Data sense windows phone 8.1

While javascript performance optimization has become a primary pursuit in Android and iOS, the only javascript test that seemed really fast on IE in Windows Phone 8 was SunSpider. SunSpider doesn't show a meaningful increase in performance likely because it's already thoroughly optimized for. The good news is the rest of our js suite does get substantially better:. Kraken completes in less than half the time than it did in WP8. That's one of the slowest examples of S running Android however.

The Nexus 5 by comparison does substantially better - there's still room for improvement in IE11's js performance. In side by side comparisons, Mobile Safari running on the iPhone 5s still manages to load pages faster than IE11 running on the Lumia Icon, despite whatever image compression may be active on the WP8.

It just goes to show you that having the fastest silicon does matter. IE11 is more compatible than its predecessor. Chrome for Android and Mobile Safari both score higher however. Gallery: Windows Phone 8. IE11 sees functional improvements compared to its predecessor as well. You can now play YouTube videos within an embedded page instead of always being forced out into a full screen mode.

Since its incarnation, Windows Phone has always been late in adopting high end silicon. The result was a platform that had a high end camera, but with a mainstream SoC. Qualcomm remains the sole silicon provider for Windows Phone, which is fine given their position of dominance and the lack of any appreciably better alternatives.

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Report Comment Close. Jack Wallen discusses how to set up and use Data Sense to monitor data usage on your Windows Phone 8. It's important to keep track of data usage. This isn't terribly hard, but it's also not efficient. Thankfully, with the Windows Phone 8, there's an easy way to do this. Data Sense allows you to conserve your data by monitoring your usage and saving certain tasks until a Wi-Fi connection is established.

You can even create a live tile so you have an at-a-glance check on your data usage. Now that's efficient. Delivered Tuesdays and Fridays. Data Sense is built into Windows Phone 8, so there's no installation necessary -- just an easy wizard to walk through. With all of your information gathered and your data plan type known , let's enable Data Sense and then add a live tile to more easily keep track of your data usage.

Click the check icon to finish the setup.