hey guys it’s Brad a minimun from pocket now pacify the samsung galaxy s2 has a 1.2 gigahertz dual-core Exynos processor we’re thinking that it’s going to have the most wonderful web browsing suffer the fastest pinch-to-zoom the fastest scrolling the fastest page load eras and we’re going to test that out in this video we’re going to liken it to Windows Phone 7 on the Samsung Focus the iphone 4 and the HTC Thunderbolt it’s going to be fun let’s get it on and starting things off we’ve got the HTC Thunderbolt and the galaxy s2 apparently both are on the same Wi-Fi network both have had cash cleared we’re starting off on Google here we’re going to go to engadget we might not land on the same webpage actually on engadget sometimes it goes to mobile sometimes it doesn’t let’s see what happens and let’s see okay we’ve got the mobile on the galaxy s2 we’ re probably going to get the full edition here on the on the HTC Thunderbolt we’re going to made them both on desktop vistum so that we can move around the page see how planning and moving comparisons so okay that’s loading and while the galaxy s2 is lading but finished very quickly we can flip down the sheet put down the page on the Thunderbolt it’s obviously a little bit more choppy there but as the web page does into reminiscence it becomes smoother right off the at-bat the galaxy s was extremely smooth let’s check out pinch-to-zoom unusually smooth there a little bit smoother on the galaxy s2 we’ re going to click click on this tie-in at the same time appreciate which maneuver lades it faster okay let’s see who finishes first or which okay galaxy s2 finished so we can move around on the sheet the galaxy s2 is an interesting feature you can gave two digits on the screen and move the device towards your face this is kind of cool when you are doing it in terrain you could kind of go like that various kinds of a creepy peculiarity so let’s check screen spin accelerate as the Thunderbolt continues to loading the page it hasn’t finished yet and gaped about the same there looks like the galaxy s2 is a little bit faster there we’re going to stop it from loading right hit the back button on both of these devices and have them both go back to the home page of engadget we like use engadget because it’s a very long webpage with a lot of verse and blink content and by the way both of these devices have plugins turn to ask so it’s not actually loading the flashing content so again in terms of web shop hastened moved between the Qualcomm Snapdragon one gigahertz processor whatever it is you find on the Thunderbolt and the Exynos processor on the galaxy s2 galaxy s2 overpowers the Thunderbolt so let’s move that off to the side now let’s bring in the iphone and assure which one will get two sheets faster which one’s smoother we’re going to kind of get it loaded here now on engadget let’s actually zoom in a little bit so we can see what we’re doing scroll to the bottom the iphone kind of developed pinch to zoom and truly smooth moving desktop like shop so it’s interesting to see how the galaxy s2 assesses up against that so of course we’ve got the single core about 1 gigahertz processor the a4 chip on the iphone 4 let’s check screen gyration quicken before we click on any relates make galaxy s2 is faster the galaxy s2 was a little bit faster there let’s move down the sheet and participate what it’s like the iphone is a scroll as quickly but that’s just sort of how the operating system is built and we can go to the top like so simply do a immediate little snap to get that let’s zoom in on something let’s compare the pinch to zoom undoubtedly highly particularly smooth on both and let’s go to this headline and we’ll clink them at the same time and participate which gets to the page first thunder go and let’s see cave galaxy s2 finished first so we’ll move around on the sheet now kind of scroll down the iphone is still get the galaxy s2 is just really miraculous in how fast it can laden pages again we’re hit the back button and have them both go back to the engadget home page receive which gets there first okay the samsung galaxy s to beat the iphone and we can move around on the page and do some learning while the iphone is loading the iphone 4 screen is looking very small nowadays and you know we’re likely to see it bumped to 4 inches for the iphone 5 but it’s just it’s very much striking because you have so much space to work with on a 4.3 inch presentation or even a 4-inch display to pinch to zoom whereas on the iPhone you roughly feel like you have to you know you wish your fingers were a little smaller so you can get in there to be more precise ok so the galaxy s2 won against the iphone let’s bring in the Samsung Focus Windows Phone 7 has extremely fast web browsing faster than the iphone in most cases and when mango smacks with ie9 it’ s going to be even faster so again we’re going to do what we did with the other two maneuvers let’s drill into engadget com get the desktop view laded okay we’re back we got any gadget loaded here on the samsung focus extending Windows Phone 7 let’s do a screen gyration velocity exam okay we’ve got the galaxy s2 is faster there galaxy s2 is faster there you’ve got that animation the kind of battle I’m in Windows Phone 7 by the way forgot to mention that all of these devices that we were testing had no other spaces open so no spaces there if we do a little pinch gesture here you can zoom out to see that there are no open windows so let’s move down the sheet witness 17 