When Apple designed the iPhone 5, one major goal of the company
was to make it extremely slim. It appears that this skinniness has come
at a price. Various reports now claim that the iPhone 5 and iPod touch
devices respond oddly to multiple and rapid diagonal swipes.
A report by iMore states that on an iPhone 4S, one
can rapidly swipe back and forth and the handset will keep up without
any lag noticed even when some swipes are diagonal. However, on an
iPhone 5, when one swipes rapidly diagonally at about 45 degrees, it
appears that the gesture is not recognised.
The author at iMore, Rene Ritchie states, "I was
able to reproduce the behaviour on an iPhone 5 with Mail.app,
Contacts.app, and Tweetbot (though a couple of times in Tweetbot rapid
diagonal swiping worked fine for without any drop off), Brushes (paint
strokes stopped appearing), the iMore app, and more. I was also able to
reproduce the same behavior on an iPod touch 5 using the same apps.
Various devices were running iOS 6, iOS 6.0.1, and iOS 6.1 beta. That
means it's not restricted to one control, like UITableView, or one
version of iOS 6."
Ritchie tried the same gesture on an iPhone 4S, and a fourth generation iPad but the same issue did not arise.
This issue may be due to the in-cell technology used in
Apple's new 4-inch devices along with the software. The report ends by
stating, “Due to the angle, rapidity, and consistency needed to trigger
the drop, it's not a problem most apps or developers will ever face.
Games and game developers on the other hand, could well encounter it.”
This is not the first problem occuring in the handset.
Another well documented problem is the purple haze issue that is seen in
certain images captured with the iPhone 5's camera.
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