Typing with iPhone Touch Screen Not as fast as QWERTY Keyboard

A study says that QWERTY phone keyboard users take twice as long to type the same message on an iPhone. Participants also made more typing errors on the iPhone.

iPhone Problems - Touch Screen Typing

• Over half of the participants stated that they would have preferred the feel of an actual key to the iPhone’s touch keypad.
• Participants expressed a great deal of frustration with the sensitivity of the iPhone touch keypad.
• Most participants felt that their fingertips were too large for the iPhone’s touch keyboard.
• It was especially frustrating for participants when they attempted to place the cursor in the middle of a word.
• Most QWERTY phone users initially used the iPhone by holding it with both hands and typing with their two thumbs. However, by the end of the session, most had decided that it was easier for them to use one index finger to type.

Based on our study’s findings, it appears that QWERTY phone users are likely to suffer some initial decrease in efficiency when switching to the iPhone touch keyboard. Link.