is very good at not having checkerboards when you go instantly down a sheet once in a while you’ll get a white spot implying if we go really fast you can probably see it’s trying to keep up but pretty good in Windows Phone 7 specially compared to the iphone we’re even on the iphone four you get checkerboards all the time so let’s exam out pinch-to-zoom very awfully smooth comparatively let’s move down to a certain story let’s go to the Microsoft story they’re buying skype and we’ll click on the links at the same time if I can actually find it there it is so we’ll zoom in on both make a really big target so it’s impossible to miss and let’s tap it at the same time and let’s see which gets there firstly it’s amazing it seems that the galaxy s2 is almost loading the sheets before they is an indication because as soon as you sounds the link you’re at the sheet the galaxy s2 browser is smoking every other browser that we are testing right now and so here comes the Samsung Focus loading the sheet probably 10 to 20 seconds later the browser on the galaxy s2 repute us when we say this is probably the fastest browser that is available it’s incredibly fast let’s go to pocketnow.com desktop will go into landscape view and we’ll see it exactly simply pop up it’s it’s really incredible how fast this browser is and of course we’ll get some other dual-core manoeuvres in here to experiment because you know certainly this isn’t the only dual core smartphone out there we’ve got the HTC Sensation 4G came to see you soon which is going to have a really fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2 gigahertz processor but we are thoroughly exhaustively affected with the capacity needed now of the samsung galaxy s2 and again it has this boast where you can articulated two digits on the screen returning it closer to your face and the textbook will zoom it’s not working ideally here but you can actually tilt it this practice to make it happen better kind of a novelty feature doesn’t really cure very much but it’s a nice thing to have the double tap to zoom in drives very well it reflows the piece double tapping again will zoom all the way out let’s dive into setting up while we’re taking a look at the browser on the galaxy s2 you identified that gesture previously if you pinched you can zoom out to your window end and you can add new spaces now and then it moves it really easy to manage multiple tabs sometimes it takes a little practice you can easily flip between two tabs we’re okay let’s see how much remembrance the browser is using right now we’ve pocket now open in time Google we’re consuming about 86 megabytes of RAM considering that we have a full gig or so to work with that’s not too bad and let’s take a look at the options that we have here so with the windows we can change browser brightness separately of the rest of the operating system you can go into more you can add a shortcut to home which is cool kind of an iOS like facet you can do this anyway in android but most browsers don’t made the alternative actually in the browser it gives it on the residence screen we can share the page we can print let’s go to settings now we can change the default zoom we can open the sheets in outline state and block pop-ups I necessitate these are kind of standard gingerbread alternatives actually most of these vary your home page clear cache abide cookies enable plugins is somewhere around here so that you can view flash content on that on this in fact performance of twinkle content is very very good in fact let us go to youtube and take a look at what it’s like to look at youtube videos and of course this has the YouTube application on it but we’re going to do it through the web let’s search for pocket now real quick pokemon that’s interesting pocket now where we go and let’s take a look at this let’s try to play it in the browser here must be allowed to and check out performance it’s actually lading it in the sort of web player but very good performance and if you were to load this video in line in a page the implementation of its would also be quite fantastic in fact let’s uh let’s do that because that’s something certainly you should really should take a look at so here’s one the great thing about the galaxy has two browsers you don’t have to wait for the sheet to finish to start working with it so I’m just kind of ignoring the status barroom up there here’s a video I want to see I sounds on it and it’s going to quantity the video right in the browser just like you’re be applicable to on other android telephones but act is specially good here on the galaxy s2 so that we’re playing a video scroll down awesome inline video it gazes terrifying so yeah the browser on the samsung galaxy s2 is is quite possibly the best mobile browser that’s out there right now I’m sure that in the near future that will be outdone by another invention maybe the HTC Sensation maybe something else coming up soon or now before of you on pocketnow.com we’re going to talk more about battery life benchmarks in hand field day to era usability a lot of interesting thing as “youre supposed to” have guessed by now we’re in love with the galaxy s2 we foresee Samsung did a stellar activity on this device and it’s a very well rounded smartphone that gives people conduct in every app and really in every aspect of the operating system so if you like this video please give us a thumbs up and watch out for that review on pocket now 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