Windows Phone Beats 88% of Competitors in Speed Test
$100 for the victorious challengers, a free Windows Phone for the losers.
Its last appearance at CES might have been a snooze-fest, but Microsoft is coming away from the Consumer Electronics Show with at least one notable victory under its belt: the company's smartphone managed to beat the majority of its challengers on the CES show floor.
Earlier this week, Microsoft's Ben Rudolph hit Vegas with a wad of cash in his hand. Rudolph was challenging any and all attendees with a non-Windows Phone device to a speed test challenge. If they won, he'd give them a hundred bucks, but if his Windows Phone won, they'd have to admit they got 'smoked by Windows Phone.'
Well, the results are in. According to Rudolph, 88-percent of challengers were 'smoked by Windows Phone.'
"We gave away a ton of new phones, lost a little bit of cash ($300, to be exact), and had a great time meeting our fans, haters, and everyone in between," Ben wrote on the Windows Phone blog, adding that Windows Phone beat 30 handsets, lost against three and drew with one.
Among the phones Windows Phone beat were the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus, Droid Charge, Droid Bionic, the Palm Pre Plus, various models of BlackBerrys, and the AT&T Skyrocket. Ben was beaten by an iPhone 4S and a Galaxy Nexus in races to post a photo to Twitter, while the Droid Bionic got an SMS to a friend faster than his Windows Phone.
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Very scientific.
My Dell Streak would beat that
and the phones that beat it were dual core
windows phone seems to be fast
I'm not surprise, I have HTC Sensation, my friend has HD7 (I think), WP7 seems a lot more responsive, but I still like Android
Don't know how much real world truth in that (once phone is loaded with apps and other data) but I like the commercial. Well one you
so whats !
who want's of MS to pay it for close system and bad interface, i prefer android's with less speed
I hope the phone they use is available on the market, if not, it's just a publicity stunt.
So what was the challenge, the speed of loading facebook? If so, windows only wins because they built facebook and twitter into the os, their not just apps* ( * I'm pretty sure...). Though I still kinda want that blue nokia lumia 900.
really?....where is the HTC Rezhound in this competition?....How in the heck do you expect to win with an iPhone4s?...are these guys this stupid?....it's only 3g not 4g.....you would think that some of these geeks are smarter
I believe this was all fake. The focus on the phones themselves never last and they lack the important camera shot of both phones actually being worked on at the same time. It could very well be done with actors and the few losses are just there to seem realistic which are also extremely minor losses at that. The contestants also seem way too calm and relaxed in-front of the camera and no doubt at-least a small audience watching.
It also fits right into Microsoft's marketing past. Remember the laptop hunter commercials?
Where they would approach a "stranger" and buy their laptop while also this "stranger"
also always just happens to insult Macbooks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKbXgpxmeI4 The contest above really just seems to be a live version of this same marketing.
If it is real then the fact that they did not try to get a shot from the back focusing on the actual
performance of the phones is a complete failure. It would have much more marketing value to actually show both screens at the same time and Microsoft's product win time and time again. I don't believe Microsoft would make such a poor judgement if this contest and results were real.
I believe this was all fake. The focus on the phones themselves never last and they lack the important camera shot of both phones actually being worked on at the same time. It could very well be done with actors and the few losses are just there to seem realistic which are also extremely minor losses at that. The contestants also seem way too calm and relaxed in-front of the camera and no doubt at-least a small audience watching. It also fits right into Microsoft's marketing past. Remember the laptop hunter commercials?Where they would approach a "stranger" and buy their laptop while also this "stranger" also always just happens to insult Macbooks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKbXgpxmeI4 The contest above really just seems to be a live version of this same marketing.If it is real then the fact that they did not try to get a shot from the back focusing on the actual performance of the phones is a complete failure. It would have much more marketing value to actually show both screens at the same time and Microsoft's product win time and time again. I don't believe Microsoft would make such a poor judgement if this contest and results were real.
Tin.
Foil.
Hat.
not my problem if you can't freakin use widgets efficiently, i bet this guy with SGS II all way long..
Plus, he already tried those test before he goes on camera, just to make sure he beat those poor guys..
not my problem if you can't freakin use widgets efficiently, i can beat this guy with SGS II all way long..Plus, he already tried those test before he goes on camera, just to make sure he beat those poor guys..
Well, this should be given since it runs so well in a limited hardware platform.
