Last week we published a report on Mobile browsing performance differences between iPhone and Android. We knew there would be a lot of interest in the story but were completely blown away by the level of coverage this story got. In some part, the escalated coverage was fueled by the controversy around the results.

Upon pronouncing Android the clear winner in the race we were immediately set upon by the iPhone community calling the report flawed and misleading. Blaze was accused of being dishonest, biased and other nasty things. In a world where the sighting of a white iPhone is a headline news story, we should have expected a passionate response but the intensity definitely surprised us.
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Earlier today we released a massive study comparing the performance of iPhone and Android’s Browsers. Our study showed Android’s browser to be 52% faster than iPhone’s. The study stirred a lot of chatter online, as this is a topic close to the heart of many.

To perform the measurements, we made use of purposefully written apps that used each platform’s Embedded Browser (as stated in the initial report). Embedded browsers are software components available to mobile apps to invoke the browser, and are the only ways both platforms allow users to interact with a browser. It’s important to emphasize – we used each platform’s embedded browser, not our own browser.
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iPhone 52% slower than Android, Android speeds past iPhone on 84% of sites^*

Browser performance is a big deal. Browser speed was a major bullet point – if not the top point – in practically every browser release this last year. In the mobile world, the latest iPhone version (4.3) and Android version (2.3) both focused on their improved JavaScript engine and faster browser. Browser performance is all the rage, and everybody says theirs is faster.

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