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When do you think Apple will move to an on screen home button?
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Never!
I want to have a hard home button to reach with just feel, without have to look at my phone each time to go home.
I want to have a hard home button to reach with just feel, without have to look at my phone each time to go home.
Apple already has a patent for TouchID on the screen:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15...fingerprint-sensors-into-touchscreen-displays
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Probably iPhone 8 not 7S because they don't do major redesigns with the S model iPhine
Yeah, and that's why Apple will never make a screen bigger than the 5(S)'s 4" also.
Yeah, and that's why Apple will never make a screen bigger than the 5(S)'s 4" also.
Different story, it was Steve Jobs who said 3.5" is the size best for human hand. And now he is not with us anymore.
Since he have been gone, the world has changed a lot.
Phones are not for phone call anymore, shifted towards to more information based, webpage and among other things
Larger screen can really benefit that, try use a 3.5" screen when you want to check stuffs on wikipedia or other newer webpage. Sure some of them has mobile version but text still too small to read comfortably and content you can read per page is insufficient .
I was referring to neither Jobs nor the 3.5" screens: http://www.imore.com/tim-cook-addresses-larger-screen-sizes-says-apple-picked-right-one-4-inches
(My point stands.)
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I would love to get rid of the button and drastically lessen the bezels. I don't see this happening any time soon though.
Tim Cook and Steve Jobs single most common focal point was and is... squeezing out every last dime of profit from each and every product they make.
A not so easy task that both men were true experts at. If nothing else, they deserve recognition for that fact. Just one look at Apple's financials proves that point without hesitation.
The small display is a key element in Apples ongoing, wildly profitable operation. By convincing throngs of Apple Faithful that Apple knows what's best for them, Apple remains in control.
A not so easy task that both men were true experts at. If nothing else, they deserve recognition for that fact. Just one look at Apple's financials proves that point without hesitation.
The small display is a key element in Apples ongoing, wildly profitable operation. By convincing throngs of Apple Faithful that Apple knows what's best for them, Apple remains in control.
With 3D Touch multitasking the home button is being used less and less. (For me). I would say around 3-4 years from know when we see a touch capacitive home button
