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Let \(D\) be the unit disk in the plane \(\mathbb{C},\) let \(\mu: D \to\mathbb{C} \) be measurable with \(\|\mu\|\leq 1\) and suppose that \(f : D \to\mathbb{C}\) is a solution of the Beltrami equation \(f_{\overline z}= \mu(z) f_z\) a.e. in \(D .\) If \(\|\mu\|\leq k<1\) the solutions, which are known to exist, are quasiconformal maps. The question the authors study is how the regularity properties of \(\mu\) influence the continuity properties of \(f.\) \textit{P. P. Belinskii} [General properties of quasiconformal mappings (1974; Zbl 0292.30019)] proved that if the Beltrami coefficient \(\mu\) is continuous, then \(f\) will be weakly Lipschitz continuous, i.e. locally Hölder continuous for all exponents \(<1.\) \textit{T. Iwaniec} [[Lect. Notes Math. 1508, 39-64 (1992)] refined this result by showing that it is enough to assume that \(\mu\) be VMO. The authors investigate this topic further and prove interesting results and give examples to show the sharpness of the results. For instance, the continuity of \(\mu\) does not imply that \(f\) has local modulus of continuity of the type \(O(|z-z_0|\log(1/|z-z_0|)) .\) The authors follow the example of \textit{C. Andreian-Cazacu} [Acad. Républ. Popul. Raum., Rev. Math. Pures Appl. 2, 383-397 (1957; Zbl 0086.28301)] and \textit{E. Reich} and \textit{H. R. Walczak} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 117, 338-351 (1965; Zbl 0178.08301)] and use refined notions of dilatation. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0980.00050].