Indulge me please! If you're wearing a ring, take it off, put it on your phone, and try to scroll with your finger in it.

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

What happens? What happens if you leave your ring on the screen, but scroll to one side of it?

I have procrastinated tested with several rings and have drawn a couple of conclusion, but would like more data!

Flat edged gold band scrolls normally, as does an open, adjustable, not flat silver ring.

Normal scrolling in both cases here

Flat ring, scrolls fine in each case.

Plan flat band scrolls fine, as does engagement ring with large stone. I'm so confused but you somehow still got me to do it.

Hmm, having tested further I think the screen must be the deciding factor — my Kindle Fire works, but does seem a bit less responsive with the same gold ring.

I understand that when you touch the screen it affects the electrical field underneath, but that's where I get a bit stuck! Are there any physicists or electronic engineers on MN who could explain?

Platinum wedding ring scrolls both ways, but when trying to remove the ring the writing goes huge.

But why tho? Why does this matter?
I only haven't tried it because I don't have a ring.

It’s a good way of risking scratching your screen

Mine scrolls using both methods! Plain wedding band.

Flat. Normal scrolling

I would say it scrolls as normal, except that I can't flick upwards to move it fast.

Scrolls completely normally with finger inside or outside ring

@flyingant

But why tho? Why does this matter? I only haven't tried it because I don't have a ring.

It doesn't really matter, I was just fidgeting and noticed it!

And being of an enquiring mind, I wanted to know whether it was a universal phenomenon. So I thought I'd ask you lot, since I thought it would be a large pool of people with (a) smartphones and (b) wearing engagement or wedding rings.

Although I do want to know why now! The best guess I have is that my iPhone reads "finger + ring" as one very large input, so it doesn't move (like it wouldn't if you put your entire palm on it and tried to scroll). And not all screens do that.

Obviously not everybody wears an engagement/wedding ring but there are enough threads showing them off for me to know there's plenty! And lots of you will wear other rings as well.

Put your rings back on now Mumsnetters.

My ring with points on it enlarges the screen when I scroll

My fingers are too fat to get the ring off

Normal outside the ring. Screen text zooms in when scrolling in the ring

I do know that if you have a stylus for a smartphone it must be made of a conductive material or it won't work, so possibly this is what is affecting the results.

My iPhone scrolls normally using either technique!

You will take over the world, one day, OP.

Both A & B - phone screen scrolls as normal (ie without rings). Flat platinum wedding band and non-flat silver ring tested on iPhone.

However I have quite cold hands and the rings really haven't absorbed much body heat. I wonder if that's a factor, especially as in the winter my phone often doesn't respond to my touch.

Whoa! I have a platinum and diamond eternity band that moves itself across the screen as if magnetic! It won't sit still in the centre. I know it's real though; it's been valued more than once by different jewellers.

Weird result here. I tried with my wedding band.
It didn't scroll at first but now the phone seems to have learned to ignore the ring.
It scrolled after about 15 seconds of trying.
Now I can scroll straight away.

Explain that one OP!