<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>doomlaser</author><text>For comparison, here&amp;#x27;s another set of benchmarks from a guy who appears to use the same methodology (240fps camera, count frames between input and screen response in custom lightweight apps).&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collectingsmiles.com/news/measuring-latency-in-colors-why-game-devices-are-better-for-games-than-smart-phones-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.collectingsmiles.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;measuring-latency-in-co...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;iPhone 5: 81 ms&lt;p&gt;Galaxy S3: 104 ms&lt;p&gt;Galaxy Note: 71 ms&lt;p&gt;Nintendo 3DS: 23 ms&lt;p&gt;PS Vita: 49 ms&lt;p&gt;And, to add a tv game console into the mix, apparently the latency between input on a PS3 wireless controller and home screen interaction is also about 50 ms.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3725/measuring_responsiveness_in_video_.php?print=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gamasutra.com&amp;#x2F;view&amp;#x2F;feature&amp;#x2F;3725&amp;#x2F;measuring_respons...&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>kyro</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m so glad to see actual numbers for this. Time and time again I&amp;#x27;ve been called delusional for saying that Android devices have more observable lag than iPhones. It is a very, very small component of the overall device and OS that has an enormous affect on the overall user experience, at least to me. It doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to be that big a deal to many as evident by phone sales, but it drives me absolutely nuts and is the main reason why I won&amp;#x27;t make the switch to Android.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Apple’s iPhone 5 touchscreen is 2.5 times faster than Android devices</title><url>http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/apples-iphone-5-touchscreen-is-2-5-times-faster-than-android-devices/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>kmfrk</author><text>On the other hand, I have rolled my eyes at people like Gruber who went on and on about how the iPad is totes for creation and not just consumption, and how styli are stupid - after spending time with my iPad and trying to draw and &amp;quot;touch write&amp;quot; in apps myself.&lt;p&gt;Apple makes great devices, and I wouldn&amp;#x27;t use any other phone and tablet, but I think people like Gruber have been completely blind to the technological shortcomings of iOS devices in this area, because Steve Jobs told them styli are stupid, and the iPad is going to disrupt this-and-that.&lt;p&gt;It also brings up the whole &amp;quot;to stylus or not to stylus&amp;quot; discussion again, because one of the main reasons you wouldn&amp;#x27;t want to use a stylus for an iPad is that it highlights just how (comparatively) poor the touch latency is for the tasks that lend themselves to work with styli.&lt;p&gt;It perhaps best underscores that iPads are very much - still - disruptive technology, which by definition is in many ways inferior than sustaining technologies, but makes up for it in other compelling ways.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s one of the many reminders that we shouldn&amp;#x27;t get too busy throwing out everything paper and analogue. Disruption is not synonymous with obviation.</text><parent_chain><item><author>kyro</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m so glad to see actual numbers for this. Time and time again I&amp;#x27;ve been called delusional for saying that Android devices have more observable lag than iPhones. It is a very, very small component of the overall device and OS that has an enormous affect on the overall user experience, at least to me. It doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to be that big a deal to many as evident by phone sales, but it drives me absolutely nuts and is the main reason why I won&amp;#x27;t make the switch to Android.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Apple’s iPhone 5 touchscreen is 2.5 times faster than Android devices</title><url>http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/apples-iphone-5-touchscreen-is-2-5-times-faster-than-android-devices/</url></story>