When comparing Naked Browser vs Photon, the Slant community recommends Naked Browser for most people. In the question“What are the best Android web browsers?” Naked Browser is ranked 24th while Photon is ranked 26th.
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Pros
Pro Not sending all info back to Google, like Chrome
Pro It really cleans data and cache on exit
Pro Faster than Firefox
Pro Extremely lightweight
Naked browser is just 232Kb.
Pro Basic, easy to use
Pro True desktop browser experience
In flash mode you get remote access to desktop Firefox on a Linux server. Unbeatable desktop web compatibility on Android.
Cons
Con Lacks incognito mode
While the browser lacks a private browsing mode, it does allow customizing settings that will get you a similar effect.
Con Videos are compressed twice
In Flash mode, you get an interactive streaming video of a desktop browser running on their server, but this means that when you watch videos (a major use case for Flash mode), which are already compressed, it has to be lossy compressed again to get to you, with noticeable loss of quality. So it's better to watch videos with Flash mode off if you can. There's also a bit of lag when scrolling and such.
Con Flash mode has ads
You can also get an annual subscription to turn these off, but it's $10/year. That's kind of pricey when you can get Puffin Browser Pro with unlimited service for a single payment of $4.