Samsung Captivate Android Smartphone Review

Name: Samsung Captivate Android Smartphone Review - Page 5
Brand: Samsung

by Jennifer Johnson — Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:30 AM EDT

In addition to using the Samsung Captivate in a variety of everyday usage scenarios, we also conducted some formal performance testing to see how well the Captivate compares to other smartphones.

CPU testing

Android CPU testing

Graphics testing

Android graphics testing

JavaScript testing

JavaScript Android and iPhone testing

In both the Linpack CPU test and the An3DBench graphics test, the Captivate performed very well. In the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, the Captivate didn't perform quite as well as some of the other phones in the group, though it was only behind the Samsung Epic 4G by a small margin.

Tags: Samsung, Cell Phone, Android, smartphone, ATT, wireless, Cellphone, Galaxy S, Captivate, Super AMOLED

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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