Funny, but I browsed just as if I had tabs. I effectively had tabs. What I missed was "Open In New Tab.". Instead of concurrently opening, I have to wait for each page.
The interface throws you to a new page, but you can go back to your previous page/tab without waiting for the current one to load and it will finish on its own unless the browser runs out of memory.
The interface does a poor job of exposing this feature.
Answer: not concurrent but still snappy feeling. I have to wait longer than on the desktop because of no concurrency, but I mind less than I would otherwise because I can watch the pages zooming around.