iPod touch iPod Touch 4G Screen Distorts Under Pressure: Video

"Doc, it hurts when I do this."

Chundles said:

"Doc, it hurts when I do this."

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Then don't do that

It's a touchscreen, not a mashscreen.

What's the wallpaper? And it doesn't feel good to press the screen so hard that it distorts.

In all seriousness, this is quite a strange thing for an iDevice. We just bought my daughter one of the new iPod Touches last night, she's 2, so hopefully it can withstand the same amount of abuse as her old iPhone.

My 2nd gen does the same thing under heavy pressure.

fswmacguy said:

It's a touchscreen, not a mashscreen.

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And a capacitive touchscreen at that. Really, you're best served using the lightest touch possible. There's nothing to be gained by mashing it.

Firstly you should not need to be pressing that hard, that aside because the LCD panel is now fused to the front glass\digitizer as a single components the same as the iPhone 4 when you press that hard you are actually putting pressure on the LCD as well which I imagine is not a good thing.

i'm sure mr. detroit knows its not good to do this but mr. detroit was doing us a favor by showing us that this does happen a heads up sort of speak. which is for sure strange because i dont remember my touch 3g doing that, and you know it doesn't always have to be your finger while its in your pocket for example that could also happen like old lcd panels on windows smart phones that didnt have glass over them. that sucks that apple sacrifices quality and substance for design. Maybe if you wait for the first batch of ipod the other ones wont have the same thing happen or as bad; 1st batch of things always have problems ya know?!?

I didn't know touch screens did that if you applied too much pressure!

Mine does not do that! But have not tried a hammer yet and it is unlikely that I will!

Exegesis48 said:

In all seriousness, this is quite a strange thing for an iDevice. We just bought my daughter one of the new iPod Touches last night, she's 2, so hopefully it can withstand the same amount of abuse as her old iPhone.

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woah you gave a 2 year old an ipod

go figure a LIQUID crystal display disperses when you put pressure on a point.. i mean, pretty much every LCD screen does this.

Exegesis48 said:

In all seriousness, this is quite a strange thing for an iDevice. We just bought my daughter one of the new iPod Touches last night, she's 2, so hopefully it can withstand the same amount of abuse as her old iPhone.

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...what?

I wouldn't call that a problem. More like, nature of the beast. No big deal at all.

As far as the iPhone 4 NOT distorting under pressure, you don't really expect a $230 device to be made as good as a $700 device do you.

Exegesis48 said:

In all seriousness, this is quite a strange thing for an iDevice. We just bought my daughter one of the new iPod Touches last night, she's 2, so hopefully it can withstand the same amount of abuse as her old iPhone.

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You should get her one of these to go with it:

Woogie

vanzantapple said:

As far as the iPhone 4 NOT distorting under pressure, you don't really expect a $230 device to be made as good as a $700 device do you.

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As a matter of fact; yes, since there's probably less than $20 worth of parts difference between the two devices.

You are not touching it right. Just avoid touching it that way.

tubemonkey said:

As a matter of fact; yes, since there's probably less than $20 worth of parts difference between the two devices.

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You're joking right?

sam10685 said:

You're joking right?

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Of course not.

tubemonkey said:

You should get her one of these to go with it:

Woogie

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We actually have a Woogie on the way, since there aren't really any cases out for the 4G iPod Touch at the moment.

Her iPhone 3G was just inside an InCase Slider and it was in perfect condition when we sold it. She was pretty good with it, and hopefully will continue to treat the iPod Touch the same.

But yeah, Woogie looks awesome.

ryan0402 said:

woah you gave a 2 year old an ipod

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She's 2 and a half and really knows how to work it, for real. She knows how to play her movies and is very discriminate about which one she wants to watch. And if she gets tired of watching movies she plays her games, which has really helped to develop her coordination and touch, as well as help to identify shapes and colors.

I was hesitant at first, but really I think it has helped her to grasp technology at an early age. She knows it's her iPod and doesn't mess with mommy's or daddy's as a result, which is a good thing.

The greatest thing about the iPod Touch is now she can facetime with her Grandmother in England. Just have to keep her from facetiming when it's 1AM over there.

In other news, stepping in water makes your feet wet... Beware of puddles

I never knew touch screens also had this problem. Interesting!