Windows Phone: The best browsers

If the native Internet Explorer is not enough as a browser on your Windows Phone, you can resort to an alternative. Well-known sizes like the mobile Firefox are not represented in contrast to Android, but a few insider tips can still be found. Two of them are presented here.

Variety of functions with the UC browser

According to the manufacturer, there are already 400 million users of the UC browser (on all operating systems) and not without reason. Because the browser offers some cool additional functions. The most important include:

• Fast tab management: With a simple tap or swipe you can open new tabs, switch between existing ones or close them.
• Different modes: In download mode, the screen does not go out so that the connection to the WLAN is not interrupted. In night mode the screen gets darker; in desktop mode, the websites are displayed in the desktop version. Incognito mode does not save any data and deletes the history after exiting.
• Customizable start page: On the start page of the browser you can create any quick accesses or links to other program parts, similar to the Metro interface of Windows Phone.
• Custom Themes: Several themes and skins are available for the browser and the associated live tile.

Cool UI with the SurfCube 3D browser

The SurfCube Browser has a very special feature: If you switch between windows, the surface appears as a cube. However, the design is otherwise not very creative and the free version of the browser is ad-supported.

• Article Cinema: You can have websites read to you by a computer voice.
• Different modes: In desktop mode, the websites are displayed in the desktop version, in bandwidth saver mode, only the bare minimum is loaded on the websites in order to save data volume.
• Quickly switch between tabs: The Cube UI allows you to quickly switch between open tabs.

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