HTC Titan Vs HTC Thunderbolt Boot Time Comparison

This is a  funny video comparing boot time of HTC Titan running Windows Phone Mango to HTC Thunderblot running Android. The person in the video restarts his Titan almost 4 times within the span of time in which HTC Thunderblot restarts once. I don’t know whether this happens for every Android device. Anyway, Android devices can’t beat Windows Phones in their boot times.

Source: YouTube via: Jose Fajardo

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  • http://twitter.com/Smitty007 Smitty007

    Curious how it does it with the stock cpu speeds for the thunderbolt

    • Anonymous

      Agreed. Why did the author downclock the Thunderbolt?

      Further, who cares how quickly a phone can boot? I don’t reboot mine that often, and when I do, it’s never been a problem to wait for it to come back up.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t know why the boot time is essentaly importent for a smartphone. How often should I shut it down? :D

    • Anonymous

      True, but it shouldn’t be as bad as that. it reflects bad engineering. by the way, you probably reboot a Windows Phone once in 5 months, i am not sure that’s same thing with android. 

      • Anonymous

        Yeah, and that’s why i love windows phone! :D

    • Anonymous

      With windows phone, almost never, with Android and Blackberry though, which are by far the slowest booting OSes, very often.

      • Anonymous

        Agreed.  I can’t think of the last time I rebooted my Optimus 7.  Android on the other hand, is a weekly adventure for me, and I use it way less frequently than WP7.

  • Anonymous

    I currently have a HTC Droid Incredible (still waiting on Verizon to get a new WP7 device) and I can confirm that HTC’s droid phones have slow boot time.  I always hate having to reboot or turn my phone off and back on because of the slow boot time.  Plus it has this annoying “DROID” voice when it turns on that you can’t disable.

  • https://me.yahoo.com/a/INX3yB4qwdXT8A_W1rKlkmdWa_PlXA7rPsp1Uw--#5beff freshandclean33

    The Thunderbolt is 8 months old… why not compare it to something that just came out with the Titan, like the HTC Rezound?

    “Anyway, Android devices can’t beat Windows Phones in their boot times.”

    False. The 6 month old Galaxy S II boots up just as fast as the new Titan (maybe a sec or two longer to finish up processes in the background). Also, if you notice in the video, the guy picks complete reboot on the bottom. On HTC Android phones, people use fast boot (devices from this year have it) – you power the device down and then power it back on normally. The time is much shorter then. The HTC Rezound actually beats the Titan in boot time with fast boot. I’m all for cheering on Windows Phone, but misleading people is not the right way to do it.

    • http://twitter.com/Arbeitsheld_ Arbeitsheld

      I agree with the most you said, but you have to keep in mind that the Galaxy S2 has a 1.5Ghz Dual Core processor, while the Titan only has single core and still Titan boots faster.

      • https://me.yahoo.com/a/INX3yB4qwdXT8A_W1rKlkmdWa_PlXA7rPsp1Uw--#5beff freshandclean33

        GS2 has a 1.2ghz dual core. 1.5ghz is on some newer ones. And my point is top devices from one platform should be compared to top devices from another. There arent any windows phones with dual core, so it doesnt matter what the OS might do with it. The fact is top phones from both boot about the same. That paints a very different picture than what the article tries to imply. 

        • http://www.facebook.com/j.spanberg Johan Spånberg Svelander

          Uhm… Why not compare comparable hardware specs to see how efficient the OS’es are?

          Besides… The SGS2 with dual-core cpu’s boot as fast as a single core WP7-phone… Should mean that WP7 is a much more optimized piece of software.

          • https://me.yahoo.com/a/INX3yB4qwdXT8A_W1rKlkmdWa_PlXA7rPsp1Uw--#5beff freshandclean33

            Because that’s only important to geeks. This is the real world. Consumers are going to compare high-end windows phone to high-end android. They aren’t going to limit their options just because Windows Phone have restricted specs. For example, Android has had qHD (960×540) displays for the whole year and 720p screens are now out, whereas the latest Windows Phones are still using WVGA…  do you really think consumers aren’t going to take that into account?

          • Anonymous

            Try reading other tech sites when there is a new release of Windows Phone and all you read is how far the specs(CPU, screen size, etc) fall behind Android phones.

            Your point is muddled.  You make it sound like specs should not matter but then go on to point out qHD screens and how consumers should compare the latest phones from each platform.  ” do you really think consumers aren’t going to take that into account? “  That comment makes it sound like they do take it into account.

            No one gives WP a clear win and the other platforms are always portrayed as better whenever these type of articles come up.

