Galaxy S9 owners are running into touchscreen dead zones
https://www.cnet.com/news/galaxy-s9-touchscreen-dead-zones/
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus have scarcely been on sale for a week and already some Galaxy S9 owners are reporting dead zones.
Numerous complaints on the official Samsung forums and all over Reddit (here, here and here) describe how portions of the screen won't respond to touch input.