I’ve had my iPhone for a month or so. Best device ever. Most importantly, best PHONE ever.
Yet, something is amiss. There seems to be a dead row or area on the touch screen that has just surfaced. Not dead in that it’s a display flaw, but rather the touch screen is unresponsive. Unfortunately, it occupies an fingertip’s height for the entire width of the screen when held in portrait orientation. This makes me think the touch sensor or controller for this row is out.
Doubly annoying is that this row is the row needed for the top line of the qwerty keyboard, and the number “0″ on the keypad when dialing. Dragging my finger over this dead to touch area on the iPhone screen registers as a mouseup or release, so I no longer am able to scroll the full length of the screen.
Thankfully, I’m not alone. I have found some articles on this issue at:
According to the posts in the Apple Insider Forum, it sounds like I’ll have to take the iPhone into the Genius Bar with all its accessories. At that point, they’ll either exchange the phone, or charge me $30 US for a loaner while mine will be ‘repaired’. In this case I think the repair will probably just be a replacement iPhone.