            WP: We have an efficient OS so don’t need dual core
            Android response: Who cares.  You are using outdated processors. People want the latest and greatest.
            WP: We boot fast with just one processor
            Android response: Who cares, specs don’t matter.  Just ignore the dual-core and look at the performance.
            WP:  …

            That is how I am reading your comments, freshandclean33.

    • Anonymous

      I made the test with a friend and the Galaxy SII boots exactly at the same time as my… OMNIA 7 (Monoprocessor at 1Ghz)…

      • Anonymous

        I wasn’t able to get anything faster between 28-30secs from Galaxy SII and that’s still tid bit slower than my HD7′s 26 secs.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Luffy07 Sergio Gonzalez

      yeah because a comparison with a dual core device is fair…

      • https://me.yahoo.com/a/INX3yB4qwdXT8A_W1rKlkmdWa_PlXA7rPsp1Uw--#5beff freshandclean33

        oh, so because all windows phones are still on single-core, they should only be compared to year old devices that nobody would buy today? I guess that means the iphone 4s, which came out before the Titan, shouldntbe compared either? Come on, you need to think real world here. Current high-end from one platform should be compared to current high-end from another. Do you think people are going to go into a store and buy a thunderbolt now. Hell no. Verizon alone carries 5 or 6 phones with much better specs than the tbolt. meanwhile titan is brand new and top of the line. And I hope you realize the comparison isnt even fair to your standards because the processor in the Titan is much better than what’s in the tbolt. 

        • http://www.facebook.com/Luffy07 Sergio Gonzalez

          that’s exactly where you’re wrong, making a comparison between to devices with the same specs is the way to go when it comes to software comparison. High-end WP7 are, spec wise, the equivalent of low-end Android devices, is it fair to compare the Samsung Galaxy Y with the Galaxy S2? Nope. If you really want to compare actual OS efficiency you take 2 devices with the same specs and see wich one is better.

          There is no way to compare the S2 with any WP devices, but we can see that single core WP devices perform as well (or even better) as powerful Android devices, but you can’t make a real comparison because dual core WP devices don’t exist and there is no way to know how they’ll perform

          • Anonymous

            I agree with freshandclean33. Let’s be real, we all like to see our Windows phones defeat the competition. We especially like it when it defeats a device with higher specs or can keep up with it. There is a video of the Lumia 800 vs the Galaxy SII comparing the loading speed of web pages and the phones are neck to neck. Fans of almost any OS love it when their phone defeats the mobile benchmark, the iPhone; which now comes in dual-core flavor. I for one look forward to the WP7 phones vs the competition videos, whether it’s dual core or not. I’d like to see the latest offering of each.

          • Anonymous

            I just compared my HD7 against boot time of Thunderbolt from this and other Youtube video, boot time for HD7 was always 20-22secs still faster than fastest of Thunderbolt.

            Conclusion: based on same hardware spec comparison Windows Phone 7 proves to be much faster OS and with much better coding efficiency than much more mature Android. WP7 faster than Android for most tasks on average 30-50%

          • http://twitter.com/counterblow the person

            a Titan boots faster to a start screen than the 4S anyways.

          • https://me.yahoo.com/a/INX3yB4qwdXT8A_W1rKlkmdWa_PlXA7rPsp1Uw--#5beff freshandclean33

            I would agree with you about only comparing similar specs if there were Windows Phones with higher specs out there, but there won’t be for a while. Even when they do jump to dual-core, Android will be on quad-core. You cannot ignore current high-end Android when comparing current high-end Windows Phone. That’s unfair. You’re trying to look at it from a geek’s perspective, which means absolutely nothing when it comes to purchasing a phone right now. Consumers will be deciding whether to get the Titan or the Galaxy Nexus (or Galaxy S II, Droid Razr, Rezound, or pretty much any phone released in second half of 2011 – and there are a ton), not the Titan vs Thunderbolt. Hell, in Q2, there will be even more powerful Android phones out there by the same manufacturers that released the current high-end Androids.

            What’s available now or in the near future is what’s important to consumers. That happens to be dual-core for Android (the norm now and soon to be quad-core) and highly clocked single-core for Windows Phone. Btw, the Thunderbolt has an older chipset that runs at 1GHz stock, Titan has the newest 1.5GHz chip stock – how is that a fair comparison anyway? People have been overclocking the two year old Nexus One beyond 1.5GHz for a long time, but that doesn’t mean it improves significantly. Overclocking Android phones is highly overrated. And I think you’re underrating the power of a 1.5GHz single-core processor, too. Perhaps Windows Phone runs better on a highly clocked single-core processor than it would with dual-core? Have you thought about that? They’re two very different platforms with different needs and functions.

