[dorukane]

While comparing Samsung and Apple mobile device latencies the article gives these examples: Tapping latency examples (Videos slowed 16x): - Opening a settings tab on an iPhone 6s with ~90ms of latency. - Toggling a setting a Samsung S3 with ~330ms of latency.

I agree latency is evil, I hated Android a while ago because of this. Apple always felt really fast compared to other OS. BUT it seems normal that toggling a setting proceeds a bit slower than just opening a tab no? It's like it's just a bad example.

[keldaris]

Isn't that just ridiculously slow animations for the most part? I still use an ancient OnePlusX that I got when it came out and I've disabled all UI animations, toggling most settings (with legitimate exceptions like activating the wifi hotspot feature) feels almost instant, certainly nothing close to 300 ms. Admittedly, I haven't used any iPhone in many years, so I can't really compare.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

> Isn't that just ridiculously slow animations for the most part?

Agreed, and as the recent example with the iPhone calculator proved, Apple aren't exactly immune to this either.

[keldaris]

Can you just disable animations on Apple devices the way you can on Android?

[gitgud]

Yes, I think low power mode disables almost all animations on apple

[keldaris]

Wouldn't that also disable other features as well (push notifications, maybe?)? Animations are something I disable permanently just to have a better user experience, I wouldn't like to sacrifice anything else.

[pdimitar]

Yes it would. But you can only reduce effects:

Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Reduce Motion.

The only thing I dislike is the slightly counter-intuitive quick fading effect when minimizing or switching between apps. Outside of that though, any iDevice feels snappier with that option enabled (== effects reduced).