iPhone 3G S Kicks Butt In Java Script Speed Test!

Workers have a keen interest in the speed of the new generation of smartphones, primarily because they are using these little handheld computers to do more work than ever before and so they are demanding much stronger performance. I recently pointed to a CNET test showing the Palm Pre beating the iPhone 3GS in two out of three speed tests.

Now there’s a new speed test from Medialets that does a fairly rigorous comparison of the JavaScript performance of iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre, Google G1, iPhone 3G (with 2.2.1 OS), and iPhone 3G (with 3.0 OS). The iPhone 3GS comes out on top, by a significant margin. Ironically, the iPhone 3G running OS 2.2.1 was the slowest performer. Medialets also tested against a Mac laptop as a baseline. The image below shows the test results.