Android 2.2 (Froyo) versus iOS 4: the browser showdown (video)

[Sneha Chowdary]

[img]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/froyovsios407072010-1278524920.jpg[/img]

A little while back Google boldly claimed that Froyo would have the world's fastest mobile browser, but the lack of final software back then meant we'd had to tie up our itchy hands until now. And boy, it sure looks like it was worth the wait -- Ars Technica's  JavaScript benchmarks show that not only is Froyo's browser almost three times faster than its Éclair counterpart, but it also beats iOS 4's Safari by at least two-fold. That said, numbers alone don't always reflect real-life performance -- especially with Froyo supporting iPhone's much-missed Flash  -- so we went ahead and conducted our own browser speed test.

Our test candidates were a 16GB iPhone 4 (with a shameless color mod) and a Nexus One  rocking the official OTA 2.2 update and Flash 10.1. Naturally, we cleared out the cache files on both devices prior to each trial. Out of the five desktop-version websites that we tested for load time, three of them -- BBC News, gdgt and The Onion -- repeatedly produced a tie between the two phones, whereas the iPhone 4 consistently loaded Engadget about two to three seconds faster, and the Nexus One about one to two seconds faster with New York Times. Here's our video of one of the trials:

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At this point we thought: would things load quicker with Flash uninstalled? Turns out it's a small yes -- this time the Nexus One consistently loaded Engadget, New York Times, gdgt and The Onion a tad quicker than the iPhone 4, whereas BBC News produced a tie. Still, this is far from the massive performance jump that Ars Technica's benchmarks suggest (not that we're saying the site did it wrong; these every-day sites just don't rely heavily on JavaScript), but for now it does look like Android's just about won this two-man race. Apple, your move next.

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[Deletedid1]

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[kingmakers]

[quote author=BulletBabu link=topic=79849.msg845949#msg845949 date=1278532516]
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[/quote]

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[Sneha Chowdary]

[quote author=KINGMAKERS link=topic=79849.msg845953#msg845953 date=1278532707]
apple vadu job ivaledu anta sitti ki andukee
[/quote]

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[Deletedid1]

[quote author=KINGMAKERS link=topic=79849.msg845953#msg845953 date=1278532707]
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[Sneha Chowdary]

[quote author=BulletBabu link=topic=79849.msg845964#msg845964 date=1278532858]
sitti ki job ivvaleda  j&* j&* inka vaadi comapany assame [img]http://i47.tinypic.com/vb0r9_th.gif[/img]
[/quote]

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[keko__keka]

[quote author=Duvva Abbulu link=topic=79849.msg845956#msg845956 date=1278532758]
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[/quote]

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[yvssvijay]

duvva baa nee evo lo froyo vesava leda official release kosam wait chettunnava

[Sneha Chowdary]

[quote author=keko__keka link=topic=79849.msg845970#msg845970 date=1278532957]
inka nayam........steve jobs gadu filisi fillanivvaledu anledu  LoL.1q LoL.1q
[/quote]

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[Sneha Chowdary]

[quote author=Super_Vijay link=topic=79849.msg845973#msg845973 date=1278532995]
duvva baa nee evo lo froyo vesava leda official release kosam wait chettunnava
[/quote]

OTA kosam wait chestunna...inka fone ni root cheyaledu...

[yvssvijay]

[quote author=Duvva Abbulu link=topic=79849.msg845978#msg845978 date=1278533047]
OTA kosam wait chestunna...inka fone ni root cheyaledu...
[/quote]
k OTA by xmas antunnadu HTC vaadu  (*" (*"

[Sneha Chowdary]

[quote author=Super_Vijay link=topic=79849.msg845984#msg845984 date=1278533101]
k OTA by xmas antunnadu HTC vaadu  (*" (*"
[/quote]

Mostly July last week lo ravali....Froyo ichadu ga Nexus ki....andulo kuda annitiki ivvaledu...

lets wait and see...late cheste fone ni root cheyadame....inka evvaru try seyaledu....evaraina try seste chesta...CDMA fone kabatti aagutunna...brick aite kashtam ani...

[keko__keka]

[quote author=Duvva Abbulu link=topic=79849.msg845974#msg845974 date=1278533004]
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[Betting Bangarraju]

[quote author=Duvva Abbulu link=topic=79849.msg845956#msg845956 date=1278532758]
ittantivi baita leak seyoddu...[img]http://www.chalanachithram.com/discus/clipart2/venky-malli2.gif[/img]
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[yvssvijay]

[quote author=Duvva Abbulu link=topic=79849.msg845990#msg845990 date=1278533189]
Mostly July last week lo ravali....Froyo ichadu ga Nexus ki....andulo kuda annitiki ivvaledu...

lets wait and see...late cheste fone ni root cheyadame....inka evvaru try seyaledu....evaraina try seste chesta...CDMA fone kabatti aagutunna...brick aite kashtam ani...
[/quote]
k nenu kooda wait chestunna naadi desire (sense ki alavatu paddanu so risk teesukovatam ledu)