The screen is really sensitive but at times it takes a gesture to activate some parts, ie if your on the home screen, you have to start swiping from the middle to the edge to change desktops. But then in the repo, the smallest swipe downwards would start the list kinetically scrolling. (really nice btw)

So i think its built into the firmware that you have to make certain gestures in order to avoid accidental activation.

I like this process on the whole, with the iphone im constantly activating things by mistake with the lightest touch.
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