Iphone 5 home button strength

Zaft

macrumors 601

Original poster

• Jan 10, 2013

• #1

Iphone 5 is the first iphone to use a metal support bracket for the home button. Previous iPhones had plastic/rubber and would become unresponsive after time. I'm wondering how the 5 is holding up for everyone. So far mine is just as good as day one.

 

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ezramoore

macrumors 6502a

• Jan 10, 2013

• #2

Mine is fine too. Historically the problem doesn't show up for most users until 1.5+ yrs.

 

Zaft

macrumors 601

Original poster

• Jan 10, 2013

• #3

ezramoore said:

Mine is fine too. Historically the problem doesn't show up for most users until 1.5+ yrs.

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I dont know about that. It showed up on my 4S around 6 months in.

 

Will2145

macrumors 6502a

• Jan 10, 2013

• #4

Mine has a few scratches, only noticeable in a bright light, and a little curved crack on the right, no idea how that happened..

 

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zybersniper

macrumors member

• Jan 10, 2013

• #5

Mine is actually getting harder to press. It registers presses just fine, but requires pressing a little harder.

 

R.Stoychev

macrumors 6502a

• Jan 10, 2013

• #6

On my 5 is fine for now 🙄 ... But on my 4 after 2 years It's a little bit unresponsive 🙁

 

mpayne2k

macrumors 6502a

• Jan 10, 2013

• #7

I was pleasantly surprised at how responsive and clicky it felt coming from an iPhone 4 which was getting nearly unusable at the end. Glad I upgraded!