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Does your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus have 'touch disease'?

Does your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus have 'touch disease'?

More and more iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners are seeing their devices spontaneously stop responding to touch input.If you notice a thin, flickering gray bar mysteriously appearing along the top edge of your iPhone's display, that's really bad news: it's got the disease.


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iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Plagued by 'Touch Disease'

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Plagued by 'Touch Disease'

If you've noticed a flickering gray bar at the top of your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus screen, your phone may be falling victim to what's been dubbed "touch disease," according to a new report from Engadget.The report in Engadget explains that a growing number of iPhone 6 and 6 Pluses suffering from touch disease are being sent in for repair each month.The phones all display the same symptoms.A flashing gray bar appears at the top of the screen, and the touchscreen begins to to perform poorly or becomes "frozen."As Engadget points out, both iFixIt and Forbes reported that the issue has caused enough problems that several pages on Apple support forums are filled with complaints about it.


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Apple's iPhone 6, 6 Plus are failing early thanks to 'touch disease,' bending problems

Apple's iPhone 6, 6 Plus are failing early thanks to 'touch disease,' bending problems

It's a critical part of how we navigate the real world and, thanks to the success of the original iPhone, a core component of modern smartphones.Apple has been at the forefront of introducing various touch capabilities, but it's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus appear to suffer from design flaws that are killing the devices more quickly than one would expect.As iFixit reports (and our own EIC Jamie Lendino can attest), an increasing number of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices are showing up in shops with the same problem: A gray, flickering bar at the top of the display and a non-responsive touchscreen."This issue is widespread enough that I feel like almost every iPhone 6/6+ has a touch of it (no pun intended) and are like ticking bombs just waiting to act up," Jason Villmer, owner of STS Telecom—a board repair shop in Missouri, told iFixit.