Browser Speed Comparison: iPhone 3GS, HTC HD 2, Palm Pre, Droid, N97
By Usman Aziz | January 10th, 2010Browser speed is one of the key performance parameters of a smartphone. Here is a comparison of the browser speed test between Apple iPhone 3GS, HTC HD2, Palm Pre, Motorola Droid, Nokia N97 Mini and N900 and BlackBerry Storm 2.
The tests were made with the default browser of these leading smartphones. The tests compared performance over both Wi-Fi and 3G networks with and without the stored cache.
| Smartphone | Default Browser | 3G cached (seconds) |
3G not cached (seconds) |
WLAN cached (seconds) |
WLAN not cached (sec) |
|
iPhone 3GS |
Safari |
10 |
11 |
6 |
7 |
|
HTC HD2 |
Opera 10 Beta |
10 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
|
Palm Pre |
Palm |
18 |
25 |
10 |
13 |
|
Moto Droid |
Dolphin |
11 |
15 |
8 |
13 |
|
N97 Mini |
Opera 10 Beta |
12 |
16 |
11 |
15 |
|
Nokia N900 |
Maemo |
12 |
15 |
9 |
12 |
|
BB Storm 2 |
Bolt 1.6 |
20 |
24 |
12 |
24 |
The Apple iPhone 3GS is the winner here.
However, the test below demonstrates the accuracy of rendering Flash and AJAX content.
|
Smartphone |
Acid3-Test |
Scrolling |
WLAN Time |
|
iPhone 3GS |
97 |
smooth |
6 |
|
HTC HD2 |
100 |
smooth |
6 |
|
Palm Pre |
73 |
jerky |
10 |
|
Moto Droid |
93 |
slight jerks |
8 |
|
N97 Mini |
100 |
jerky |
11 |
|
Nokia N900 |
93 |
slight jerks |
9 |
|
BB Storm 2 |
100 |
jerky |
12 |
The HTC HD2 shows best results here
These tests were conducted by AreaMobile.
Conclusion:
The Apple iPhone 3GS and HTC HD2 scores almost similar marks in these tests and gives best browsing experience, produce minimal load times and features page rendering accuracy.