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These are the best browsers you can get for your smartphone

Apps may be front and centre of all smartphone experiences but the humble browser is anything but irrelevant.

WHILE APPS HAVE pretty much taken over our smartphones, there’s still a place for the humble mobile browser.

While it may seem like mobile sites haven’t changed that much in recent times, mobile browsers have become more versatile and diverse in recent years. If you want to change from your standard browser, you’re spoilt for choice as there are a number of great alternatives out there.

Chrome
For: 
iOS, Android

An obvious one but Google knows the web better than anyone else and is responsible for one of the most popular desktop browsers out there so it’s no surprise that its mobile version is just as good.

Bring in voice searching, incognito tabs, and sync options if you use the desktop version making it a seamless transition from desktop to mobile browsing and vice versa.

Chrome Android Chrome / Google Play Chrome / Google Play / Google Play

Opera Coast
For: 
iOS

This iOS-only browser is sleek and manages to combine the best of both web and app styles. Coast allows swipe gestures to navigate, a visual approach to search and article suggestions and easy sharing features makes it one of the best mobile browsers out there.

It comes with Opera Turbo which helps speed up loading times.

Opera / YouTube

Link Bubble
For: Android

On the surface, Link Bubble is a pretty standard browser, but it does one major thing differently. When you tap a link, instead of taking you away from the page you’re reading, it loads that page in the background until it’s fully loaded.

It’s a small change, but if you find yourself regularly frustrated by loading times, this could save you a bit of hassle.

Chris Lacy / YouTube

Firefox
For: Android

Another desktop browser that’s made its way to the small screen. Like Chrome, you can sync it with your desktop browser, but what it has is speed. It’s snappy, to the point and it can use plugins so you can customise your browsing experience further.

Mozilla Firefox / YouTube

Opera Mini
For: iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Opera Mini was designed for those who are on limited data plans, using compression technology to bring down the amount of data needed to load up a page, photo or video.

This is handy when you need to be conservative with data, but it also results in quick loading times for most web pages. If you don’t mind a reduction in image or video quality, then you’ll find a lot to like here.

Opera / YouTube

Dolphin
For: iOS, Android

Another intuitive browser to use, Dolphin is comprehensive and has a number of different features like add-ons, flash support and gestar support, allowing you to draw to get the site or results you want to make things easy for you.

DolphinBrowser / YouTube

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    Mute Christine Paulette Roche
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    Jul 29th 2017, 8:03 AM

    Heartbreaking, may he rest in peace.

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    Mute Charles Williams
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    Jul 29th 2017, 9:35 AM

    @Christine Paulette Roche: Yes his suffering is now over thankfully. The bigger story here is 7000 children are dying every single day from hunger but it’s met with a defending silence, no Pope, no US President seem to notice, care of comment and the media, not interested. So it’s amazing how one child with little chance of survival could solicit such support while the other 7000 others who could survive were ignored.

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    Mute joanne murphy
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    Jul 29th 2017, 10:27 AM

    @Charles Williams: oh be quite, this is about one little boy. Not a political / social statement. Sleep tight little Charlie xx

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    Mute sue
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    Jul 29th 2017, 10:45 AM

    @Charles Williams: not the time or place Charles

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    Mute Ryan Carroll
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    Jul 29th 2017, 11:23 AM

    I think we should let the Charlie story rest now, there is something that just does not sit right in me debating it anymore, it feels wrong. The childs health is no longer something that can be affected by the debate so it would just become a cheap ego contest over who was “right” when really this was not about who gets proven right or wrong.

    It is however appropriate to call out the hypocrisy of many of those, especially in the US, who complained about “socialized healthcare” not keeping him alive when they have the only developed country where you can go bankrupt from medical expenses. Thanks to McCain it won’t happen but they were 1-2 votes away from 32million people loosing their health insurance and it was calculated to cause thousands of deaths, including kids.

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    Mute gerry fallon
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    Jul 29th 2017, 8:10 AM

    There really are no words fitting.
    That poor couple will take a long time to get over Charlie’s death.Its time now to leave them to grieve in their privacy.I hope the Journal and other media just move on now.

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    Mute Frank Dubogovik
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    Jul 29th 2017, 8:26 AM

    For such a short life there was so much love packed into it….rest now little fighter.
    R.I.P.

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    Mute Margaret Henry
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    Jul 29th 2017, 8:37 AM

    Their real journey starts now . Thank God little Charlie is at peace and no longer suffering . RIP

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    Mute DaisyChainsaw
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    Jul 29th 2017, 11:22 AM

    @Margaret Henry: Sure it was god’s will that he suffer in the first place.

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    Mute JeanieD
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    Jul 29th 2017, 11:48 AM

    @DaisyChainsaw: Troll sick one at that.
    RIP little boy and may your grieving parents find comfort and solace in the knowledge that so many people truly cared.

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    Mute DaisyChainsaw
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    Jul 29th 2017, 12:38 PM

    @JeanieD: What’s trolling about it? If god is going to be thanked for relieving Charlie of his suffering, then he has to be blamed for giving Charlie the fatal disease to suffer in the first place.

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Jul 29th 2017, 12:57 PM

    @DaisyChainsaw: Let it go. If you understood the Theology around suffering you would know that what you say is not the case. Regardless let people express their condolences in the manner that they see fit. If religion brings them solace it’s no skin off your nose. The one thing I do know that it’s not possible to expect tolerance if your give it. I’m not religious but I’ve made an effort to try to understand where they are coming from. The baby has died and it’s time to move on.

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Jul 29th 2017, 12:58 PM

    @Catherine Sims: * if you don’t give it* that should have read.

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    Mute Liam Whelan
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    Jul 29th 2017, 1:24 PM

    @Margaret Henry: This god you speak of, if you thank him for letting Charlie be at peace now then who do you fault for him having this disease in the first place? It certainly wasn’t the parents who placed this disease upon him so does your god take full responsibility for it? And if so can he tell you as to why he done it? Because I would love to know why any “all loving” person can do things like this to innocent children day in day out. I think you know what you can do with your “thank god”.

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    Mute Margaret Henry
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    Jul 30th 2017, 1:12 AM

    @Liam Whelan:

    I lost a young child myself Liam Whelan . So I think I’m qualified to speak on this . When I said Thank God his suffering is over I meant just that .

    If you have watched your young child suffer in pain for months through operations and treatments you would thank God when it finally means they are no longer suffering even when that means they are no longer with you

    its not about you in all this it’s about your child who is suffering

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    Mute Celtic_Horizon
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    Jul 29th 2017, 8:31 AM

    RIP

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    Mute Tony
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    Jul 29th 2017, 9:43 AM

    Look after your parents now Charlie. Rest little one.

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    Mute Louise Dunne
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    Jul 29th 2017, 10:37 PM

    R.I.P. gorgeous little boy. Beautiful photo to treasure forever.
    That picture of him smiling up at his dad is haunting, i can’t equate that with all I’ve read about his condition. looking at that picture no wonder they were keen to try various treatments.

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