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I'm curious about this:

> Of course it can. On low-powered phones, FirefoxOS tends to outperform Android by a large margin. This means that you can have the same experience with cheaper phones.

I don't want to imply you're lying or something, but is there something to support this claim? For example, I have Huawei Ascend G300 here (1)(, and apparently I can install FFOS on it. Is it going to be faster than CyanogenMod 10.1?

(1): Pretty popular model here in Eastern Europe -- of course, iPhones are way more popular because they cost about 150% of median monthly wage and thus are a great way to show you're rich.



> I don't want to imply you're lying or something, but is there something to support this claim?

I can only speak from my personal experience, sorry. Maybe someone else has benchmarks to back the claim.


For the record, I tested it [1] and it was reasonably fast, about as fast as android on the same device. It felt faster than stock android but slower than highly optimized unofficial android the community worked on for about a year, which is to be expected.

The phone is pretty laggy even with that android, though, for example, it takes photo in about four seconds after you press the button.

[1]: http://www.modaco.com/topic/359564-b2g-firefox-os-for-the-hu...




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