Bye-Bye, Safari? More Apps Challenge Apple's iPhone Browser Domination

Opera has launched Opera Touch browser on iPhone, after the company rolled out the app for Android earlier this year, and the competition in the browser world is getting fiercer.

Opera’s big goal with this new browser is to dethrone Safari, the default browser on iPhone that most people stick with, according to their own stats.

“Did you know that 95 percent of iOS users in the US stick to the system’s default browser, Safari? We believe that the only thing Safari is currently really best at is at being the default browser,” the company says.

Opera Touch is specifically optimized for iPhone and comes with features that make sense on this device. When launching the browser, it goes directly to the search screen, with a so-called Fast Action Button placed in the lower part of the screen for quick access to the most-used features, like the most recent tabs.

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