            The WP OS is more efficient with less when it comes to running the the base OS. That’s been clear from the start since they adopted Apple’s method of restriction. The OS is more limited, less configurable, and for the most part is untouched by manufacturer customization, so it makes sense for it to boot quickly no matter what processor. I’m not disputing that. What I’m saying is you have to compare high-end to high-end, not high-end to outdated. Manufacturers put these crazy processors in Android because they can and to some extend because it needs it. They do what needs to be done for it to perform. Same goes for Windows Phone. Apparently, it only needs a single-core 1.4-1.5GHz processor to meet their performance standards. 

            So I guess you wouldn’t want to compare Windows Phone’s WVGA displays to all the 720p screens coming out on Android now, huh? So consumers should ignore all the innovative features on Android because WP has restricted specs? Please. This is why uninformed consumers are going to pick Android or the iPhone over Windows Phone when they look at the feature-list of new phones. Microsoft needs to step it up.

        • Avatar Roku

          If you’re interested in seeing how much better optimized Windows Phone 7 is than Android, then you need to compare two phones that have the same series 2 Snapdragon chips.

          The processor in the Titan and the Thunderbolt are both series 2 Snapdragons.

    • WeiJoon Wong

      Had a DHD on hand and tested it with fast boot, still abit slower to Mozart, which both share the same generation of proc. And The video you post for DHD is quite out of truth TBH, cuz I never had Fast Boot to boot DHD in 3secs… And I think many of us know that Fast Boot doesn’t really shut down your phone but rather put it into a state of hibernate like in Windows, thus IMO compare a Hot Boot with a Cold Boot is not fair…

    • Anonymous

      Comparing cold boot with fast boot? THAT is misleading, Sir. The interest of cold boot times is to see who will be able to make a call after replacing a battery or plugging in a phone after battery died. Otherwise, why would you turn it off?

      Plus, the Thunderbolt is 8 months old.. my Samsung Focus is 12 months old and boots exactly as fast as the Titan. It is not misleading when you compare similar hardware, or if you can show a lower hardware is faster than a faster hardware thanks to the OS.

      Android cold boot times is slower than Windows Phone, why can’t people just accept a fact?

  • Avatar Roku

    They’re both running on a series 2 Snapdragon from Qualcomm. This comparison is interesting because you’re comparing Android vs. Windows Phone in cold boot times on similar hardware.

  • http://twitter.com/counterblow the person

    I would be F-ing furious if my phoe took that long to reboot.

  • https://me.yahoo.com/a/INX3yB4qwdXT8A_W1rKlkmdWa_PlXA7rPsp1Uw--#5beff freshandclean33

    You realize the Thunderbolt has a 1GHz processor that was released a year ago and the Titan is on a 1.5GHz processor that’s fairly new? Overclocked or not, the Titan has a much better processor. WP is limited with just the base software, so it’s still going to boot fast no matter what processor you have on it, but the Titan still ahs the better chipset.

    • Anonymous

      I feel you are missing the point and defending Android too much when reading your comments.

      This is not an AnandTech style test. The point is to show the efficiency of Windows Phone boot time compared to Android. Cold boot vs cold boot on as close a chipset as possible. Trying to disregard specs is a departure from the usual Android rhetoric that specs are key and what the consumers look at.

      Saying Windows Phone as a base software is limited is looking at it incorrectly and shows a bias in your stance. Why look at WP as limited instead of being efficient?

      MS had Windows Mobile for years and it took a similar approach to Android. They now have Windows Phone and are taking a different approach in order to vastly improve the User Experience. Android focused on features and openness over UX but now they are starting to focus on UX with their ICS release.

      The true thing we need to be looking at is why does Android take so long and why does it require the horsepower to bring it up to par? Android and Quad core by the WP is on Dual core? Why does it require Quad Core? Is Dual Core even being fully utilised yet?

  • Anonymous

    Given the android comments here, can we get some feedback on how consistent the boot up time is between all the WP models, first and second generation?  It’s great to point out the flaws of the test and bring up fast boot and the lack of using the latest Android phones but do all of them enjoy these features and speed?

    I’ve never paid attention to my Atrix 4G.  Does it have a fast boot option?  Anytime I rebooted it by holding the power button and turning it back on, it is definitely slower than my Focus, also using power button to turn off and on(definitely no fast boot option on WP).  If all the WP enjoy similar boot times then a clear win for the platform is consistency, something Apple enjoys using only a couple models.

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