Jul 6, 2009
Which is the fastest smartphone? As the competition among the smart phones increases by releasing of a new smartphone almost every month it has become tougher to decide this.Recently PCworld conducted a series of informal tests on three of these smartphones which top the list currently: iPhone 3G S,Palm Pre and the Nokia N97.Though Configuration of all three of them was matchable with Nokia N97 trailing but the performance results showed that their is a twist in the tail.
iPhone 3G S: 600 Mhz processor, 256 mb ram
Palm pre: 600 Mhz processor,256 Mb ram
Nokia N97: 434 Mhz processor,128 Mb ram.
The Following are the details of tests conducted along with the results of these tests ,(To watch the original video follow the link at the end of this article):
1.Power on Test: How quickly a Phone starts
Results: iPhone 3G S(22 seconds),Nokia N97(66s) & Palm Pre(96s)
2. Opening Email Inbox: How quickly you can check your email(Gmail for testing) account,N97 has live feed widgets which refresh realtime.
Results: Nokia N97(1.3seconds) ,iPhone 3G S(1.4s) & Palm Pre(7.5s)
3. Adding a Contact: Each phone requires 2 taps and how quickly you are able to add a contact.
Results: iPhone 3G S(2.4 seconds),Nokia N97(2.5s) & Palm Pre(5.9s)
4. Booted Associated press Application: This was a third party app on all three phones,Test tried to show how quickly a third party app starts and loads content.
Results: iPhone 3G S(3.8 seconds),Nokia N97(15.1s) & Palm Pre(15.4s)
The results showed that iPhone 3G S is clearly leading and Nokia 97 despite having a lower configuration closely followed the iPhone in many cases.Though there are many variables involved like 3G network, OS platform but the mandate was clear its iPhone 3G S the Fastest Smartphone available.However the Palm pre trailed in most of them but the interface and the net surfing was quite comfortable than other contenders.
Though these are some of the informal tests but speed is an important parameter when you are deciding on buying smartphones.
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