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There were recent touch responsiveness benchmarks that show that even the iPhone 4 outshines the latest Android models. http://bgr.com/2013/09/20/iphone-androi

There were recent touch responsiveness benchmarks that show that even the iPhone 4 outshines the latest Android models. http://bgr.com/2013/09/20/iphone-android-touch-screen-responsiveness/ http://bgr.com/2013/09/20/iphone-android-touch-screen-respon... I'm a very happy owner of a 2013 Nexus 7, but I have to say I think this is perceptible. It's not showstopping or even disorienting, but it does translate in performance critical tasks like web browsing and gaming being slightly less satisfying. With an iPhone, scrolling feels like you're manipulating a piece of paper under your finger; Chrome on my Nexus 7 doesn't quite achieve that illusion. Then again, the OS itself feels way more nimble than iOS: things like text-to-speech, app installs and multi-tasking are way more satisfying on Android.

hrkristian 13y ago
Reading your comment I had to try this out, now down to the hardware it's proven that iDevices beat out Androids by quite a bit with regards to responsiveness, although I can't find the article describing it, but safe to say I know there's a difference. However, I own a Samsung Galaxy S1 (that's 2010 era, people) running CyanogenMod 10.1.3 (that's 4.2.2) and my responsiveness is... just fine! Pulling down the slider I get the very slight initial lag (simply because my phone is crazy slow), and the slider itself does lag behind but that seems like it's by design. Next I am on my homescreen; ADW Launcher, and I'm running running some taxing animations with 1x Animation Scale. There is no input lag. I can get the initial lag and again that is just my phone being a wreck by today's standards, but going back and forth the animation is as responsive as could be. Based solely on my anecdotal evidence, I call BS.
- voltagex_ 13y ago
  Hand it to an iPhone user and they'll complain about lag. I'm not sure if it's bias or actual lagginess. I haven't noticed real lag on the phones since the Galaxy S2.
mdwrigh2 13y ago
The Nexus 5 should have much better touch response times compared to every Android device on that list. It isn't quite as quick as the iPhone 5, but I suspect it would beat out the iPhone 4.
corresation 13y ago
I suppose it depends upon what the definition of "lag" is. If it's a 50ms difference in touch response on some devices, that is quite a change from the historic meaning of lag. Lag historically was a significant delay between interaction and response. It was also continual stutters and variances in interaction speeds. But by Android 4.4 and the N5, that is generally annihilated. Paradoxically at the same time iOS 7 on my 3rd generation iPad has brought Android 2.x-style lag to that platform -- I now have an experience on it where keyboard presses respond 700ms later, and other activities have completely unpredictable delays.

hrkristian 13y ago

Reading your comment I had to try this out, now down to the hardware it's proven that iDevices beat out Androids by quite a bit with regards to responsiveness, although I can't find the article describing it, but safe to say I know there's a difference. However, I own a Samsung Galaxy S1 (that's 2010 era, people) running CyanogenMod 10.1.3 (that's 4.2.2) and my responsiveness is... just fine! Pulling down the slider I get the very slight initial lag (simply because my phone is crazy slow), and the slider itself does lag behind but that seems like it's by design. Next I am on my homescreen; ADW Launcher, and I'm running running some taxing animations with 1x Animation Scale. There is no input lag. I can get the initial lag and again that is just my phone being a wreck by today's standards, but going back and forth the animation is as responsive as could be. Based solely on my anecdotal evidence, I call BS.

voltagex_ 13y ago
Hand it to an iPhone user and they'll complain about lag. I'm not sure if it's bias or actual lagginess. I haven't noticed real lag on the phones since the Galaxy S2.

mdwrigh2 13y ago

The Nexus 5 should have much better touch response times compared to every Android device on that list. It isn't quite as quick as the iPhone 5, but I suspect it would beat out the iPhone 4.

corresation 13y ago

I suppose it depends upon what the definition of "lag" is. If it's a 50ms difference in touch response on some devices, that is quite a change from the historic meaning of lag. Lag historically was a significant delay between interaction and response. It was also continual stutters and variances in interaction speeds. But by Android 4.4 and the N5, that is generally annihilated. Paradoxically at the same time iOS 7 on my 3rd generation iPad has brought Android 2.x-style lag to that platform -- I now have an experience on it where keyboard presses respond 700ms later, and other activities have completely unpredictable delays.