I have an Android, and my sister uses the iPhone. Android definitely has a much larger "drag distance" required to initiate the scrolling process. I'd estimate

I have an Android, and my sister uses the iPhone. Android definitely has a much larger "drag distance" required to initiate the scrolling process. I'd estimate it's about a quarter to half of an inch before it will pass the scroll event to the software. I'm assuming this is by design and not a limitation of the hardware, because it has no problem getting pin-point accuracy and instantaneous response from when I tap something. I definitely prefer the iPhone's instant scrolling response though: I think it just feels more polished. I still prefer Android for reasons unmentioned, but if there's anything it should be taking from Apple's play book right now, it's smoothing out what they have and polishing the rough edges.