[alixr]

Agree and disagree. The touch screen is the most important aspect of a touchscreen device. Observable lag affects the user experience when they're moving faster than the device will allow.

It is a big deal but I don't think the majority of users are bothered because they see it as an inherent trait of a computer to lag.

[gfodor]

I guess this is the difference. Android users are using computers. iPhone users are manipulating things under glass.

[untog]

That makes absolutely no sense.

[gfodor]

the latency on android gives the phones the feeling of using a computer. the lack of latency on ios gives phones the feeling of actually manipulating things on the screen.

[mdwrigh2]

iOS latency is still well above what's noticable by human perception. Tack on to that all of the delays you get once you're running a newer version of iOS on older devices (which I suspect is the majority of people using Apple products) and I think it's pretty obvious that there's less of a gap in how people perceive the interaction model than you're suggesting.