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Apple has finally admitted to the existence of the mysterious iPhone ailment that caused unresponsive screens and came to be called the “touch disease.” The Cupertino firm’s diagnosis? User error. Or, more specifically, user fumbling.
“Apple has determined that some iPhone 6 Plus devices may exhibit display flickering or Multi-Touch issues after being dropped multiple times on a hard surface and then incurring further stress on the device,” Apple said in an online notice.
Some users and observers, however, saw the problem as a defect. In August, a nationwide class-action lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, accusing Apple of fraud and violation of California consumer-protection law.
And there’s been a loud chorus of user discontent ever since, with iPhone 6 owners taking to Twitter and Facebook and a slew of online tech sites to tell the world their tales of Touch Disease-induced woe.
Motherboard reported in September that the problem was affecting “thousands and thousands” of iPhone 6 Plus phones.
“The company continues to ignore one of the worst hardware defects to ever plague its smartphone line,” according to Motherboard.
Read more here. (Silicon Beat)
“Apple has determined that some iPhone 6 Plus devices may exhibit display flickering or Multi-Touch issues after being dropped multiple times on a hard surface and then incurring further stress on the device,” Apple said in an online notice.
Some users and observers, however, saw the problem as a defect. In August, a nationwide class-action lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, accusing Apple of fraud and violation of California consumer-protection law.
And there’s been a loud chorus of user discontent ever since, with iPhone 6 owners taking to Twitter and Facebook and a slew of online tech sites to tell the world their tales of Touch Disease-induced woe.
Motherboard reported in September that the problem was affecting “thousands and thousands” of iPhone 6 Plus phones.
“The company continues to ignore one of the worst hardware defects to ever plague its smartphone line,” according to Motherboard.
Read more here. (Silicon Beat)
