Increase contrast reduces touch latency?

[kockgunner]

Has anyone noticed that if you go to Accesibility and Increase Contrast that the touch response of iOS 7 becomes a smudge more responsive? It feels scrolling is less floatey and feels more like iOS 6.

Also if you reduce motion, swiping between homescreens is much faster.

 

[MinEderPlayz]

Which device are you referring to?

 

[kolax]

Just feels the same on my iPhone 5 with 'Increase Contrast' enabled.

 

[kockgunner]

Which device are you referring to?

I'm on an iPhone 5.

Try flicking between two home screens quickly. With animations and contrast reduced it tracks with your finger faster. It feels like the 5s I felt in stores. It seems the 5 isn't able to handle the effects in iOS 7 but opts to have a slightly less touch sensitivity to make it look good.

 

[hamiltonDSi]

. It seems the 5 isn't able to handle the effects in iOS 7

Wrong.
The A6 is a powerhouse. Sure, the A7 is faster but the A6 is no slouch.
This statement would be appropriate for the aging Apple A5 chip or the old Apple A4 chip.
iOS 7 is not the best optimized iOS, that why it feels sluggish.

 

[irDigital0l]

Wrong.
The A6 is a powerhouse.
This statement would be appropriate for the aging Apple A5 chip.
iOS 7 is not the best optimized iOS, that why it feels sluggish.

Its worthing noting that only the iPhone 5 and iPad 4 have an A6/A6X chip.

It seems Apple has moved onto the A7. Its more future proof than the A6.

 

[hamiltonDSi]

Its worthing noting that only the iPhone 5 and iPad 4 have an A6/A6X chip.

It seems Apple has moved onto the A7. Its more future proof than the A6.

1) The iPhone 5c and the 5th Gen iPod Touch still use the Apple A6 chip. And the iPhone 5c was launched just one month ago...
2)That does not prove anything.
Every year they move their high-end devices to a new chip...

 

[irDigital0l]

1) The iPhone 5c and the 5th Gen iPod Touch still use the Apple A6 chip. And the iPhone 5c was launched just one month ago...
2)That does not prove anything.
Every year they move their high-end devices to a new chip...

iPhone 5c is basically the iPhone 5 and the 5th gen iPod touch does not have the A6. It has the A5 chip.

 

[MinEderPlayz]

I'm on an iPhone 5.

Try flicking between two home screens quickly. With animations and contrast reduced it tracks with your finger faster. It feels like the 5s I felt in stores. It seems the 5 isn't able to handle the effects in iOS 7 but opts to have a slightly less touch sensitivity to make it look good.

Hm. I can neither agree nor disagree, because I'm on a 5s... Going to visit an Apple store soon maybe I get to play with a 5c. Hope to get results there.

 

[kockgunner]

Wrong.
The A6 is a powerhouse. Sure, the A7 is faster but the A6 is no slouch.
This statement would be appropriate for the aging Apple A5 chip or the old Apple A4 chip.
iOS 7 is not the best optimized iOS, that why it feels sluggish.

Although the A6 is impressive, the A7 is two times faster and have a dedicated M7 processing chip. I'm just putting things out there, but maybe the blurs and constant accelerometer polling may take a toll on the processor. I have no doubt the A6 can render the same iOS 7 effects as the A7, but it may even be that Apple lowered the touch response so the battery life doesn't take a hit.

Either way, when I turn off contrast and motion effects, the response feels like I remember in iOS 6.