iPhone 5 Touchscreen Is Faster Than Top Android Smartphones

iPhone 5 owners who are worried that their handsets are obsolete now that the iPhone 5S has debuted, can take heart: A new test reveals that Apple's sixth-generation iPhone still tops the competition when it comes to speed

In a test conducted by game- and app-streaming company Agawi, the responsiveness of the iPhone 5’s touchscreen was found to be around twice as fast as competing Android smartphones.

The results are based on Agawi’s in-house testing, which used cameras operating at 240 frames per second, as well as a custom piece of hardware called a Touchscope that is specifically designed to measure app response time. Read more...