BlackBerry OS 7 browser beats iOS, Android browsers

[JAM007]

http://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_os_7_browser_beats_ios_android_browsers-news-2592.php

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03 May, 2011 | Comments (10) | Post your comment


Tags: RIM, BlackBerry, Touch UI, Misc


The new BlackBerry OS 7 listed browser improvements as one of its major selling points. Some benchmarks from RIM show impressive results – the browser bests Mobile Safari and the Android Browser at JavaScript and page loading times.

Tests were run on the new BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, which went head to head with the iPhone 4, Google Nexus One and Nexus S. An old BlackBerry running the BB OS6 with the old web browser was used as well.

The new browser in BB OS 7 loads pages 1.6 times faster than the one in the previous version – 7.8 seconds to load a page on average versus 12.4 seconds for the old version. Panning and zooming is much faster too, says RIM though they didn’t provide numbers for that.



The JavaScript engine, which got a JIT compiler, flew past the mobile browsers on iOS and Android. The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 ran the Sunspider benchmark in 2.84 seconds (lower is better), while an iPhone 4 passed it in 3.23s, the two Google droids posted times between 5 and 6 seconds and finally, the BlackBerry OS 6 browser did it in 10.8 seconds.

Of course, what RIM neglected to mention is that all things equal, the Bold Touch 9900 has a 20% advantage in pure clock speed – its Qualcomm CPU runs at 1.2GHz, while the rest of the competition have their run at 1GHz (and the old Berry runs at much lower speeds of course).

Still, the results are very impressive and hands-on reports say that the browser is lightning fast in general, not just in JavaScript benchmarks.

 

[phoneJunky]

Hmm, this is a good result for BB, but isnt the BIS still only limited to 3G only? If we want to run on that speed here we have to use a databundle or airtime?

 

[threegee]

They don't waste their time, barely released OS6 and already onto OS7. Look forward to seeing OS7 sometime in the future.

 

[Tsepz_GP]

Too bad not a single BB out right now will get OS7, feel sorry for those who fell for that piece of crap called the 9800 Torch.

 

[mercurial]

Of course, what RIM neglected to mention is that all things equal, the Bold Touch 9900 has a 20% advantage in pure clock speed – its Qualcomm CPU runs at 1.2GHz, while the rest of the competition have their run at 1GHz (and the old Berry runs at much lower speeds of course)

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[rorz0r]

They don't waste their time, barely released OS6 and already onto OS7. Look forward to seeing OS7 sometime in the future.

There's barely any diff between OS4 and OS6 anyway... Change a button here and there and call it OS7...

 

[Tressan]

Lol they were quick with 7 because 6 was just a UI change and it by no means closed the gap (or even lessened it) between iOS or Android. No one was impressed. 7 or 6.1, whatever you want to call it – it’s what 6 should actually have been. Credit where due though the browser did improve vastly. Nice to see that trend continuing.

 

[Speedster]

Too bad not a single BB out right now will get OS7, feel sorry for those who fell for that piece of crap called the 9800 Torch.

I have a couple of buds with the torch, and they love it.

Hmm, this is a good result for BB, but isnt the BIS still only limited to 3G only? If we want to run on that speed here we have to use a databundle or airtime?

I don't think the increased browser speed is referring to the download speed, but rather the render speed. Ie, if you run a OS6 and OS7 on equivalent phones on the same network OS7 will load faster.

Besides, I use Opera Mini more often than not.

 

[Elimentals]

I wonder if they tested it against Android 2.1 or 2.2 or 3.0 or did they test it against 3.1 that is also in development? Same with iOS did they test it against 4.2 or the new improved 4.3 what about 5 that's in development as well?

 

[HapticSimian]

I wonder if they tested it against Android 2.1 or 2.2 or 3.0 or did they test it against 3.1 that is also in development? Same with iOS did they test it against 4.2 or the new improved 4.3 what about 5 that's in development as well?

My Desire on 2.3.3 is bang-on the 6-second mark, but a test like this doesn't mean much to me. I'm far more concerned about how usable a website is, and how well it works once it's loaded, than waiting a couple of extra seconds. Besides, my by now ancient notebook scores about 380ms...