It's a simple thing to set up these kind of tests that almost any smartphone OS would win.
How?
Just pretest hundreds of different scenarios against other phones and pick the specific test where the phone (in this case the windows phone) wins the test.
Then do this kind of thing.
Let there be a possibility that the phone got beaten in just some tests to make it look less "staged".
This wasn't a more neutral benchmark, where we KNOW that Windows Phone gets beaten really bad!
not my problem if you can't freakin use widgets efficiently, i bet this guy with SGS II all way long..Plus, he already tried those test before he goes on camera, just to make sure he beat those poor guys..
I think it was more about the people and how efficiently they interface with their particular phone. This guy's probably an "ace" and has a lot of practice. I believe it was also them just having fun and giving stuff away in a way that would draw more attention than just handing stuff out. At the same time, they may have some free footage for future commercials.
A better way to test is for one of the losers who received a free Windows phone to root it and put Android ICS on it. Then re-test against the challenger.
Very scientific.
The sample is more or less random.
That video is far more believable than, say, a five-page AnandTech benchmark article. Were they measuring the time to the first BSOD?
Cripes Tom's is scraping the bottom of the barrel these days.
The sample is more or less random.
But the tests chosen were of course not random. They did the test they knew they would win in most of the times. Do you for one moment think that Microsoft would choose just random things. Just take a look at how Windows phone gets beaten in standard Benchmarks by a wide margin to most android phones and Iphones.javascript:%20void(0);
It's a simple thing to set up these kind of tests that almost any smartphone OS would win.How?Just pretest hundreds of different scenarios against other phones and pick the specific test where the phone (in this case the windows phone) wins the test.Then do this kind of thing. Let there be a possibility that the phone got beaten in just some tests to make it look less "staged".This wasn't a more neutral benchmark, where we KNOW that Windows Phone gets beaten really bad!
Read the included story link, moron. Those who challenged them were able to decide whatever challenge they wanted.
So stupid. They didn't even say what they were testing.
I believe they must have used something that depends mostly on the user instead of the phone. That guy must be really quick.
The sample is more or less random.
Maybe, but the test itself was stupid.
They are not comparing phones or phone operating systems, they are comparing the performance of a trained guy from Microsoft vs. random phone users.
I'm just waiting for a good phone to come out that matches the upcoming Androids. Then I'll get one myself.
I'm not waiting anymore. All the new stuff is crap. It's 5 years back in time. None of these 'smart-'phones can record phone-calls (with a notification beep or not). Even my mums Sony-Ericsson T715 is smarter than every jack shit X-crapperia SE itself release today.
The same with Nokia. All new post-Symbian models are crap compared to every other phone they brought to market the last few years. None of the new singing and dancing phones (and phone-OS's can record calls). And are therefore useless as a vital communication-tool in my business.
Let them stick these insignificant 'tests' in a place 'where the sun don't shine'.
Djeez
I have Iphones, Androids and now a Windows 7 phone in the house. I like them all each for different reasons but I have to say that the Windows phone is bar far the most responsive and seems faster than the rest for everyday task. It also has the best battery life out of all my phones. Every one seems to forget that with dual cores comes shorter battery life. Do we really need multicore cpu's in our phones?
for android to run you need dual core
Man If you got a free phone for losing and $100 for winning. I would rather lose and take the phone.
I think the guy in charge of WP7 has done a good job. He's been challenging people all over the internet, at shows etc to try, and beat WP7.
Plus, he already tried those test before he goes on camera, just to make sure he beat those poor guys..
Of course. You wouldn't expect ANY hardware maker to do this kind of thing without having done a LOT of testing to make sure they didn't end up with egg on their face. After all, its a marketing thing, and nothing more, and it does illustrate how good the WP7 platform is compared to the darling of the geek world, android.
I had an iPhone for about 6 weeks, then replaced it with a galaxy s that I kept for 4 months, but then tried out an HD7 (now have the titan) and I'd never go back. My tablet has android HC and is great, but I'd never use it on a phone.
Awesome, now do a similar thing as they did with the Atrix 4g, but allow the phone to take on different hardware. Make it "bootable" on a Desktop/Laptop environment. Allow it to connect to a projector. Not everyone wants to play Crysis on their phones, anyway. Have it such that a message will display "This application will not run on this station. It requires a docking station with a different processor and video card." if necessary,