Hello Matt,
To prevent the ghost click, try manually preventing the touchstart on the button, like this (but add this code after your mobile application init):
$(document.body).on("touchstart", "[data-role*=button]", false);
A fix will be present in the next internal build and the service pack.
Greetings,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team
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