Opera Mobile 9.5 vs Safari Mobile

Which is the better mobile browser? Safari on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPhone 3G, or Opera Mobile 9.5, as on the HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung Omnia and other WM phones.
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• gadget
• Windows
• Mobile
• iPhone
• 3G
• Safari
• Opera
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[NamelessFragger]

Just Acid tests?

You should have pointed out how you can copy and paste text (perhaps to save in a note file), as well as download files with Opera Mobile 9.5. Try doing either of those things with Safari Mobile-oh, wait, you can't.

That said, we should thank Safari Mobile for raising the bar for mobile browsers, because Opera Mobile 9.5 may not have turned out like this if it didn't exist.

[WMPowerUser]

All good points, but i think since this video has been published the iphone has lost most of the glamour of being the most advances phone ever. Its no longer the thinnest, it no longer has the higest resolution screen, it does not even have the prettiest interface. This video showed that the iPhone's killer app, Mobile Safari is not, as was previously claimed, the most advanced mobile browser. The main area where WM now has to catch up to is ease of use and intergration but that is coming also.

[NamelessFragger]

I don't think the iPhone was ever the thinnest phone (there are thinner dumb phones, and maybe thinner smartphones) or the phone with the highest-resolution screen (VGA and WVGA Windows Mobile devices were released before it)-maybe it's having a balance of the two in one package.

As for "prettiest interface", that's highly subjective. While I might be preferential to HTC's new TouchFLO 3D interface, others might stick with their iPhones and iPod touches.

[WMPowerUser]

I think at 11.5mm the original iPhone was certainly the thinnest smartphone, but of course the iPhone 3G is a lot chunkier, and the Touch Diamond that was designed as an iPhone killer is even thinner than the original iPhone.

While I agree that prettiness is subjective, I think the text message, e-mail and weather interface of TouchFlo3D definitely has a lot of wow factor, and its a real pity HTC does not do more TV advertising showing these of.

[aleixpinardell]

Double-tap to zoom in didn't work because you tapped a blank area. You have to tap a cell or the table to adjust its size to fullscreen.

And iPod touch gets 40/100 if you wait some seconds after error on 27/100.

I prefear Mobile Safari. Easier to use, faster, better interface, better user experience... It just works.

[WMPowerUser]

So you mean to zoom I should tap in the cells I want to avoid tapping in because they are too small. Thats very circular. I thought the iPhone was intuitive.

You are right that the Safari eventually made it to 40, a full 30 seconds later, and with no progress towards actually drawing the boxes.

[frugo3000]

but he asked about ipod touch, not htc touch

[nurs1000]

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[mroovax]

@daviddannieu7 That's gr8! Now you can DIE!

[elksalmon84]

Opera Mobile 10 passes Acid3 as well.

[Radioactive985]

This test is lame. MobileSafari 4.0 included on iPhone OS 3.0 passes acid3 flawlessly with 100/100. And double tapping doesn't do anything because there are no usabe frames there, duh!

[JROisHere]

Yeah, what is this song? It has a very sick ass beat! Im really jamming to this shit :)

[1stAdeguy]

opera mobile can render images and text better than safari but opera mobile tends to crash about the same a safari they are both prone to crashing i dont care what you say about "my safari doesn't crash" they crash. as in the tests it says 27/100 for acid3 it should be atleast 50/100 on the latest hardware. yes hardware can somewhat change the score.

[Jarv435]

it is because he is using an antique version of mobile safari and he's using an updated version of opera mobile

[JulesWinnfield87]

acid 2 i don't see the top of the head

acid 3 i passed with 74/100

on safari mobile

[jar3ds]

whats the name of the song?

[NicoHardyboy]

Very objective test... (NOT!)