Am I sensitive to the iPhone's screen?

Yeah, I saw his earlier thread as still being on the forum so I didn't know what the gripe was all about. Please do not take any offense from my previous posts. Thanks!

darkspym7,

You came to the conclusion in that thread on Aug 4 that it could be the screen, but did not follow-up to even serious replies in that thread, and started a new thread. It could reasonably be seen as a duplicate.

However, the screen is a passive sensor, not active. Even a relatively thin material can prevent it from detecting electromagnetic field on your fingers.

For example listening is passive, while using echo location (broadcast along with listen) is active

Thank you,

Nathan C.

darkspym7 wrote:
I did. The symptoms were similar.

You need to do this blindfolded with a combination of iPhones that are on and off and have someone else do a statistical correlation between your "reaction" and the state of the phones. I suspect the effect is due to suggestion and your preconceived expectations. "Nocebo" effect - adverse symptoms from an inactive substance (the converse of placebo effect) - is common.

darkspym7,

The human factor is huge, isolating it out is a valid step.

The human factor has been known to cause statistically significant effects. People given a placebo and told it could cause a wide range of side effects have experienced those side effects, some of which are downright unpleasant and even painful.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

I agree with Nathan. The human factor is major. If you tell someone a placebo will make them feel better, the major of people believe the placebo works. The same is true if you tell them the placebo is going to make them lightheaded, etc.

Just out of curiosity, what did you doctor say when you made an appointment to see him?

I noticed you completely ignored my post. You are jumping from something that is highly prevalent, and surrounds you, to something that is practically benign to pinpoint your symptoms. Not very logical.

Do you have this issue when using the touch screen at the ATM? If not it's not the iPhone!

I have been wondering about the same thing.

I bought an iPhone two weeks ago, and after some days, I realized I got a tingly sensation in my thumb, and now I have become used to alternating fingers. It is most prevalent when scrolling, and it is only a small charge, however enough to be shock me as I am not used to feeling electrical charges.

It does not affect anything else than my finger-tip, and I have thought of returning it, but I don't want to leave it for repairs for three weeks only to be told that nothing is wrong with it.

I read another thread on an other forum about a person with similar experiences, only asking how the screen works, and a commenter almost ridiculed the threadstarter (as here) by telling there could possibly small static electrical charges but no charges from below, as the surface is glass, and thus insulating. He provided a link to howstuffworks about the iPod.

The threadstarter found another article on howstuffworks claiming the surface is conductive, and it works by measuring changes in capacitance.

Question is answered, and I just have to suppress those tingly feelings in my finger-tips, or even remind myself to put it back in my pocket.

The previous threadstarter experienced it on other iPhones and on his own iPhone after sticking protective cover on it, so I think nothing works. I want to try the protective glass cover some day to see if it works for me.

A "think cloth" won't help. You and the iPhone were never meant to be. Let go before it causes you more pain. It won't be easy but I wish you all the best... you'll need it.

Sometimes after I use the computer and iphone for about 5 hours straight, I get migraines and lightheadedness.

I have somewhat of the same problem. When the phone is in my back pocket (not the sides) my leg starts to tingle and moving my leg hurts in a strange way, but as long as it isnt in my back pocket i'm fine. I thought it was just a coincidence til i read this post.

stephen sc wrote:
I thought it was just a coincidence til i read this post.

It's definitely not a coincidence that you're reporting this here, just as it definitely has nothing to do with the iPhone (unless you're sitting on it and compressing your sciatic nerve). It's all about you.

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I have also noticed that when I have my iphone in my pocket, and I drink more than 10 pints of beer, I want to go to the toilet more frequently..... Do you think I can take it back for that?

Seriously, get over it...

Perhaps, using the Iphone has just highlighted a problem that you already had. I had similar issues when I first used my bluetooth headset, I got terrible headaches which I never pinpointed out what the cause was. But, if you are having tingling feelings in your fingers that might be a sign of a pinched nerve. I have those the same tingling feeling in my fingers and I have a pinched nerve. It would be best for you to get an MRI and some tests done to see exactly what the cause is rather than speculate that the Iphone is the reason. You may find that returning the Iphone does not help and you would have returned a perfectly good phone for nothing.

I hope this helps and I really hope you get help soon.

Good luck!

SG

That's an excellent point about compressed nerves. I had tingling and numbness in my fingers as a result of carpal tunnel.