Did Flash Support Slow the Nokia N95’s Download vs the iPhone 3G?

Ever since Steve Jobs prove the speedy newiPhone 3Gin abrowser faceoffagainst the Nokia N95 at WWDC , substance abuser on Howard Forums have been scream foul . They say His Steveness ’s trial of loading theNational Geographichomepage was bogus because the N95 ’s browser app use Flash , a feature thatthe iPhone ’s Safari deficiency . We ran our own tests of the N95 web browser app with Flash turned off in New York and San Francisco , and discover some interesting results : The N95 is often boring than was demoed at WWDC . But much , much quicker with the free Opera web browser with its images optimized waiter - side .

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In Manhattan , I load the National Geographic site on the N95 ’s internet browser without Flash about 10 times . Each result was unlike , but the volume came up in the 37 - 43 second range , even slow than Jobs ’ 33 - endorsement claim . scratchy reception could ’ve been to pick , because the status indicator switched between 3 G and 3.5 gigabyte several prison term . Or that the local towboat was being utilized ; remember , 3 G bandwidth is a share resource . This stuff is hard to quantify without true side by side test .

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Over on the left coast , our intern Johnran the run on his N95 too . The situation loaded for him in 31 seconds without flash , and about 37 seconds with it turned on .

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He also gave it a go with Opera Mini , and without wink the page loaded in an stupefying 10.6 seconds , less than half the time advertised by the iPhone 3G. However , Opera works a bit differently than the default browser app — it only dilute optimized depicted object filtered through their waiter in Norway . But John was capable to whizz in on any part of the page and see full image quality instantly , just like Mobile Safari .

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What else is interesting is that the side by side EDGE/3 G tests from iPhone to iPhone show a 2.4x increase in velocity . But Apple use the Lonely Planet web site for benchmarking , according to the iPhone 3 G website . So , despite the test on degree at WWDC , were they showing numbers for Lonely Planet ? I doubt it , but I ’m also mix up as to why they ’d switch up metrics . ( The fine mark ishere . )

So what ’s the response ? Well , we ’re not entirely sure . line ’ test results look kosher , but the implied winner here is Opera Mini . Progressive loading in half the time of Safari ? sign up me up . But when it comes to the swiftness of the stock web internet browser on a Nokia N95 using 3 G , permit us acknowledge if you ’ve had better results .

[ iPhone 3 G FAQ , Nokia N95 Review ]

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