iPhone 16 Pro Max keyboard issues

I am also experiencing the keyboard unresponsiveness. When I type, my keyboard randomly switches to the numbers keyboard so I start typing numbers into my words and have to painstakingly edit each word. I went to the Apple Store where I bought my iPhone 16 Pro and they tried resetting the phone from an iCloud backup instead of from my old phone. We then tried again to reset the phone with a backup from my Mac. We then tried setting the phone up from scratch instead of from a backup. We tried replacing the screen protector and we tried without the screen protector. I was then given a replacement phone and we tried setting that one up from scratch. None of the above have worked as I am still having the same keyboard issue. I haven’t had the phone for long enough to have noticed other issues but I am really frustrated by the lack of a solution to my issue.

Yes I’m having the same issues here! At first I checked all the keyboard settings, still no improvement bcs I thought maybe it’s new iPhone and there are some changes with settings and nope!

My keyboard can’t keep up with how fast I am typing, lack of responsiveness (compare to my iphone 12 pro max) and I have to double tap more often to respond in the whole screen.

And today my first time I have my iPhone 16 pro max screen showed flickering with vertical rainbow stripes flash after I sent text and wanted to type again. I know and feel that there is definitely a problem with iPhone 16 pro max. Not as I expected as like new iPhone. I’m very disappointed. ☹️ 

Yes yes. Did notice that too. Sometimes i feel that when i type too fast the backspace won’t work or when i mistype something and i have to delete something the backspace doesn’t work quite well too. So disappointing from Apple. I hope they address this as this is one of the most important things for me to make work easier and more efficient for me.

the only downside for this when you use your iPhone mirroring, the keyboard won’t type properly using your laptop

I have this issue with the 16 pro max keyboard. When I try to type, it freezes, misses letters, takes long to respond. It’s been almost a month and it’s still a problem. Are you currently working on this?

Thank you.

The 18.0.1 update did not fix issues with unresponsiveness in the screen. Typing is horrendous. I have to click the screen harder/twice in order for the screen to respond. Even typing this out is a chore. I spent so much on this phone just to dread using it, and wishing I had my two year old phone back. Please, please fix this issue.

I have the same issues. I’ve done some of the adjustments other people on this thread have suggested & it hasn’t helped much. I find myself talking into the phone if I have to send long messages. Making sure all of my friends know this issue before they purchase it & have the same problem I do.

I just upgraded for the iPhone 13 Pro Max with never having to look at the keyboard while typing. Now it seems like I have press very hard for my key presses to recognize the touch. While before I barely had to press to type - more like tap. Half the time the screen is not registering my touches. I’m on Verizon networking using a Zagg screen protector.

This is horrible experience and needs fixed because I can’t type quickly.

Derekvill wrote: "...my iPhone 12 Pro Max was completely malfunctioning..."

In an old model iPhone, that could be due to a weak, aging battery. So...

Does your iPhone 12 Pro Max still have its original battery?

And what's the Maximum Capacity % here?...

Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging

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Ouch… I thought I was being weird thinking a brand new, £1500 phone was unresponsive, laggy, and not recognising taps…. This is utterly disappointing and should be fixed ASAP - can’t believe a premium product, sold and priced as such is having such a frustrating issue - the amount of fixing I need to do to every text makes me want to put this phone straight in the bin.

Yo fools. I have been having the same issue for a few months as well on iphone 13 regular edition.

It's gotten worse in the last month. I am looking at my keypad and hitting a T with pinpoint precision and it pops up a Y instead. It's doing a similar thing all over my keyboard especially with the .

I have autocorrect turned off and it is still auto correcting things.

I have numerous settings turned off and they are still working automatically.

I switched to two other keyboards one at a time. G board worked well for about 10-12 hours and then the issue came back out of nowhere.

iPhone 16 Pro for 1 week now. I can barely type this message. Had to retype every word, it's extremely annoying. I had an iPhone X until last week and the keyboard worked perfectly. It doesn't seem to be the software. The screen seems to be the problem.

Exactly what I’m seeing. I also had a 13 Pro Max before getting the 16 Pro Max. Typos like crazy and I know I typed correctly.

I had mine freeze in messages today and rebooted itself. I have never had that on any iPhone before. I also noticed the screen pull down from the top is a lot more difficult to pull down. I have the standard neoprene Apple brand case just like my old phone. Seriously disappointed with the upgrade so far.

Here is proof that there is obviously a problem with the keyboard as I did a typing test.

Results were the following:

iPhone 16 Pro Max: 32WPM 174CPM (Top 70%)

iPhone 14 Pro Max: 57WPM 309CPM (Top 20%)

Screenshot link: https://imgur.com/a/7k4996Q

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Wife's brand new 16 Pro Max did the same thing. After tinkering found out it was a setting she had turned on (also could have been default on), I turned it off and BOOM FIXED

Settings > accessibility > Touch > Touch accomodations > then turn this off and make sure touch accomodations is off

Wife's brand new 16 Pro Max did the same thing. After tinkering found out it was a setting she had turned on (also could have been default on), I turned it off and BOOM FIXED

Settings > accessibility > Touch > Touch accomodations > then turn this off and make sure touch accomodations is off