HTC HD2 beats iPhone 3GS, Droid, Nokia N900 and Palm Pre in browser test
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AreaMobile.de performed a browser comparison between the leading smartphones currently on the market, and I would not have to tell HTC HD2 owners that their device would perform pretty well.
The the speed test the HTC HD2 was only second the iPhone 3GS, and equal when the site had been visited previously (see the table below)
Name |
Browser |
WLAN, cached |
WLAN not cached |
HSDPA, cached |
HSDPA not cached |
HTC HD2 |
Opera 10 Beta |
6 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
iPhone 3GS |
Safari |
6 |
7 |
10 |
11 |
Moto Droid |
Dolphin |
8 |
13 |
11 |
15 |
Nokia N900 |
Maemo |
9 |
12 |
12 |
15 |
N97 Mini |
Opera 10 Beta |
11 |
15 |
12 |
16 |
Palm Pre |
Palm |
10 |
13 |
18 |
25 |
BB Storm 2 |
Bolt 1.6 |
12 |
24 |
20 |
24 |
The HTC HD2 however beat the iPhone 3GS when it came to accuracy of rendering, scoring a full 100/100 on the Acid 3 test, vs only 97 on the iPhone 3GS, and performed better than the Motorola Droid, Nokia N900, Palm Pre and of course Blackberry Storm 2 with fast loading and fluid scrolling.
Name |
Time on WLAN |
AJAX |
Flash |
Acid3-Test |
Scrolling |
HTC HD2 |
6 |
yes |
no |
100 |
fluid |
iPhone 3GS |
6 |
yes |
no |
97 |
fluid |
Moto Droid |
8 |
yes |
no |
93 |
slightly jerky |
Nokia N900 |
9 |
yes |
no |
93 |
slightly jerky |
N97 Mini |
11 |
yes |
no |
100 |
jerky |
Palm Pre |
10 |
yes |
no |
73 |
jerky |
BB Storm 2 |
12 |
yes |
no |
100 |
jerky |
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