How do touchscreens (on iPads and iPhones) even work? Do the phone manufacturers literally create millions of tiny buttons in different areas that are hidden under the screen? No, wait… the screen has to have pixels, not buttons, wait whaaAAaaat?

Anyway, this is my question for today. What makes smartphone screens and iPad screens, um… clickable? When you’re reading a weird school-unrelated article on your iPad, what allows you to scroll down the page? When you are playing Fortnite  video games on your phone, what allows you to turn and snipe  say hello to someone? Now you can understand my question more clearly. Yes. That same

question. I’m not quite so sure about the answer to it, but it might be something about tiny electric charges coming out of the tip of your finger (or the end of your nose, if you’re someone who likes using your nose to click buttons on your iPad or iPhone) that shocks a tiny area on your iPad. I’m pretty sure that there are some tiny microscopic charge receivers hidden under the screen. Wait, again! There are pixels under the screen! This is confusing, and I will definitely do a it of research on it. To sum it all up, I’m wondering how iPads enable us to click its screen. Adios!

How do Touchscreens Work?

2 thoughts on “How do Touchscreens Work?

  • October 19, 2018 at 11:41 am
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    I never thought about that, but I think it is a great question.

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  • October 19, 2018 at 2:20 pm
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    Yeah, it is pretty confusing.

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