Touchscreen On iPhones Going Dead?

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A Touch Of Death About The iPhone Touchscreen?
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article2236383.ece

Apple was today monitoring the latest mini-crisis to hit its much-hyped iPhone after some users began reporting that the touchscreen did not work.

Threads on several Apple forums – including the company's own – have been devoted to the problem, which causes parts of the device's screen to go 'dead' and stop responding to the touch of a finger.

Typically the dead spot is a strip about half an inch wide that runs the width of the iPhone's screen as it is held vertically, users experiencing the problem said.

In one case, the strip ran across the Unlock button, which meant that the user was unable to answer the phone when it rang.
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Apple iPhone screen problems may get worse - The dreaded dead strip
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/10/analyst-apple-iphone-screen-problems-may-get-worse-the-dreaded-dead-strip.html

Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse (seriously, we thought it would stay an isolated and rare defect), Nomura International analyst, Richard Windsor released a note to clients indicating that the iPhone’s “dead strip” display problem could become more widespread.

Apple bought the rights to the screen technology used in the iPhone from a Finnish firm. Finnish firm reported that usage led to the same unresponsive display problems after some time. Apparently, the technology uses chemical deposition to register touch-inputs based on heat, but 3 to 6 months of “extensive use” would start to degrade the technology and cause a lose of sensitivity to touch-inputs. This suggests that the relatively new iPhone fleet in the US could start to exhibit similar problems with time.

[Caution]

1. No problems here. Still loving my iPhone

[Buzz Clik]

2. I love my iPhone. Wait -- it's not an iPhone. It's a Treo.

And I love it. It is totally awesome. Flawless.

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. This is why I *never* jump on a new technology

I like the design of the iPhone and would very much like to get one... eventually, after the bugs have been worked out. Hard experience has taught me that the first year or so after the launch of any new technology is really just an extended testing period, the so-called "gamma test" phase.

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4. Amen -- or the first model of anything, for that matter

The "first on the block" syndrome holds no appeal whatsoever. Let someone else be the guinea pig.