Differences between Opera Mobile 11.5 & Opera Mini

Opera has two separate browsers for mobile phones: Opera Mobile and Opera Mini. Here, you can learn about the difference between each product to make the best choice for your needs.

What are Opera Mobile and Opera Mini?

Both Opera Mini and Opera Mobile are Internet browsers that allow you to surf the Web from a mobile device.

What is the difference between Opera Mobile and Opera Mini?

The main difference is what goes on behind the user interface.

• Opera Mini always uses Opera’s advanced server compression technology to compress web content before it gets to a device. The rendering engine is on Opera’s server.
• Opera Mobile is a full Internet browser for mobile devices. The full web-rendering engine – Opera Presto – is run on the phone using the phones’ hardware to download and display webpages.

Which browser is best for me — Opera Mini or Opera Mobile?

Opera Mobile’s capabilities provide a higher fidelity browsing experience and is ideal when on Wi-Fi or unlimited wireless broadband. With Opera Mini, the assistance of servers make browsing lightning fast and also much cheaper if you are paying per megabyte. Many users use Opera Mobile when on Wi-Fi and Opera Mini when on the move.

Note: Opera Mobile is only available for Android and Symbian smartphones.

Technical specifications

	Opera Mobile 11.5	Opera Mini 6.5	Opera Mini 4.4
	Get Opera Mobile 11.5	Get Opera Mini 6.5	Get Opera Mini 4.4
Overview
Full HTML Internet access
Full page overview and zoom
Opera compression technology	Option in preferences
Synchronize bookmarks, Speed Dials and other info w/ Opera Link
Next-generation mobile UI
Tabs
Full rendering engine on device
HTML5
Adobe Flash support	Android only *
User Interface
Optimized UI for keypad and hybrid devices
Pinch-to-zoom
History
Integrated and customizable search engines
Bookmarks
Saved pages for offline viewing
Find in page
Fullscreen
Adjustable text size
Toggle for loading images
Privacy management (clear history, bookmarks, cache, etc.)
Cookie support
Optimized UI for touchscreen devices
Speed Dial
Visual tabs	Touchscreen only	Touchscreen only
Kinetic scrolling	Touchscreen only	Touchscreen only
Download manager
Predictive text input
Password manager
Accelerometer support (for switch to landscape mode)
Virtual keyboard (touchscreen only)
Smooth animations in user interface
Platform and language support
Supported platforms	Android, Symbian/S60, Windows Mobile (10), Maemo (labs), MeeGo (labs)	Java phones, iOS, Android, Symbian/S60, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile (5.1)	Java phones, BlackBerry
Languages supported in user interface	40	96	96
Price	FREE	FREE	FREE

Data From Opera Official Website.

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