I like the home button and the touch ID feature but because of them the 4.7" iPhone is as big as most 5" or more android phones. They should just find a way to reduce the bezel.
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Apple Looking to Eliminate Home Button on iOS Devices, Integrate Touch and Display Driver Chips?
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They said this last year they would eliminate the home button. They'll probably do away with the home button for iPhone 10. I'll believe it when I see it. I personally think since they have added Touch ID they should keep the home button. I think the home button looks gorgeous and actually serves a purpose now.
What Apple needs to do is add a back button.
What Apple needs to do is add a back button.
With Force Touch, I think this would be awesome. I would welcome a shorter phone (not thinner, just to clarify).
I don't predict the touch ID and home button to be integrated into the screen for another 2 years at least. It's some pretty cutting edge tech to do the ID sensor.
This makes me nervous because the fingerprint sensor does not work reliably for me. Am I the only one?
It has to work as good as the home button for touch ID. As other people here have said, it be the iPhone 7 that gets it at the earliest.
If you use "finger 1, finger 2" for one finger, make it WAY better. At least that's what I've found. If your hands are the least bit wet though, forget it.
The home button needs to go and has needed to go for a long time. I've had a few home button issues and try to not touch it much on my current iPhone 6.
Yeah, I'm not sure about getting rid of the home button either. All the phones I've used with touch buttons have been dreadful, but I can't quite put my finger on why. But obviously that won't be Apple's solution. If they're thinking of using a hard press anywhere on the screen as a Home command, I could get behind that, although it would mean hard press can't be used for anything else (though I don't really see the use for it on iPhone anyway - it's not a pleasant interaction even on Apple Watch).
Simple - currently a long press of the power button brings up an option on-screen to power off. I suggest making a longer press power off regardless of what's the the screen, and an even longer press could do a restart (you'd need this, because if your screen's gone blank you wouldn't necessarily know when you've successfully powered off, and just counting would be a pain).
Simple - currently a long press of the power button brings up an option on-screen to power off. I suggest making a longer press power off regardless of what's the the screen, and an even longer press could do a restart (you'd need this, because if your screen's gone blank you wouldn't necessarily know when you've successfully powered off, and just counting would be a pain).
Why?
The swipe left makes much more sense, and when being linked from one app to another iOS9 now has a "back to so and so" function in the upper left.
About time. The home button will soon go the way of the former iPod scroll wheel.
Since it's been ingrained in all of us that pressing the home button on an iOS device registers a feeling of accomplishing a task, I expect "Force Touch" to help suppliment the tactile feedback/haptic sensation received upon pressing a virtual home button.
Hope this is integrated into the iPhone 7, and kiss that giant bezel goodbye!
Since it's been ingrained in all of us that pressing the home button on an iOS device registers a feeling of accomplishing a task, I expect "Force Touch" to help suppliment the tactile feedback/haptic sensation received upon pressing a virtual home button.
Hope this is integrated into the iPhone 7, and kiss that giant bezel goodbye!
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A touch screen with integrated TouchID sounds like a pretty cool idea, and it certainly sounds great to be able to unlock your phone with your thumb anywhere on the screen instead of awkwardly at the bottom. Additionally, it would be great to gain an extra square inch of real estate with no increase in the overall size of the phone.
Nonetheless, I would hate the loss of the physical home button.
The home button allows you to orient your phone and perform a variety of functions entirely by feel without even having to look at it: wake, unlock, access home screen, Siri, Apple Pay, and app switcher, just off the top of my head. The home button is largely responsible for making the iPhone and iPad devices that anyone could quickly learn to use ("If you get lost, just click here to go home and start over!")
The only practical way I can imagine of duplicating these functions without crappy Android-style soft buttons would be to add more buttons to the edge. Considering the frequency with which many of us accidentally wake or sleep our phones when trying to adjust the volume or snap a photo, this doesn't sound very appealing at all.
Nonetheless, I would hate the loss of the physical home button.
The home button allows you to orient your phone and perform a variety of functions entirely by feel without even having to look at it: wake, unlock, access home screen, Siri, Apple Pay, and app switcher, just off the top of my head. The home button is largely responsible for making the iPhone and iPad devices that anyone could quickly learn to use ("If you get lost, just click here to go home and start over!")
The only practical way I can imagine of duplicating these functions without crappy Android-style soft buttons would be to add more buttons to the edge. Considering the frequency with which many of us accidentally wake or sleep our phones when trying to adjust the volume or snap a photo, this doesn't sound very appealing at all.
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Yep, zero bezel won't be right either. A little bezel would do. And symmetry, yes please.
I'm probably going to get crucified for this, but here it comes anyway...
The higher-range WindowsPhone (Lumia 800+) devices get this one nailed done to perfection: "Back" - "Home" - "Search/Cortana", all as capacitive, dedicated buttons while still keeping the bezel narrow. In comparison, the multi-use home button on the iPhone pales as regards user-friendliness and is much more "form over function", IMHO..
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Not for me. I never missed the back button and once I tried an android it was one of the things I really couldn't stand.
One button is perfect to me.
True, but Apple could always implement a quick "touch and hold" for .5 – 1.0 secs of a virtual home button to avoid inadvertent swipes.