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iPhone 4 sets texting speed record, beats Samsung Galaxy S

by Dave Caolo Aug 25th 2010 at 2:00PM



This just in from the "bragging about marginally useful skills" department. This week, Salford, UK-based Melissa Thompson set a "texting speed record" on her Samsung Galaxy S by typing two sentences in 25.94 seconds. The sentences in question were: "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human." Note that Melissa used a Swype keyboard on the Galaxy.

Her record stood for hours until iPhone 4 owner Brian posted a video (above) of himself banging out the same pair of sentences on his stock iPhone 4 in just under 22 seconds. Of course, Brian's setup hardly consists of controlled conditions, and we have no video of Melissa's work, but considering that Brian beat Melissa's time by about 3 seconds while starting the timer himself is impressive.

Take what you want from this. Congratulations to Brian, who excels at typing tricky sentences on very tiny keyboards.



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Christopher G.

Sure, he beat Melissa's time, but how do we know she had time to practice? She could have been given the sentence then and there and told, "okay.... start!"

Brian could have been practicing this for a while now.

August 26 2010 at 11:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jonathanklang

man, took a few tries but i can just barely beat that using a regular keyboard on my laptop!

August 26 2010 at 10:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J-Dub

Based on the sentences in question; a small part of me thinks this might be some marketing ploy for "Piranha 3-D". #methinks

August 26 2010 at 9:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ikser

Did he use auto-correction? Anyways awesome video, thumbs up!

August 26 2010 at 6:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ron

^ won't be setting any texting records any time soon, but plays one hell of a mean air guitar.

August 25 2010 at 10:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J-Dub

"of the genera Serrasalmus"? Should it be "of the [general] Serrasalmus"? What happen to the "l". What have the done to my poor little "l"!!??

August 25 2010 at 9:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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G

Taking the risk that your cheek may be tongued, genera is the plural of genus.

August 26 2010 at 2:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J-Dub

Not afraid to admit my ignorance, but actually I did not know if was the plural of genus. I am better Scrabble player thanks to you Sir.

August 26 2010 at 9:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael Kaplan

that was my question -- is that a White iPhone 4??? It sure doesn't look like my iPhone 4!

August 25 2010 at 5:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kennardy

Is that a white iPhone 4?

August 25 2010 at 4:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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macserv

Looks like a skin, and a white bumper.

August 26 2010 at 1:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tech_fanboy


that comma at the end made all the difference... it takes 3 seconds to tap the period.

/sarcasm

August 25 2010 at 4:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Noah

I wonder how long they both practiced that sentence before filming/timing...

If you want a real contest, get both of those people in a room and have them type out a random sentence at the same time and see who wins :)

August 25 2010 at 3:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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BeSweeet

(That's my video).

Took about 5 minutes to get it right (if I remember correcty).

August 25 2010 at 3:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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