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This doesn't seem like a problem for Apple. Apple doesn't need more developers or faster apps. I guess that if the reason people weren't buying Android devices because of slow apps this could be a threat, but I haven't heard anyone say that slow apps were the reason for not buying an Android device.

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This is true, and yet you're still conceding way too much. The OP hasn't even shown a real-world benchmark, let alone pointed out a difference that a customer would care about. He's deep in the premature-optimization weeds.

The 1st generation phones were (are) pretty slow. But the 2nd and 3rd generation phones are solid. Early reports from people who've gotten the new 2.2 OS have said they haven't noticed much of a speed up meaning the processor was powerful enough for most day-to-day tasks.

Please excuse me for noting how apologetic the tone is, says the proud owner of an HTC Hero (Sprint v2.1)

You're probably right but once you bought the device and started using it the slowness definitely contributed to the "something's not quite right" feeling you might get switching from an iPhone. The other issue it could solve,I'm not sure how widespread this is, happens when you hit the back button and nothing happens so you hit it again which registers two back presses and often dumps you back to the home screen because you hit back enough times to exit the app. I have an ancient 6 month old Android phone and this happens to me at least a few times a day.

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