So what am I to believe ... a bunch of “reviews” or my lyin’ eyes? You seem to have missed that I actually had an iPhone 5 in my hands for a couple of months. I KNOW how it works, and how fast it focuses. Not from a review, but from actual use and experience.
No thanks, buddy. I try to be objective. This article ... and fanboys of any sort ... not so much.
OBTW, my Galaxy S (no number) does the touch-and-focus thing, too.
Reviewers are far more objective than your lying' eyes, NorthMountain. ;^) They compare the devices side-by-side, not later. They have no reason to lie about it. There reputation for objectivity is on the line. Especially ones from websites that are Android centric. This is NOT hard to do. . . measure how long it takes before the camera is ready to actually take the photo. This article is not about an iPhone 5, it's about the speed of the new iPhone 6, but the 64 bit iPhone 5s, not the 32 bit iPhone 5, was, according to the reviews exceedingly fast at getting focused.