Galaxy Nexus vs iPhone 4S: web browsing comparison
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Both enjoy very smooth scrolling, panning and pinch-zooming, while the iPhone 4S shows its expertise in the double-tap-to-zoom gesture, which is especially convenient when operating with one hand only. Right now, both don't have Flash Player, but the Galaxy Nexus will get it, once Adobe optimizes it for Ice Cream Sandwich. When that happens, Nexus users will probably observe a slight frame rate drop on sites featuring Flash content, but we expect the experience to remain pretty tolerable, because of the powerful dual-core processor the Galaxy Nexus sports.
Enough talking - watch the video below to see the smartphones' browsers in action!
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1. Droid_X_Doug posted on 26 Nov 2011, 13:35 12 1
The one area where the G-Nexus is going to run away and hide from the iPhone 4S is where the G-Nexus is browsing while connected to the LTE network. Even with AT&T's HSPA+ network, in my experience with my RAZR, LTE is running at least 3x faster. Page load times will become progressively slower for the 4S as more content is present in the page to be loaded. Sure, a fast WiFi connection can even things up between the G-Nexus and 4S, but that requires the user to basically tether themselves to the WiFi connection.
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42. AndroidTroll posted on 27 Nov 2011, 13:06 2 1
No text reflow on iOS = FAIL. That's one important aspect of all of this double tapping and pinching that he seemed to have forgotten in his overly long video.
2. davidvvassallo posted on 26 Nov 2011, 13:52 11 0
how about trying to load some websites next time you do a web browsing comparison or is that not important.
3. cnoevl21 posted on 26 Nov 2011, 14:00 10 0
Seriously? The most important part of phone web browsing and this guy doesn\'t even touch on the subject.
19. cheetah2k posted on 26 Nov 2011, 22:35 4 0
Ray S needs a brain scan.
Sure the experience is going to be smoother on the iPhone 4S with its 960x540. The G Nexus has to pump out a bundle more pixels at 1280x720!!
And as far as "browsing experience" goes, the G Nexus is far better with 1.3 times the viewing area!!!!
Man these reviews are fcking brain numbing.... Do something worthwhile Ray!!
40. ngo2dd posted on 27 Nov 2011, 11:37 0 0
I think you need a brain scan. No the iPhone is not 960 x 540. Before you call someone check your facts.
4. Jobes posted on 26 Nov 2011, 14:23 6 1
Maybe he should just use 4g then tether the iPhone to it :)
5. Forsaken77 posted on 26 Nov 2011, 14:29 8 1
I would rather see the Nexus compared to the GS2. Comparing it to the iPhone isn't helping many people make a decision here.
6. bossmt_2 posted on 26 Nov 2011, 14:45 3 0
Also will be fun when I root the Galaxy Nexus and I can then us AdBlock Plus and not have ads load and save load times there.
11. jcoberg10 posted on 26 Nov 2011, 15:52 4 0
Horrible biased review he had made up his mind. Just watching the scrolling was better on nexus. And neither performed perfect for double tap but the iPhone had its flaws also. Just the terms he used. Tollerable for galaxy nexus, and flawless for iPhone. Can you please have someone who can be unbiased or have a independent 3rd party do the review.
18. E.N. posted on 26 Nov 2011, 19:00 0 1
Scrolling usually isn\'t better on any Android device. Sometimes with a single gesture, you can with no intention find yourself quickly at the bottom of a page. It\'s just not accurate IMO.
21. haroonazeem638 posted on 26 Nov 2011, 22:41 3 0
If you use an android, you should know how scrolling works on Android. You can literally control the scrolling on android phones. If you flick really quick, it will go all the way to the bottom of the webpage. Try flicking gently and the page will only move slightly. How is that NOT better than iPhone scrolling?
27. saiki4116 posted on 27 Nov 2011, 01:15 2 0
yes,relly that helps in browsing lengthy webpages..
12. THE_RAY posted on 26 Nov 2011, 16:01 0 0
Tap to zoom isn't as important when the screen is bigger and you can already make out the text. The Nexus page looks so much clearer and easier to read......
13. readingthissh1t posted on 26 Nov 2011, 17:19 0 0
um ray bias much or is he trollin'? i wanna see webpage loadings dammit
15. Evil_SaNz posted on 26 Nov 2011, 17:30 0 0
Expected a mind blowing comparison, I was wrong =/
