> If you open more tabs it closes the earliest opened tab.
This is the case with Chrome for iOS too. At least on my original iPad, Chrome trash the first tab after I open the 4th tab (tested this with Reddit front page) where I can open up to the 9 tabs limit in Mobile Safari. I guess this is just the original iPad showing its age. Things seems to works better on iPhone 4, but my point is Chrome for iOS do trash tabs.
This is more likely an issue with Chrome for iOS and the first iPad than Mobile Chrome as a whole though, as I don't get any trashing on my iPhone either. I closed all apps in the background and it seems to be able to handle a little bit more:
So the behavior seems to be even worse in Chrome, as in Safari you can have 9 tabs open at most no matter what, whereas in iOS Chrome you don't know when a tab will be trashed.
This is the case with Chrome for iOS too. At least on my original iPad, Chrome trash the first tab after I open the 4th tab (tested this with Reddit front page) where I can open up to the 9 tabs limit in Mobile Safari. I guess this is just the original iPad showing its age. Things seems to works better on iPhone 4, but my point is Chrome for iOS do trash tabs.