iPhone XS XS question about using top right corner

[ssledoux]

My daughter got the XS. She is having an issue and wanted me to ask here.

When she is in certain apps, such as Snapchat, there are items that need to be clicked in the upper right corner. She says she never gets a response from anything she tries to click up in that right corner.

I have no clue about this as I don't have that phone, but I told her I would ask if it could possibly be a software issue, or if that's just kind of a dead space on the phone.

This would be to the right of the notch.

 

[akash.nu]

The space next to the notch is restricted to system status / alerts. No app UI element can reach that area. Probably the hit zone for the button she’s trying to tap on is too small, which would be an app issue.