteries; there have been a lot of feedbacks that state that the battery life in Android phones are rather poor. This could be attributed to the fact that the dual-core chip was used, however the company stated that the poor life of the battery was due to some problem with the software. Their issue has still not been completely resolved.

There are people who are of the opinion that the presence of a dual-core processor would enhance gaming experiences, however the point is that it is the GPU and not the processor that aids the gaming experience. The windows Phone 7 devices all have a GPU and even the latest games seem to work well on them without any issues.

The dual-core processor advertisements can also hoodwink users who do not realize that the the software has to identify and accept the second processor to utilize it. This is something that is not being done on either the Android or the iOS phones. Funnily enough there have been no such problems regarding processing on the Windows Phone application till date and all of them have been working excellently on a single-core processor too.

No application meant for an android phone has run better than an application for the windows Phone when considering either speed or performance, particularly in games. In fact some software like Spotify in fact run and look better on the windows Phone.

There are people who contend that if Microsoft does not come out with a dual-core processor for their phones fast enough, their consumers would soon be left behind. However the Lumia does not lack anything in spite of it being a single-core device. In all probability, most of the current mobile phones would be obsolete in a couple of years as technology improves, however the Lumia would even then be able to run the applications pretty well even though there would be a newer variety of dual-core processors by then. Take for example iOS games like Real Racing 2 and Infinity Blade that have dual-core processor enhancements, but seem to still run without any trouble on the single-core iPhone.

In spite of the Android phones being enabled with dual-core chips since the past one year, they are yet to be neither thoroughly steady nor nearly as widely used as they should be. Actually those people with a single-core Android phone would find that they are just fine using any applicatuio0n and playing any game and they really don't feel that they are being left behind in terms of technology.

There is no harm opting for a new dual-core chip enable mobile phone, and Microsoft has never declared that it would not launch dual-core processors in their phones, particularly when their multi-core support would be launched with the updates of their Apollo Windows Phone. The only question here is why have large-sized screen and many-core processors when users are not in a position to utilize them efficiently and when the applications that are presently available are running ever so smoothly as of now and maybe further in the years to come?