How fast is your Droid X?

[milominderbinde]

How fast is your phone?

I will post this in several different forums so that we can get results for different phones.

Would you please do this Real World test and post your results? If you have multiple phones, please test each phone while connected with WiFi. Times are from when you tap the icon until the app fully opens and is usable.

Real World Speed Test:
1. With no apps running, time how long it takes to open your Facebook app.
2. Close Facebook and time how long it takes to re-open Facebook.
3. Close Facebook and time how long it takes to open Google Maps.
4. Close Google Maps and time how long it takes to reopen Google Maps.

Please cut and paste this Report Score Sheet in your reply:

Real World Speed Test
1. Time to open Facebook:
2. Time to re-open Facebook:
3. Time to open Google Maps:
4. Time to re-open Google Maps:
5. Phone make and model:
6. If Overclocked, Speed:

If you would like to see the effects of rebooting, do the test then reboot your phone and repeat the test.

Basis for the test:
3G or 4G connection speeds vary by location. WiFi should be similar for everyone. Linpack, Quadrant, and others test the CPU only or the graphics system only. This is a real life test of actually opening two very popular apps available on almost every phone. Time to open email, messages, etc. vary with the number of entries and so are not used.

Thanks!

- Craig

Test threads: Palm Pre • Palm Pixi • HTC EVO • Droid X • Epic • BlackBerry

 

[dvader]

unless you have an app to score it accurately, mine takes about 1.5 seconds.

 

[milominderbinde]

unless you have an app to score it accurately, mine takes about 1.5 seconds.

I just used my watch as my timer.

 

[dvader]

as soon as i click facebook, within 1-2 seconds it opens up.
by the time i looked down at my watch it would be back up.
its so fast, that unless you had an app to calculate it, i couldn't tell you accurately.

 

[Mdorty]

as soon as i click facebook, within 1-2 seconds it opens up.
by the time i looked down at my watch it would be back up.
its so fast, that unless you had an app to calculate it, i couldn't tell you accurately.

Uh...or you could just hold them side by side...

 

[milominderbinde]

as soon as i click facebook, within 1-2 seconds it opens up...

Thank you!

So far the Droid X is the fastest phone we have tested.

Could anyone else help?

 

[milominderbinde]

Thank you to everyone for your help! And the results were...

<< drum roll >>

The Droid X came out as one of the fastest phone. Congratulations!

We have gotten 49 responses with 4 tests each covering 16 different phones/speeds.

The initial opening speeds compared to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.9x • iPhone: 3.9x • EVO: 2.9x • Epic: 5.0x • Torch: 6.3x as fast as the stock Pre.

The initial opening speeds compared to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4.2x • iPhone: 2.4x • EVO: 1.8x • Epic: 3.1x • Torch: 3.9x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Comparing all four tests to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.9x • iPhone: 6.1x • EVO: 4.4x • Epic: 7.6x • Torch: 7.3x as fast as the stock Pre.

Comparing all four tests to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4.1x • iPhone: 3.6x • EVO: 2.6x • Epic: 4.5x • Torch: 4.3x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Other notes
• The 2009 BlackBerry Storm and Bold at ~600 MHz are nearly twice as fast as a 1GHz Pre.
• These apps do not truly close on any of these phones as evidenced by the faster re-open times.
• Other phones tested were 1.8 to 4.2 times the speed of the Palm Pre overclocked to 1 GHz.

