# The initial page load

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323 "2014-07-08T02:37:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323/13 "2014-12-05T03:51:50Z")

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This is the 3x to 5x perf penalty for Android in action, though. Nexus 9 is perhaps the fastest Android device out there, and in Discourse it performs between the iPhone 4s (2011) and the iPhone 5 (2012).

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