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Typing on an iPhone may trigger more typos than usual.
The wrong character appears even if the right key is tapped.
The glitch seems to be software or OS related.
Typing on a mobile phone can be a frustrating experience. You try to hit those tiny keys with your big thumbs, hoping that the right characters appear. But far too often, you end up with typos. That problem may have gotten even worse on an iPhone.
More frequent mistakes
A YouTuber named Michi NekoMichi recently posted a slow-motion video that recorded him typing the phrase "thumbs up" on his iPhone keyboard. The video showed that even when the correct key was pressed, the phone would enter the wrong character, typically one surrounding the key he pressed. For example, typing the letter u would insert the letter y or h instead, while typing the letter m would insert the letter n.
Also: I swapped my old iPhone for an iPhone 17 Pro for a month
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