We got the chance to put three mobile browsers from three different phone OSes this afternoon. TJ suggested we compare how fast the browsers are.
In the left corner, we have Safari Mobile running on the iPhone 4 and IE Mobile running on the HTC 7 Trophy on the far right. In the middle is the native Android Browser on the HTC Desire.
We hooked up the phones to my local WiFi so all of them are using the same connection/bandwidth. We also launched YugaTech.com from a search results page (Google, Google, Bing) so it’s easier to launch them simultaneously.
The Safari browser on the iPhone 4 went ahead with a decisive lead, followed by IE on the HTC 7 Trophy with the Browser on the HTC Desire coming in at a close 3rd.
There’s a catch though — you will notice that the Android Browser on the HTC Desire loaded that skyscraper banner ad which is a Flash file. That was not loaded in Safari and IE since they don’t support Flash (IE will support it in a later update). That gave Safari on the iPhone 4 a good lead in terms of total amount of data downloaded and rendered by the browser.
Despite that advantage, you can still clearly see which one was rendering pages way faster in the first 10 seconds of load time. Note, however, that this is not a definitive test and there could be other factors that affected our crude test.
cool
Twitter: villaemmanuel
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nice comparisons, but yes, nice to add in using Samsung Galaxy S, N8 and a Blackberry on an OS6.
Twitter: villaemmanuel
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talk about geeky fun, did anybody in the contest mentioned about comparing Op systems?
@Jay I like viewing ads, as they are also sources for information. I don’t get annoyed with flash ads. kung bumabagal ang loading ng pages mo coz of them, baduy ang internet(ISP) mo.
eh? wala kasing flash angiphone kaya madali amg load!
Twitter: zedric001
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well, check this out. iOS versus froyo. http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/froyo-versus-ios-4-the-browser-showdown-video/
it showed here that Android wins.
what a dumb comparison! of course the one that loads less data will win. are you people really that stupid?
u should have used skyfire browser on the iOS since it is somehow flash “capable”- skyfire servers convert flash to html5 for iOS support.
kulang din ng blackberry os… hmmm your right html5 is the future but still PENDING… di naman lahat ng flash ay advertisement…. then silverlight pa… kung iphone os using cloud browser or yung pending sa app store na skyfire browser, palagay ko may good fight yun…
Interesting results. Did you, by any chance, clear the cache and history of all 3 browsers before performing the test?
Yup, I’m curious if you cleared the cache first on all three phones. I suspect this may be the reason why Safari was faster.
reboot put it bluntly but i think he has a point. when both iOS and WinMo are able to load flash, then do a comparison.
Cached? Clear everything first.
Just one question; what happened to Opera Mobile?
Twitter: Jhayclazziquai
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Oh For the love of…Here, check this. Yahoo officially stomped the iPhone & WP7. Android is considered the best OS as of now. http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/111232/ways-android-beats-everything ..I myself bought an iPhone 4…but now, I feel sorry for it… You know why? I ignored one of this facts..
“”Popularity over Technology”" = Iphone <—
Technology over Popularity = Any Android Phone.
Still missing in action = WP7
But! WP7 is officially considered as the best Music phone as of now. Why you say? Zune. Just look at zune's interface…Ohhh…I just came..Simply epic interface. Now anyone who bashes this comment or simply ban me is neither a bloke or a sissy. I'm just saying the truth.
[...] The built-in Mail client is spiffy, clean and runs quite fast. It lacks a search feature though which I hope they’d add in the next update. The IE browser is light, supports multiple windows or tabs and, frankly, is quite fast too. We’ve also tested that here before. [...]