Is the phantom touch issue present in resistive touch screens?
It's not present on resistive touchscreen.
The capacitive touchscreen measures the capacitance change when a finger is near the screen.
The capacitance can be affected by a lot of external environmental factors like moisture, temperature, dirt on the screen, etc.. and there is a lot of software involved to always keep it &quot;calibrated&quot; and ignore false positives.
On a cellphone, the screen is typically &quot;calibrated&quot; every time you activate the display for instance.

Resistive touchscreen, however, is made of 2 membranes that are put in contact when pushed with a finger, due to the design, they are not sensitive to the external environment and thereof to phantom touch as long as the membranes are not damaged.

The capacitive touchscreen, however, is more durable and has a better feel, it has become a prominent technology.
There are also other touchscreen technologies like ultrasonic that is sometimes used for ticket vending system like for the trains.