Apple Disputes Browser Speed Findings

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| Apple Disputes Browser Speed Findings, Says Mobile Safari's the True Contender
| from the you-say-one's-better-I-say-one's-worse dept.
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]Apple has hit back over claims that the
browser shipped with its iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices is
[1]significantly slower than Android's equivalent, calling the
independent testing 'flawed.' 'They didn't actually test the Safari
browser on the iPhone,' Apple's Kerris argues. 'Instead they only tested
their own proprietary app, which uses an embedded Web viewer that doesn't
actually take advantage of Safari's Web performance optimisations.' This,
claims testing firm Blaze.io, is news to the world. 'Embedded browsers
are expected to behave, for the most part, the same as the regular
browser,' the company stated, defending its methodology. 'However, Apple
is now stating that their embedded browser, called UIWebView, does not
share the same optimisations MobileSafari does.'"