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aegis	2016-03-01 , 02:21
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Originally Posted by pichlo

Names matter and Apple knows how to milk it. Just look at their "pressure sensitive" technology. It has been around for decades, known as "resistive". Now Apple comes along, digs it out from archives, gives it a new name and the masses swoon.

They're not using resistive screens like old Nokia phones. Those used a flexible layer which you pushed against another layer creating a circuit.

Apple use a glass front with a capacitive screen and 96 strain gauges. It doesn't just know where you're pressing, it knows how hard.

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