“If one’s skin accidentally touches the area next to the new camera control button first, the whole screen becomes unresponsive until released, except for the home bar. This is the only area that causes the issue…Not sure if it’s the OS or a hardware defect due to the introduction of the camera button. It seems more like a system bug to me due to palm rejection. Temporal solution for now is try to avoid that area or use your left hand more.”-u/Known_Tap_1462, iPhone 16 Pro series user
There could be a problem with the iOS touch rejection algorithm designed to prevent unintended touches from doing something to the phone that wasn’t planned by the user. If this program is too sensitive, it could cause intended touches to be ignored. Accidentally touching parts of the display could lead the phone to reject all new touches for a brief time period. Some are complaining that their new touches are being ignored when their finger lies near the new Camera Control on the right side of the display.
Accidentally touching that small area inside the half-circle is causing inputs to be rejected on the iPhone 16 Pro series. | Image credit-u/LucasCBs, Reddit subscriber
Hopefully, Apple will deliver an iOS 18 update that will end this issue and make your iPhone 16 Pro or iPhone 16 Pro Max display responsive again.
