iPhone 16 Pro Max - Touch Screen Sensitivity Issues

Romanson357 wrote:

So , now apple knows , now apple knows that our issue is not eaven near to be fixed

It is time that they adress us personaly , and tell us is this software issue or its a hardware issue.

anyhow , we deserve, espetiacly at this price point to have a touchscreen that actualy works

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Same story. Upgraded from 13 Pro Max to 16 Pro Max and thought I got a dodgy one. Keyboard taps, primarily over to the right hand side, seem to be being ignored. Relieved to know it’s not just me.

I’m having the same issue and it’s anxiety inducing

i am having the same issue here. Received the phone on 20th. Thought it was the screen protector but when i took it out, the issue persisted.

Went to the Apple store (TRX Kuala Lumpur) and they ran a diagnostic and found nothing wrong with the hardware. Since it's a new phone, they had no idea what to do.

they ruled out it may probably a software issue and asked me to wait for the updates.

***update***

So the haptic response everyone thinks is a work around doesn’t actually affect the touch sensitivity of the screen. It just decreases the time it takes for the long press to partially open another window or select a different character on the keyboard.

I also wanted to see if since it’s a software issue, maybe installing the screen protector while the phone was off then booting it back up would make a difference - it didn’t. (The idea being that if the screen uses an electromagnetic field to determine pressure and touch, maybe the settings during initialization would respond to an extra layer of screen being present, whereas the palm protection is being engaged due to the screen protector being placed on while the phone was on and that was causing the issue)

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This problem happens to me too, just a nightmare

Would urge you all to file a bug report by giving them feedback on the apple website.

I’m still having issues after the update as well. It’s so frustrating and unacceptable.

First thing I did was change the Haptic Touch to fast. It’s better but still no where near as response as the 13 PM. It still requires more downward force on keystrokes to get them to work.

@NeonBlonde: under settings search for haptic touch and change from standard to fast. That should help 😊

Same here on my 16 Pro Max. Certain areas seem mostly non-responsive, like the upper left corner which you really need to 'return to the previous screen'. Went to my local Apple Store. They tested my phone and it failed their touch diagnostics. They replaced it. Now two days later, the new one acts exactly the same as the original. I sure hope it's a software issue.

I've just moved back to Iphone after 7 years on Android, the dead areas, keyboard lag and scrolling issues made me regret it. Still have a week to decide whether to keep it or go back to android. Unless it's fixed I can't see myself putting up with it for long.

It’s gotten better since 18.0.1, but it’s still not as snappy as my 13PM (even on iOS 18). Great phone otherwise but there’s zero reason a $1200 phone should be having these issues to begin with. Perhaps we should all turn on iPhone analytics to improve this?

After the new update 18.01 . I’ve been using voice text and now the voice text is lagging too and the keyboard sensitivity.. it’s still slow. Does anyone have any info of another update about? It is gonna come out or Apple knows about it that is still going on.? I swap from iPhone 13 to the new one and I wish I had kept my old phone.

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