The problem with the coming wave of low-cost tablets may be that you get what you pay for. Following news of a pesky GPS bug that was causing problems for early Nexus 7 adopters, more recent reports suggest many new Google tablets are having some serious issues with their touchscreens. Some users are reporting a bug where their Nexus 7 tablets are registering phantom touches and the problem seemingly gets worse over time. The good news, however, is that Google has acknowledged the problem. “The Android team is aware of this issue and investigating,” Google’s Paul Wilcox wrote on the company’s forum. There is currently no indication of when a fix might be released. A video that shows how the bug impacts touch input follows below.
Video: Nexus 7 owners plagued by yet another major bug
Published Aug 13th, 2013 7:05PM EDT
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