While Samsung is still churning up news about the Galaxy Note 7 exploding and creating dismay among owners, Apple is also on the verge of following their rival's footsteps. Although some di report that their iPhones combusted at some point, Cupertino is now facing an issue that involves the touch disease.
According to Perth Now, the "touch disease" is now plaguing users for the "diminishing sensitivity and spotty functionality of the touchscreen" on their Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S. Among those that the website included is that phones affected with a defective touchscreen "effectively becomes frozen and can't be used properly." In this case, an Apple iPhone 6 or 6 Plus with the disease might just be an expensive paperweight instead of a Smartphone that could help its user go through their day to day activities.
iFix It first published the so called "touch disease" back in August after Apple users began to mail their defective iPhones to iPad Rehab due to "a gray, flickering bar at the top of the display and an unresponsive touchscreen". Even other technicians who have had their misadventures with a glitch iPhone said that the "problem is incredibly common." STS Telecom owner Jason Villmer said that the "issue is widespread enough" he feels like "almost every iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are like ticking bombs just waiting to act up."
@NWWhigham I've had two i6 replaced because of #TouchDisease. Both phones were just out of warranty, but Apple were happy to replace.
— Mr King (@imyourgodnow) October 4, 2016
@NWWhigham "touch disease" is legit, experience it all too often on my 6 . More so since iphone7 release — Dan (@dantay75) October 3, 2016
Apple owners in Australia have also reported the same issue earlier this month. Although some units were replaced by Apple, others were on the unfortunate side. Perth Now added that the reason for the dreaded and annoying "touch disease" are "two tiny Touch IC connectors". These nodes are responsible for translating "the tapping and swiping" of the user's fingers on the screen to a machine input. As time and use goes by, these connectors "become slightly detached" from the device's logic board. As a result, this is now the "progressive, and seemingly erratic, deterioration of the touchscreen function."
Perth Now also wrote that two lawsuits have now been filed against Apple in Canada, while a separate class action lawsuit was filed in the United States last August. Apple meanwhile, is still quiet and has yet to "officially acknowledge the problem".
