Have you ever used an Instinct, carcomptoy, or are you talking in generalization?
Because I use both the Instinct and the iPhone on a daily basis (Sprint is my corporate acount) and there is little to no difference in the touch screen of the Resistive Instinct and the Capacitive iPhone. If anything, the Apple is a bit of a pain to use, as you cannot use a fingernail or the end of a pen/pencil.
I also have a "capacitive" Samsung screen on my YP-P2. It's terrible compared to both the iPhone and Instinct. Unresponsive all the time.
Samsung seems to generally do the resistive touchscreens better than anyone else. If you've used an LG or Motorola touch, it's a different affair, you really need to push the display, which is just annoying.
In comparison, the Instinct and iPhone are G-R-E-A-T at responding with even the slightest flick/touch. There are a lot of deficiencies with the Instinct, but the resisitve screen generally isn't one of them.
“There's a certain feeling of wading through water with this phone, as every time we went exploring the menus, we were met with a delay long enough to make us doubt our keystrokes registered.”
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Have you ever used an Instinct, carcomptoy, or are you talking in generalization?
Because I use both the Instinct and the iPhone on a daily basis (Sprint is my corporate acount) and there is little to no difference in the touch screen of the Resistive Instinct and the Capacitive iPhone. If anything, the Apple is a bit of a pain to use, as you cannot use a fingernail or the end of a pen/pencil.
I also have a "capacitive" Samsung screen on my YP-P2. It's terrible compared to both the iPhone and Instinct. Unresponsive all the time.
Samsung seems to generally do the resistive touchscreens better than anyone else. If you've used an LG or Motorola touch, it's a different affair, you really need to push the display, which is just annoying.
In comparison, the Instinct and iPhone are G-R-E-A-T at responding with even the slightest flick/touch. There are a lot of deficiencies with the Instinct, but the resisitve screen generally isn't one of them.