iPhone 5 Touchscreen is 2.5x Faster Than Android Devices [Chart]
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Posted September 24, 2013 at 4:47pm by iClarified
The touchscreen found in the iPhone 5 is far faster than any Android or Windows Phone device, according to a report from Agawi and relayed by VentureBeat.
In its first TouchMarks benchmark test, the iPhone 5 responded to touches at an average time of 55 milliseconds, compared to 85 milliseconds for the iPhone 4. The closest Android device was the Samsung Galaxy S4 at 114 milliseconds.
“Apple trounced the competition,” said Peter Relan, chairman of Agawi. “There is this whole other dimension of responsiveness that Agawi cares about.”
Other devices tested include the Google MotoX, HTC One, and Lumia 928 which came in at 117 ms.
“Even a two-year old iPhone 4 beat out the other Android devices,” Relan said. “You expect this from Apple’s design team, while others may view their responsiveness as good enough. Now we know why the Android touch keyboard is not as snappy.”
“App responsiveness is judged by how quickly the app can respond to your inputs,” said Rohan Relan, cofounder and CEO of Agawi. “Smartphones with touchscreens that have lower MART scores feel snappier. This is probably why, to many users, the iPhone keyboard feels more responsive than an Android phone keyboard.”
Agawi says it will make the TouchMarks benchmark and methodology available on its web site for those interested.
Martin Manhart Dietz - September 30, 2013 at 5:23am
I have always been a Android guy, but I must admit that Apple always has been more snappy. My GF's iPhone 4S reacts way faster than my Galaxy S4. Disappointing I must say.
You're saying apple is snappy yet they won awards for a reason, if you are jealous, switch already, iPhone has and does more! I used the galacrap, never again!
I don't want to switch because of the screen size, and the fact that I bought many apps for android. Just because iPhone is faster in reaction time, doesn't make me want it, just hope that android phones will follow in the future. The freedom of an android phone is more important to me ;)
And when they do they will be better ...remember on iPhone 1 picture messaging was non existent. .. Apple does not inovate... they just happen to have better hardware for now
And you don't think about what you said, you say apple doesn't innovate but has better hardware, dude that's like saying cars don't have gas pedals but can move and just because android cat hes up as always, they do that only because they wait for apple make something to copy them, besides when did they ever win a jd power award, where is your proof they were ahead of apple in fact?
Now, I know why I can type faster on iphone than any other android phone even with bigger screens! I switched to bigger screen phones a few times and no matter what phone I switched to, what keyboard apps I installed, I still cannot type as fast as on a smaller screen iphone! That bugged me that I switched back to iphone a few times even though it has smaller screen!
I've had the iPhone since the 2G and I could always tell Android screens were less sensitive. It's good to see it in numbers. iPhone screens are also more accurate if you want to point and click in a small/exact area as well.
haha just a faster touch screen does not mean you will be able to play latest games and music and do 100 other things besides calling like an Android device.
Just another expensive product from Apple which apple fans will buy without using their brains.
-Amanda
Android Developer @ TechAhead Software
People think it's so awesome when it copies, treat it like it's superior, or thinking apple copying it, and they are also phablets and the bugs we deal with trying to use it, worst experience ever, didn't even like it at first.
Speed, loading start up, picture shutter loading, take up room, use less bugs, less page freezes, less time for key typing response! Yeah that summed it up!