Apple Urged To Acknowledge 'Touch Disease' In iPhone 6 Devices

Crank up the Stan Bush, because Apple’s iPhone 6 series may have the touch (disease).

According to AppleInsider, about 11 per cent of an Apple Store’s daily iPhone service traffic involves dealing with the “touch disease” (their words, not ours) on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices.

Apparently, a small percentage of Apple users with the 2014 model smartphones are seeing a “small grey flickering band” at the top of their screens (closest to the speaker, regardless of orientation).

As the band grows larger over time, touch sensitivity reportedly gets progressively worse.

Like this:

Hey, at least they’re not blowing up.

AppleInsider spoke to some unnamed Apple Genius staffers, who said a full unit replacement was recommended for any devices suffering from ‘touch disease’ (in store, they just call it ‘flickering’).

Apple has not yet officially acknowledged existence of the ‘disease’, despite two lawsuits being filed in Canada over this very issue, as well as a class action suit in the United States.

With the announcement today that three more law firms have piled onto that U.S. suit, the pressure is on Apple to speak on the alleged 'touch disease'.

To read more on the nitty gritty of what’s causing this ‘flickering’ – as well as a deeper explanation of the data set being used by AppleInsider to reach the 11 per cent figure – head here.

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