See, this is what I’ve been trying to say, but everyone with the issue finds it impossible to believe 😆
And this is why I’m still suspicious that it is in fact NOT a software issue …
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iPhone 16 Pro Max Touch issues with 16 Pro / Pro Max display
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And this is why I’m still suspicious that it is in fact NOT a software issue …
If that’s true, then the Apple engineer was lying to you about it being a software problem 🤓
so now the problem is pretty clear its the hardware. Apple is trying to deceive, it seems like they are prolonging the silence as long as possible. because the number of devices with the problem is huge and can not be fixed by software. they are pushing this failure to the users. now i can confirm this is the last device i will buy from apple. i will consider switching to samsung or other brands. also try to advise people around to stay away from apple from here.
Nope, because fixing the issue (if it still exists) could break something else like unwanted palm rejection.
By the way I experienced the issue only with whatsapp, in some occasions, but it seems last iOS updates fixed the problem.
Anyone noticing an improvement for the touch sensitivity with the iOS 18.3.1 update?
I have exactly same behavior on base iPhone 15 when lightly tapping “p” but I don’t have any other issues related to touchscreen sensitivity…
Issue is still present on 18.3.1
I can literally hold my finger on the screen and it doesn’t recognize the input until I push harder. I’m seriously fed up with this. Why did I upgrade.
So this phone is incompatible with some screen protectors it seems. How is this a real issue. Apple is starting to screw up the basics. I don’t know what to do. Try my luck and have apple replace it with a refurb? And in the process have them tell me to take off my screen protector just so they can blame my protector and send me on my way.
Btw my friend took off his screen protector and has noticed a big improvement in touch sensitivity.
I can literally hold my finger on the screen and it doesn’t recognize the input until I push harder. I’m seriously fed up with this. Why did I upgrade.
So this phone is incompatible with some screen protectors it seems. How is this a real issue. Apple is starting to screw up the basics. I don’t know what to do. Try my luck and have apple replace it with a refurb? And in the process have them tell me to take off my screen protector just so they can blame my protector and send me on my way.
Btw my friend took off his screen protector and has noticed a big improvement in touch sensitivity.
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Guys many device have this problem, and at this point, I believe nothing will change in the future.
Apple isn’t screwing up anything, because this issue mainly exists only in this thread, while in the world millions of users are not complaining 🤷🏻♂️
No difference. the problem is still the same. This is the light touch test, the problem is still the same as my previous comment. I also tested the same on my daughter's iP 12PM, the 12PM passed the test easily without a single missed touch recorded.
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I was passing by and wanted to check how things were going with the new update. I’m really sorry to hear there are no improvements. My old 16 Pro Max hardly had any issues without a screen protector, except for the letter A, which on the Spanish keyboard is at the far end (edge of the screen). With a screen protector, it was a disaster. My current 16 Pro, with a ZAGG screen protector, which is quite thick, has no issues at all. I’ve been using it for 5 days and the experience is flawless, exactly the same as I had with my 13 Pro Max. It’s the experience I was used to. The issue seems to be with the screen protector, and I believe it’s only widespread with the 16 Pro Max.
So, do u think that the touch issue on 16pro max, it doesn't exist?
If you read on the web, you can see that oso in apple community there is it.
Have you tried it without the screen protector, to make sure that isn't the issue? Not all screen protectors are equal. Some may work well and others not so much, even those from the same brand.
So just for science, I just put on an old tempered glass screen protector that I had in my closet for my Nintendo Switch (fully covers the front of my 16 Pro Max) on my 16 Pro Max temporarily just to try your touch test to see if it showed any missed touches.
Same result as my previous result without the screen protector. No missed touches.
I reallllly think it's a hardware issue with some phones, and the screen protector isn't the root of the issue.
“The web” means a few vocal complainers, like in this thread. If a real, widespread issue would exist, we would have seen something very different.
I just think what people are experiencing is a not perfect palm rejection mechanism, implemented with the new display with reduced bezels.
Software, not hardware.
Probably. Since the Dynamic Island can react to very light touches, the rest of the screen should too with the right calibration
No way. That defies all logic at this point. We have documented people in this thread who definitively have malfunctioning screens with screen protectors applied, and people who definitively do not have malfunctioning screens with screen protectors applied. There is absolutely no way to explain that through software-alone, because every iphone is using the same software. The only variable between those working and non-working unit is the physical hardware of the phone itself.
Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max both have the exact same thinner-bezel screen, so whatever "palm rejection" is in iOS would apply equally to both models. Yet we have a poster who just recently exchanged his Pro Max for a Pro and suddenly everything is fine on his new phone.
One other thing-- a screen protector should have ZERO effect on a software-based palm-rejection feature. It should work the same regardless.
The only way I could see software being a potential contributor is if one of the manufacturers of the iPhone screen have some spec out of tolerance, and those phones out-of-spec need some software tweak to compensate. Like maybe some screens need more voltage to function 100% versus other screens-- maybe that can be adjusted in software, and maybe not. But there's no way it's something that's affecting ALL the iPhones in the wild.
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So I’m unlucky because after 3 device, the touch issue is always.
Touch test is K, sometimes a light taps don’t go, after it seems that screen zone of touch sleeping…
Another happens that if I press with power nothing and it go after 3/4 time..
I don’t know why.
Now I also noticed that the dynamic island reacts to light tapping with screen protector applied. That is really crazy. 😳
Tested with playing Spotify in the background and tapping on the playing song in the Dynamic Island. Light tapping works 100% every time. The rest of the screen is not always working with light tapping …
Tested with playing Spotify in the background and tapping on the playing song in the Dynamic Island. Light tapping works 100% every time. The rest of the screen is not always working with light tapping …
i just tested the light touch test on dynamic island. the left side works perfectly at 100% no matter how light the touch, but the right side, the camera area, has to be touched a little harder or it will still register missed touches.