# The State of JavaScript on Android in 2015 is... poor

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor/33889
**Category:** General
**Created:** [September 29, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor/33889 "2015-09-29T23:25:14Z")
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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: [October 21, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor/33889/270 "2020-10-21T18:02:06Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Honestly iPhone 7 (855) and iPhone 8 / X performance (865) isn’t too bad on the Android side. It’s certainly “enough” from a Discourse perspective. It won’t blow you away but it’s totally competent.

Note that you’re still looking at slightly-better-than-iPhone-7 perf on any new Android device, courtesy of Qualcomm. That is indeed an _adequate_ level of performance for Discourse …

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/b/7bff6b34f375fa04beb40a5462850b30e4e8e54d.jpeg)

… but it is also … _four years behind._

Also, data confirmed with my Xiaomi Mi 9 (Snapdragon 855) Android device, updated to latest everything:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/a/3a44f9c4fe11dae7b27d40adcbc6992788cf8dac.png)

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