The Nokia Lumia 800 has been billed as the first ‘real’ Windows Phone and we recently proved it be one of the fastest, when it thrashed the HTC Radar in all of our speed tests. Today we’ve been putting the Nokia Windows Phone head-to-head with the HTC 7 Trophy, but which one will win out? Join us as we find out.
Nokia Lumia 800 faster than HTC Radar for web browsing: Here's the proof!
To test the web browsing speed of both the Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC 7 Trophy Windows Phones, we opted for a two-step test procedure. First we ran a timed hands-on test to assess real-world browsing speed and then we ran a professional benchmark test, to obtain an industry standard testing score.
The first part of our test was to load NokNok.tv on the Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC 7 Trophy and record how quickly each device rendered the site. With both handsets connected to the internet via Wi-Fi, we loaded up the text-only version of the site in the smartphone’s Internet Explorer Mobile 9 browser.
Since the text-only version of NokNok.tv is extremely resource light, we found that both the Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC 7 Trophy loaded it extremely quickly. However, the Nokia Lumia 800 certainly had the edge against its rival, with the full page loading noticeably faster on the Nokia Windows Phone.
Next we loaded the full desktop version of NokNok.tv. Again the Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC 7 Trophy were set up identically and connected via Wi-Fi and again the Nokia Lumia 800 proved far faster, loading the website in just under seven seconds, while the HTC 7 Trophy took just over nine seconds to finish.
With such a clear difference in performance, we were keen to try out some industry standard benchmark testing, to confirm for certain how much faster the Nokia Lumia 800 is when compared to the HTC 7 Trophy. To do this, we used Sunspider Javascript Benchmark 0.9.1, which you can try yourself here.
Again we connected to the internet via Wi-Fi and ran the test on the Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC 7 Trophy separately, to ensure each handset had full access to the maximum speed available from the wireless network. And yet again the Nokia Lumia 800 massively outperformed the HTC smartphone.
When running Sunspider Javascript Benchmark 0.9.1, a faster response time is better as it proves that the phone has completed the test with greater speed. With that in mind, the Nokia Lumia 800 finished the test in 7026.9ms, while it took the HTC 7 Trophy 9596.5ms to finish the exact same test.
Whether running real-world tests or industry standard benchmarks, the Nokia Lumia 800 is a significantly faster Windows Phone than the HTC 7 Trophy. And thanks to its extra speed, you can enjoy the very best from the great Windows Phone 7.5 OS, adding to the value of this stunning smartphone.
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