Finally, Apple approved the Opera Mini 5 for the iPhone on April 12 at 20:56:00 UTC. It took Apple 20 days 8 hours and 31 minutes to review the browser. Normally, the review process takes up to one week.

The principal feature of the Opera Mini 5 is its server-side compress, which downloads and compresses a web page by 90% before sending it to the client. According to Opera, there is a 5-1 ratio of page load speed over safari. 2G users are going to really love this App!

Why did Apple approve Opera? It does not violate any SDK rules. The Opera Mini Web Browser is already available on the European App Store and will be released in the USA later today.

Opera submitted the new Opera Mini 5 for iPhone to Apple App Store on March 23, 12:25 UTC. Although this new Mini does not break any of App Store’s rules, Apple's response is very uncertain.

The principal feature of the Opera Mini 5 is its server-side compress, which downloads and compresses a web page by 90% before sending it to the client. This method increases your page loads dramatically. According to Opera, there is a 5-1 ratio of page load speed over safari.

The Opera Mini 5 makes Safari look so slow. That is why iPhone will probably reject the super fast Mini 5. Do you want to win a brand new iPhone? If so, you have to sign up on My Opera and guess when Apple will approve the new Mini.