> Granted all of this was based upon personal experience and isn't a scientific study but to me the difference was absolutely clear.

Thanks for including that line, because my personal experience is the exact opposite. I have a four year old android phone and I dread any time I need to use my wife's one year old ipod. I find the lag on the ipod slow to the point of almost being unusable. Every time I use it, there's at least one point where I'll put down the iPod to go do something else while I wait for it to catch up with me.

It's amazing how much personal experiences can differ.

Edit: updated possibly relevant details