iPhone users are generally satisfied with the speed of loading web pages. But a recent report reveals that the iPhone 4′s speed pales in comparison to Android-powered smartphone like the Nexus S. Find out why the iPhone 5 will have to up the ante on speed — or risk losing their market share.
When it comes to mobile computing, speed might seem like a geeky obsession — something that the average smartphone, laptop, and tablet user isn’t too concerned about. Usually, the discussion of a smartphone’s speed at loading web pages is usually followed by a cavalcade of complex technical specs and cryptic geek-speak that the average Joe or Jane simply cannot relate to.
The fact is, however, that speed is important to all smartphone users — even if they don’t know it.
While tech-obsessed people might seek out faster technologies to show off to their other tech-obsessed friends, even the most clueless smartphone user has the expectation that, when they load a web page, it will load fast. Slow-loading pages, after all, don’t only frustrate the geeks of the world. In fact, the average smartphone user might even feel more inclined to throw their iPhone against the wall when it runs slow than does the techie, since average users usually don’t understand the technology behind what makes mobile devices fast or slow.
With this in mind, Canadian software company Blaze Software Inc. recently released a controversial report that purportedly reveals the Apple iPhone 4 to be a considerably slower-loading smartphone compared to the Google Nexus S, claiming that the Nexus S loaded 84% of websites faster than the iPhone, and that the Android-powered phone ”operated an average of 52 percent faster after more than 45,000 page loads from 1,000 websites.”
Apple was quick to rebuff this claim, as reported by CNET. Stephen Shankland reported in his blog article that:
“The problem arises because of Blaze didn’t use Safari, but rather a programming mechanism that’s a close relative. The company said it tested the Web sites with a custom application it created using an Apple technology called UIWebView that lets programmers embed Web content into an app. UIWebView, though, doesn’t benefit from some improvements that came to the standalone browser, Safari, with iOS 4.3.”
And Blaze Software capitulated as well, admitting after the fact that their reporting method was indeed flawed and may have led to skewed results.
Regardless of whether or not the iPhone 4 is considerably slower than the Nexus S, one thing is for sure: Apple needs to ensure that the iPhone 5 ups the ante on speed — just to remain at pace with the rest of the speedy smartphones out there.
We’ve already reported here on the iPhone 5 News Blog about how the iPhone is likely to get the A5 Dual-Core CPU, the same technology that has more recently supercharged the iPad 2. It most definitely will take beefing up the processing power of the iPhone 5 to make iPhone users feel as though they’re getting their money’s worth — and that they’re making the right choice in choosing the iPhone 5 over the next big thing in the Google Android market.
A speedy iPhone 5, after all, will be a critical feature for all types of iPhone users.
What do you think? Is the iPhone 4 really slower than Android phones, or was this study completely bogus and just a publicity stunt by Blaxe software?
When it comes to mobile computing, speed might seem like a geeky obsession — something that the average smartphone, laptop, and tablet user isn’t too concerned about. Usually, the discussion of a smartphone’s speed at loading web pages is usually followed by a cavalcade of complex technical specs and cryptic geek-speak that the average Joe or Jane simply cannot relate to.
The fact is, however, that speed is important to all smartphone users — even if they don’t know it.
While tech-obsessed people might seek out faster technologies to show off to their other tech-obsessed friends, even the most clueless smartphone user has the expectation that, when they load a web page, it will load fast. Slow-loading pages, after all, don’t only frustrate the geeks of the world. In fact, the average smartphone user might even feel more inclined to throw their iPhone against the wall when it runs slow than does the techie, since average users usually don’t understand the technology behind what makes mobile devices fast or slow.
With this in mind, Canadian software company Blaze Software Inc. recently released a controversial report that purportedly reveals the Apple iPhone 4 to be a considerably slower-loading smartphone compared to the Google Nexus S, claiming that the Nexus S loaded 84% of websites faster than the iPhone, and that the Android-powered phone ”operated an average of 52 percent faster after more than 45,000 page loads from 1,000 websites.”
Apple was quick to rebuff this claim, as reported by CNET. Stephen Shankland reported in his blog article that:
“The problem arises because of Blaze didn’t use Safari, but rather a programming mechanism that’s a close relative. The company said it tested the Web sites with a custom application it created using an Apple technology called UIWebView that lets programmers embed Web content into an app. UIWebView, though, doesn’t benefit from some improvements that came to the standalone browser, Safari, with iOS 4.3.”
And Blaze Software capitulated as well, admitting after the fact that their reporting method was indeed flawed and may have led to skewed results.
Regardless of whether or not the iPhone 4 is considerably slower than the Nexus S, one thing is for sure: Apple needs to ensure that the iPhone 5 ups the ante on speed — just to remain at pace with the rest of the speedy smartphones out there.
We’ve already reported here on the iPhone 5 News Blog about how the iPhone is likely to get the A5 Dual-Core CPU, the same technology that has more recently supercharged the iPad 2. It most definitely will take beefing up the processing power of the iPhone 5 to make iPhone users feel as though they’re getting their money’s worth — and that they’re making the right choice in choosing the iPhone 5 over the next big thing in the Google Android market.
A speedy iPhone 5, after all, will be a critical feature for all types of iPhone users.
What do you think? Is the iPhone 4 really slower than Android phones, or was this study completely bogus and just a publicity stunt by Blaxe software?
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