Apple may have made some users happy when it confirmed the release date for the highly speculated about iPhone 7, but it's also pissed off others who are suing the company for a so-called "touch disease" that doesn't allow them to keep using their iPhones, Reutersreported.
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners are suing Apple for the touchscreen disease, alleging the company was aware of it and still refused to fix it. The malfunction often follows after a "flickering gray bar" appears across the top of the iPhone screen.
"The iPhones are not fit for the purpose of use as smartphones because of the touchscreen defect," the complaint said. The lawsuit accused Apple of "fraud and violating California consumer protection laws," according toReuters.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit blamed "touch disease" on Apple's decision not to secure the IC (integrated circuit) chip with a metal "shield" or "underfill" to protect it in the 6 and 6 Plus. Basically the chip, which registers a person's touchscreen moves, isn't connecting and therefore processing those moves to make a touchscreen functional. You can see the problem explained at length here.
Last year Apple was hit with a lawsuit when users saw one of the iPhone's features started using data like crazy and alleged Apple didn't do enough to warn users about the data draining feature. iPhone 4S users also sued Apple for rendering phones useless and forcing them to get a new phone with the release of iOS 9.
The iPhone 7's unveiling date will be Sept. 7
