Random Facts #44 + Opinion/Techblog · 11:23pm Mar 21st, 2017
The touch-sensitive part of a screen is actually completely separate from the actual screen itself. Instead, it's a "digitizer screen" that's overlayed and glued/mounted directly on top of the actual screen.
There are two primary types of touch digitizers: Resistive and capacitive. In recent years, capacitive screens have largely overtaken resistive screens.