Test Detail Report

Open FB    Re-open    Open GM    Re-open    Average    Phone    Speed    Reboot    ID
3    2    2    1    2.0    Bold    624    N    GoldBerryRocker
2.03    2.08    3.74    2.84    2.7    Storm    528    N    vistate1
2.17    0.62    2.13    0.74    1.4    Torch    624    N    Altarocks
0.84    0.76    1.26    1.18    1.0    Torch    624    N    IchigoMochi
1.76    1.56    2.45    2.39    2.0    Torch    624    N    LuvMyBB
1    0.5    3    0.5    1.3    Epic    1000    N    estabancam
1.5    0.5    4    1    1.8    Epic    1000    N    43
1    0.5    3    0.5    1.3    Epic    1000    Y    estabancam
1.5    1.5    2    1.5    1.6    Droid X    1000    Y    Kupe
1.5    1.5    1.5    1.5    1.5    Droid X    1000    N    dvader
4    1    5    2    3.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    milo
4    1    4    1    2.5    HTC EVO    1000    Y    milo
3    1    5    1    2.5    HTC EVO    1000    N    Mdorty
3    1    3    1    2.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    Stokes
4    0.5    4    1    2.4    HTC EVO    1000    N    Jerzyiroc 
5    1.5    5    0.5    3.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    Brain Mantis
3    1    2    0.5    1.6    HTC EVO    1000    Y    Brain Mantis
2    0.5    2    1    1.4    HTC EVO    1200    N    Jerzyiroc 
2    0.5    2.5    0.5    1.4    iPhone4    800    N    finngirl
2    0.5    2    0.5    1.3    iPhone4    800    Y    finngirl
2    0.5    2    0.5    1.3    iPhone4    800    N    Roo Zilla
5    1    3    1    2.5    iPhone4    800    N    nappy
5    1    3    1    2.5    iPhone4    800    Y    nappy
14    7    12    17    12.5    Pixi    600    N    mattflick819
11    10    22    16    14.8    Pixi    600    N    IcerC
11    11    17    10    12.3    Pixi    600    N    nitu
13    12    11    11    11.8    Pre    500    N    milo
12    12    12    11    11.8    Pre    500    N    45
12    11    12    11    11.5    Pre    500    Y    45
12    12    10    10    11.0    Pre    500    Y    milo
8    6    10    8    8.0    Pre    500    Y    Garrett
6    4    8    5    5.8    Pre    800    Y    Garrett
10    5    21    13    12.3    Pre    800    N    Mike5
6    9    22    14    12.8    Pre    800    N    igobytony
8    6    10    8    8.0    Pre    1000    N    Rush
2    2    7    6    4.3    Pre    1000    N    NickDG
5    5    10    8    7.0    Pre    1000    Y    12
4    5    15    10    8.5    Pre    1000    N    ChanceNC
4    4    6    5    4.8    Pre    1000    Y    ChanceNC
6    5    11    10    8.0    Pre    1000    N    Mike5
6    5    10    9    7.5    Pre    1000    N    45
3    3    6    5    4.3    Pre    1000    N    grizzley addams
4    3    7    5    4.8    Pre    1000    Y    Garrett
5    3.5    5    5    4.6    Pre    1200    N    2sslow
9    6    9    7    7.8    Pre +    500    N    HIYinOR
10    4    10    4    7.0    Pre +    800    N    Cantaffordit
7    6    6    5    6.0    Pre +    800    N    smmullen
6    5    5    4    5.0    Pre +    1000    N    HIYinOR
1.6    1.0    1.9    1.4    1.5    Torch    average        
1.2    0.5    3.3    0.7    1.4    Epic    average        
1.5    1.5    1.8    1.5    1.6    Droid X    average        
3.2    0.7    2.5    0.7    1.8    iPhone4    average        
3.7    1.0    4.0    1.0    2.4    HTC EVO    average        
12.0    9.3    17.0    14.3    13.2    Pixi    average        
11.4    10.6    11.0    10.2    10.8    500 Pre    average        
7.5    5.5    12.0    7.5    8.1    800 Pre    average        
4.7    4.2    9.1    7.3    6.3    1G Pre    average

FB = Facebook, GM = Google Maps. A result of 2-3, was entered as a 2.5. "Instant" was entered as 0.5 seconds. Three users replied via PM and asked to not be identified.

 

[Bond32]

Wow nice job. Interesting results too...

 

[milominderbinde]

Wow nice job. Interesting results too...

Thanks! I had a lot of help.

 

[milominderbinde]

I have continued to get test result via PM and such but the new tests just confirm the result we already have.

The Droid X rocks!

Thank you all for your help!