A little music is rising on the forums where more and more iPhone 16 Pro owners are reporting an erratic touchscreen. Customers notice that certain taps and swipes are not registered, thus affecting the experience. Whether scrolling through a list, pressing a button or typing on the keyboard, the iPhone 16 Pro seems to make life hell for some.
A rather software problem
If online complaints are piling up dangerously, in particular on Redditwe were unable to reproduce the issue. By looking at the reported cases, especially those that posted a video, we can see that the problem could come from the algorithm for rejecting accidental touches in iOS. It seems poorly calibrated, having been first integrated into the iPad, so as not to take into account the palm of the hand holding the tablet.
With ever thinner bezels around the screen, the iPhone 16 Pro (and Pro Max) need more than ever a smart algorithm to ignore all the “touches”. Apparently, this is not the case yet.
Some users report more problems when their finger rests near the new camera control button on the right side of the screen. But most situations show that the malfunction occurs when users naturally hold the phone with their fingers surrounding the sides of the device. Note Besides that the demonstrations are made without shells. Which is in line with our theory.
The issue affects iPhones running iOS 18 and iOS 18.1 beta. We are pretty confident that Apple will be able to fix this issue with a software update.
Last point to reassure customers on the software aspect of this problem: the touch screen reacts perfectly on the lock screen.
Who has already received their iPhone 16 Pro or Pro Max? Have you had this problem? You can do a test on the site https://www.onlinemictest.com/touch-screen-test/.
