I think we do agree, there is new tech coming it's just not ready yet. Everyone wants new tech now and rips Apple for not innovating, but personally I'd rather them get it right before it's released. The halt of buying for me is the limited stock, everyday I get 1 day closer to just waiting until next year.
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Apple Offers a Temporary Workaround if the Home Button Fails on an iPhone 7
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I do agree that no company should rush to failure. Look at the Note 7. So yes there is tech out there but maybe it is to soon to break it out. On the contrast, how are we able to use it right now? Hmm, I think Apple has something up their sleeve.
I don't exactly know what you are calling new tech here. If you are still talking about that onscreen software button thats not new tech. When it's always under the screen and still reads your fingerprint, that's new tech. Apple for sure has big things coming.
So we're writing off the iPhone 7 because of ONE report?
Wow guys. I don't think the iPhone 7 taptic button is any less prone to failure than a physical button, so who cares?
I'm sure millions of iPhones will be fine, but at least there's a safeguard that you can use so that the phone is at least still usable!
Wow guys. I don't think the iPhone 7 taptic button is any less prone to failure than a physical button, so who cares?
I'm sure millions of iPhones will be fine, but at least there's a safeguard that you can use so that the phone is at least still usable!
not really - nowadays, physical buttons often just control software - especially so in cars or with car stereos - so, a physical button is just an additional point of failure - also, a touchscreen is sort of a physical button, because you have to touch it physically - unlike voice control. car manufactures probably went back to realmbuttons, because of the haptics - it's bad design, if you have to look away from the road. plus, as it's so often the case wih cars, they were designed poorly (e.g. didn't respond because the system needed time to boot up, didn't respond as directly as we're used from apple-products, had bad UI,...)
Well... hmm, I consider new tech as a feature not yet presented to the industry and/or product. This screen home button is a feature just now presented. The entire workings seemingly to be totally different though the end result/outcome is the same.
The taptic engine? Is that any more reliable than the click button? I must say I've had every single iPhone made and never once had a button issue but maybe thats just because I changed them often.
If you understand it like that then you understand it wrong and since i specifically stated that i'm still waiting for mine you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to undersstand that i'm pointing to general public with 7th iPhone.
This could very well be the first and only 7/7+ home button to fail. Certainly isn't as widespread as any other reported issue, so a few affected devices at most, I would imagine.
This is MacRumors, a site that regularly pops up on Google searches when people search for issues with their Apple products. That's a good thing, because it makes MacRumors somewhat of a hub for people to share their issues. On the other hand, that drastically inflates the number of people that come here with defective or malfunctioning devices. As a result, every single iPhone launch appears to be a catastrophic failure. In reality, the vast majority of people have perfectly functional devices. The ones that don't either come here or to the official Apple discussion forums.
On the contrary , 2017 will be the year Apple makes a spiritual Galaxy Note 7 except it won't explode.I am drooling just thinking of that display
It's getting an OLED display and home button is removed.For the display alone it deserves a number change
I don't think you understand, it's not a feature it's a fail safe if the actual home button fails. Here's one example of why this is not a feature: You won't be able to just hit the home button when the device is in standby to light up the screen you will need to hit the power button and then enter a passcode.
Edit: from google, how to enable onscreen home button in iOS 9
This is how you do it:
- Open Settings.
- Go to General > Accessibility.
- Scroll down to the section labeled INTERACTION and tap on AssistiveTouch.
- On the next screen, toggle AssistiveTouch to the green On position.
- A white circle with a grey box will appear on screen. Tap this circle to expand it to a big box on screen.
When my girlfriend'a iPhone 5 home button stopped working, I had to text her prefs:// and guide her to the accessibility settings from there. This is much better.
I had the same experience when purchasing a refrigerator last month. I wanted one without a computer to break. I wanted a mechanical thermostat. I wanted passive external radiation (no electric fan to break). Took me forever to find one.
New home button isn't any more reliable than the old home button but it's getting more expensive and harder or impossible for DIY replacement. What was once a $7 fully replaceable part on iPhone 5 became $30 on iPhone 5s to 6s with Apple disabling touch ID. How much is the taptic engine home button for iPhone 7 going to cost if you can even buy one? If you can only go through Apple what is the out of warranty cost?
Never knew this...interesting. So now I'm thinking whats the point of the home button at all?
Thanks! As I wrote, I had never heard of that! You really do learn something new everyday!
I have used the new home button and it's definitely more durable then the old one.I actually love how it feels.Apple destroyed most Android handsets on this count .
*groan* I did not say a physical button cannot fail, only that it is less likely.
My turn: tell it to the people who's phones were bricked after a software upgrade.
