iPhone vs. Treo - Edge vs. 3g EVDO test 2

Test 2 of 2 -- iphone with Edge against Treo on 3g EVDO - download speed test. In an effort to be fair, iphonePOV give the Treo a 2nd shot to show it stuff against the iPhone -- as an added bonus, we've got a reload test... I wonder who wins that one?

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• iphone
• treo
• Apple
• Sprint
• ATT
• EVDO
• 3g
• EDGE
• download
• speed
• test

[Fricka]

Which EVDO is the Treo on? One is faster than the other. Btw you can set the Treo's cache to be bigger so it will be faster on reload.

You can also use the Opera Mini browser (free) which runs faster then the included Treo Browser.

I think your Test 1 video is interesting because on the Treo you can read information even while the page is loading. You can click a link without waiting for the rest of the page. You can't do that on the iPhone.

[iphonePOV]

all good points, except the opera mini browser... never cared for it much. (But you're right, Treo shows pages while downloading, which is better than iphone.)

[xxtrustxx]

wow...

so edge is not so bad

I may buy an iphone now...

[iphonePOV]

technically, edge is slower than EVDO (in spite of this test) this comparison is hardly conclusive, I would try it out and make sure you're happy with edge speed before purchase... (but iphone wifi is very fast --for a mobile phone)

[anders94]

What matters more than download speed for loading a web page is how long it takes to get a response after a request. In this case we see that EVDO and EDGE are very similar. If we had tested live streaming video for example that doesn't require a round trip after its started, the results would have been vastly different.

Most people only really care about percieved web browsing speed. It seems only people who are stats driven dislike the iPhone.

[mathiastheok]

Hear the feedback the video recorder is picking up?

While the mobile devices convert that into information displayed on their screens, your body converts it into tumors : )

[Sic4life2]

tro might be faster but the Iphone looks much better id give up 6 seconds anyday for a better looking page

[ydoucare55]

I don't quite understand the purpose of this video. Obviously the iPhone is going to be able to render the page much faster, because it is a more powerful device. In terms of bandwidth and latency, the capabilities of EVDO absolutely destroy EDGE.

[blu6869]

were you in sprints rev a network? not everyone lives in a highspeed network. i work with sprint and have done a side by side with an iphone and my treo 755. the only thing they can download faster is youtube.

[pdegameplayer]

god i hate gsm phones they operate at a freq that messes up mics, speakers and other shit i hate that especially when i have some one in my car and they are texting with a gsm phone it messes up my radio and pisses me off!!!

[bigdalla8893]

o yeah the treo started showing things way before iphone did

[bigdalla8893]

this is test is totally unfair

at least try a att palm vs sprint palm wow.

you retarded fanboy the treo resizes pages so they work better with your phone which takes time and the iphone just gives the page

[toroco]

Was the Treo cache set to 0 Mb for the reload? Enable or disable both caches next time.

The awful iPhone GSM static revealingly overshadows the demonstration; iPhone has a wonderful screen and presentation, one limitation is 2G.

Do a download of something like a 20mb MP3...in a car for testing the networks. A browser test should include Xiino on the Treo; it renders faster than Blazer.

The options and outcomes are much more refined and clear than this video's fuzzy result suggests.

[mrhercli]

Gosh, the only thing you can hear on this video is that crazy GSM buzz!!!