[atleta]

I don't know. Again: I think the killer feature was the whole UX. Slow response times is definitely disturbing. (All my android phones got into this state sometimes.) You just don't get that feeling, but it couldn't possible happen to iphone because the the UX was the center of the whole product. I'm not an apple fan (never had an iphone, and the early ones kept pissing me off when friends asked for help) but it's obvious that they are obsessed about UX and polishing the UI.

But you are right that the capacitive display itself makes the interaction faster because it's enough to touch while the resistive has to be pressed. So it's probably slower and feels like you have to put in more effort.