Version: 2008
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How we tested: performance results
Mobile application performance
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
BAPCo MobileMark 2002 performance  
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 1GB
219 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 512MB
216 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 1GB
207 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 1GB
205 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 512MB
203 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 512MB
201 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 1GB
193 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 512MB
171 

Battery life
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
BAPCo MobileMark 2002 battery life (minutes)  
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 512MB
195 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 1GB
187 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 512MB
188 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 1GB
185 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 512MB
173 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 1GB
170 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 512MB
169 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 1GB
167 

Response time
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
BAPCo MobileMark 2002  
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 1GB
0.9 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 512MB
0.91 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 1GB
0.95 
CPU: 2.13GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 512MB
0.97 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 1GB
0.96 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 5,400rpm, Memory: 512MB
0.98 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 1GB
1.02 
CPU: 1.73GHz, Hard drive: 4,200rpm, Memory: 512MB
1.15