• iPhone iOS 5 Outperforms Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone in Browser Benchmark Tests

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    iPhone iOS 5 Outperforms Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone in Browser Benchmark Tests

    Here is a cool comparison test which shows the power of iPhone 4S along with iOS 5. The guys at 359gsm recently ran a test including iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3, iPhone 4S running iOS 5 against Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. iPhone 4S significantly outperform Nokia in all benchmark tests.

    The results are shown below courtesy of 359gsm, you can watch the test video above as well:

    Browsermark Test: Higher is better

    • iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 37 503
    • Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 30 452
    • iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 86 702

    Speed Reading Test:

    • iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 2 fps (iPhone 4 with iOS 5.0 – around 37 fps)
    • Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 40 fps
    • iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 60 fps

    Sunspider Test: Lower is better

    • iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 4018.2 ms
    • Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 7188.7 ms
    • iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 2266 ms

    Acid3 Test:

    • iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 100/100
    • Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 100/100
    • iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 100/100

    HTML5 Test:

    • iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 210
    • Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 141
    • iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 296

  • Apple’s iOS 5 Tops Windows Phone ‘Mango’ in HTML5 Performance

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    Microsoft recently launched a mobile IE9 testing site that allows web developers to test the HTML5 abilities of Windows Phone Mango

    Last month the software giant Microsoft demoed the Mango update with 500 new features, including a mobile version of Internet Explorer 9. In a preview video, Microsoft vice president Joe Belfiore ran a test between phones running Windows Phone 7, Android, BlackBerry OS and iOS and declared Windows Phone the winner. Microsoft’s device rendered HTML5 content at 24 frames per second, compared to 2 frames per second on the iPhone 4 and 11 FPS on the Android Nexus S device.

    But what about an iPhone 4 running the beta release of iOS 5? As noted by winrumors, it has reached 31 frames per second on the test. However, a screenshot demonstrating the test results still lists the iOS 4.3 version of Mobile Safari.

    Windows Phone 7 and iOS 5 are both scheduled for a fall release, though Microsoft and Apple have yet to set specific release dates.

    Apple unveiled iOS 5 earlier this month at the WWDC with over 200 new user features and 1500 APIs.

    Meanwhile, Microsoft has teamed up with Nokia, reportedly paying billions to Nokia in exchange for the company’s commitment to Windows Phone 7. In February, Nokia announced plans to ditch its Symbian mobile operating system and begin making smartphones running Windows Phone. Nokia confirmed last month that the first of its devices to run Windows Phone 7 will feature the Mango update.

    Research group IDC predicts the Microsoft and Nokia partnership will help boost Windows Phone market share from 3.8 percent in 2011 to 20.3 percent in 2015, while Apple’s share of the worldwide smartphone market is expected to dip from 18.2 percent to 16.9 percent during the same period.

  • Over 500 New Features in the Upcoming Windows Phone 7 Mango

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    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has promised over 500 new features for the next release of Windows Phone 7 dubbed ‘Mango’ and will get version 7.5.

    Speaking at Japanese Microsoft Developer Forum 2011, Ballmer promised the features to be unveiled in the Mango event today. The software giant is also expected to unveil new developer tools for Windows Phone applications. Microsoft is currently hard at work on “Mango”, its next major release of Windows Phone. Nokia is also reportedly waiting for the next release of Windows Phone before it unveils its first Windows Phone device. Watch Ballmer speaking about the 500 new features in the video below:

    Neowin is adding additional rumor before today’s Mango activities kick out. Windows Phone 7.5 may be released to Manufacturers today, and will be coming out to all phones in September.