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Check out how touchscreens work [Infographic]

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By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Check out how touchscreens work

We all know that touchscreens on smartphones are the greatest things since sliced bread but not everyone knows how these things work. Cricket Wireless created a pretty cool breakdown of how this works in the infographic below, so I thought I’d share it with all you lovely people.

I know Cricket had to include resistive screens because of some of its portfolio but let’s hope that we will soon move past this in favor of capacitive screens. Let us know what you think in the comments.

How Does a Touchscreen Phone Work?

[photo cricket, infographic]

About The Author

Marin Perez

Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.

  • Meh

    The current is “broadcast”?  Huh?  Did anyone who knows anything about physics or electronics look at this?

  • Nalin

    i also have the same cover as shown iphone cove on top of the site