Sentences with phrase «touch disease»

If you have an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus that is affected by Apple's touch disease problem, you can get in touch through a consultation form available on the firm's website.

Apple has also recently launched a repair program for the so - called Touch Disease on the iPhone 6 Plus.

Apple launched its Multi-Touch Repair Service last week to address the problem of Touch Disease in iPhone 6 Plus handsets.

Apple acknowledged that some iPhone 6 Plus units are affected by the so - called iPhone Touch Disease and it's launching a program to address the issues.

Anyone with an iPhone 6 Plus experiencing touch disease can take it to an Apple Store for repair charged at the new set rate of $ 149.

Researchers at iFixit haven't settled on a definitive cause just yet, but they believe Touch Disease may have something to do with the day - to - day strain most iPhones experience.

The problem has been reported in North America since August, and it appears that Touch Disease affects only the 6 - th generation of iPhones (not the «S» version) because of a design flaw that makes the devices vulnerable, eventually leading to loosing or breaking the connection between the touch ID chips and the motherboard.

While iPhone 6 owners have also complained to Apple about Touch Disease, it is only the Plus - model users that will benefit from a fee reduction for first - party repairs: $ 149.

iFixit is reporting through a statement to TechCrunch that $ 149 is currently the typical market price for a third - party Touch Disease repair.

Up until now, the Cupertino company hasn't even acknowledged the existence of Touch Disease.

Even if Apple doesn't reinvent the wheel, there are plenty of folks coming off of two - year contracts or whose iPhones are on their last legs — especially those that may be suffering from flickering screens and «touch disease.»

Apple Acknowledges iPhone «Touch Disease,» Wants You to Pay $ 149 to Fix It (Motherboard) A charge is ridiculous after all the reports of the problem.At some point, there needs to be a fix for companies not coming clean about defects.

In addition to dealing with faulty batteries, the tech heavyweight also faced a heated backlash from customers experiencing a flickering screen glitch — more commonly known as «Touch Disease «-- with their iPhone 6 and 6s handsets after the company said it replacing affected displays will cost $ 149.

Last week we reported Apple's so - called «touch disease» — a gray bar at the top of the phone that leads to an un-responsive (or under - responsive) display.

According to a report by Motherboard's Jason Koebler, Apple's technical support Genius staff at Apple stores have been told about the so - called «touch disease» issue that causes the iPhone 6 touchscreen to stop working.

The so - called «touch disease» is related to the «bendgate» controversy.

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 are made from a strong kind of aluminum alloy that prevents bending, so they shouldn't have the same «touch disease» problem.

By October, reports continued to mount of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models freezing up and becoming unresponsive to touch, an issue that earned an ominous - sounding name: touch disease.

The news about the exploding iPhone 6s Plus comes amid reports that class action lawsuits were filed against the Cupertino giant in Canada due to the notorious malfunctioning phenomenon that persists among older iPhones known as «touch disease.»

Earlier this year, a known screen defect, quickly labeled «Touch Disease» began plaguing quite a few more iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners.

Apple is already running a repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus for the «Touch Disease» in which it is replacing display units with non-functional touch or screen flickering issue for $ 149.

Got a 6 PLUS sitting in a drawer with the TOUCH DISEASE IC issue.

The new repair program from Apple comes just three days after the company launched the «Touch Disease» repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus.

A number of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices appear to be suffering from a latent manufacturing issue called «Touch Disease,» which prevents as a gray flickering bar at the top of the screen and a display that's unresponsive or less responsive to touch.

Prior to announcing its worldwide battery replacement program for the iPhone 6s, the manufacturer also admitted certain units of its flagship device have been experiencing display glitches better known as «Touch Disease.»

Apple has finally responded to the «touch disease» issue plaguing older iPhone 6 Plus units.

It also ought to help them avoid technical issues like the iPhone 6's battery woes as well as the much - dreaded «Touch Disease.»

While Apple finally admitted last week that Touch Disease was real, the company said it is caused by owners dropping their devices multiple times on hard services.

For the iPhone 6 Plus owner, a flickering gray bar atop the screen could only mean one thing: the dreaded «Touch Disease.»

Refurbished iPhones are tested and certified by Apple, and tend to work well; one common glitch to look out for is «touch disease,» where the touchscreens on devices go unresponsive for no apparent reason, but every refurbished Apple product comes with a one - year warranty in case you run into any of those issues.

One warning: Geniuses working at Apple Stores have told Business Insider that some refurbished iPhones could have the issue called «touch disease,» which could make your iPhone screen unresponsive to touch.

The issue is separate from the «touch disease «problem seen in some iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices a few months ago, which causes symptoms such as a flickering gray bar across the top of the screen and reduced touchscreen responsiveness.

Their phones are suffering from «touch disease,» an engineering flaw Apple is yet to acknowledge or remedy.

Apple was in hot water again, as three more law firms joined the class - action lawsuit involving the company's «Touch Disease.»

At the time, iFixit blamed what it called the «Touch Disease» problem on pair of touchscreen controller chips found on the logic board of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

Three months after iFixit coined the term «touch disease» for a defect discovered with some iPhone 6 Plus devices, Apple has finally responded with the launch on Thursday of a new repair program.

The so - called «Touch Disease» affects a large number of Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus models, and users can easily identify it.

Apple refused to publicly address the issue, despite insight from former or current Apple Geniuses who confirmed the existence of the «Touch Disease» and the company's knowledge of the problem.

This time the issue has an especially sinister name: touch disease.

In the US, Apple is facing a class action lawsuit from iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners, whose devices have been afflicted with the so - called «Touch Disease», rendering their screens unresponsive to touch inputs.

Apple announced a few days ago a replacement program for the iPhone 6 Plus's Touch Disease issue, a fix that'll cost you $ 149.

With more than 10 % of the iPhone repairs related to the Touch Disease problem for iPhone 6 series, Apple could not hide the issue anymore.

In fact, the touch disease problem is a design defect affecting only the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models.

Touch Disease is a relatively widespread problem among iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users that affects the touch functionality of the screen, making the display partially or fully unresponsive.

Apple, apparently aware of the issue, later changed the position of the controllers in the iPhone 6s series, but all owners of the previous models just had to pray that Touch Disease won't affect their iPhones.

Following a litany of complaints, last month Cupertino finally acknowledged some of its iPhone 6 models have been affected by screen glitches, more commonly known as «Touch Disease.»

Repair experts globally have reported on a widespread display problem with iPhone 6 and Plus handsets — it is called the «Touch Disease.»

The two - year - old phone, and especially the Plus version, is prone to develop what's called a Touch Disease affliction.

The company has recently had to deal with complaints - and a class action lawsuit - from numerous owners of its iPhone 6, after many of those handsets were afflicted by the so - called «Touch Disease», with symptoms such as flickering displays and unresponsive touchscreens.

This is Apple's second iPhone repair programme in less than a week after it announced that it would fix the «touch disease» issue, albeit at a charge, blighting many users» iPhone 6 Plus handsets.»