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by lukeschlather 5283 days ago
There are a variety of options that are disabled on the mobile build to save memory and cpu. It's the same core, it just doesn't have all the bells and whistles enabled for a variety of reasons.
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It's not Chrome. It's based on WebKit, like Chrome, yes. But it's not Chrome. (Easy way to check: note that the icon says "Browser", not "Chrome", and it isn't the Chrome icon.)
The name doesnt really prove much. Webkit really is a kit. The question is what features does it have and whn will it get others.
That core is called WebKit.