ArsTechnica posted an interesting bit of news this morning. The site pitted Google's Android 2.2 mobile operating system against Apple's iPhone iOS 4 and tested the JavaScript performance of the native browsers. The results were fascinating.
The popular tech site ran two JavaScript benchmarks tests using the native browser on Google's Nexus One and Apple's mobile Safari browser on an iPhone 4. The first test was with SunSpider, which tested the core JavaScript makeup, and the second was done with V8 Benchmark Suite, which tests the internal make up of the mobile operating system, encryption and decryption, raytracing and more.
The results were as follows: Google's Android 2.2--also known as Froyo--was faster in executing JavaScript than the iPhone's iOS 4.
Though Safari may have a bit of a ways to go before it claims itself the world's fastest mobile browser, it is still most definitely heralded as a powerful browser--not to mention beautiful, especially with the iPhone 4's retina display. Besides, all those Flash applications will have to weigh down Android browsers sooner or later.
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