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If this is true, they need to find a way to use home screen quick actions without 3D Touch since long press is used for rearranging icons.
 
The 3D Touch trackpad is reason enough to keep it.

Not at all. Two finger drag on the keyboard did the same thing in the iOS... 6? beta.

Kind of funny - looks like I'll go straight from the 6+, the last pre-3D Touch iPhone, to the 2019 iPhone, the first post-3D Touch.
 
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Today, they shared new predictions based on the information they gathered.

Barclays says "…things…" However, they caution that the plans aren't finalized yet, so they could change.

:D

Of course, there's always the caveat.

I wish I had a high paying job like these analysts.

Makes predictions, but the fine print always there to save your ass.
 
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I suspect that the 5.8/6.5 iPhone X will have 3D Touch. It is possible that the 6.1 LCD iPhone might have a simulated 3D Touch. But I don’t believe Apple will _not_ support 3D Touch for any of the iPhones.

The only issue 3D Touch, is not enough users know how to utilize what it’s capable of. Once you start to use it, it really is a nice shortcut tool to have the access your content quicker.
 
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I realize this is a rumors site but come on...

"However, they caution that the plans aren't finalized yet, so they could change."

Hey, here is a story for you MR... Money might start growing on tree's in 2019. However, I must caution you that plans are not finalized yet, so they could change.
 
The problem is, Apple never promoted 3D touch enough. It shows how many people don’t even know about this functionality on their iPhone. If you don’t know what you can do with it you will not use it and never miss it. But most people who discovered the feature got used to its advancements and don’t want to miss it. Comments like “it is useless” most likely come from people who never used it. It’s like a car with an automatic gearbox. If you never drove one or know about it you will not miss it.
 
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I never have really tried for an extended length of time to use 3D Touch since 6S. It just never occurs to me. I don’t see it as being so wonderful when I read an article then go try it again to see what I am missing.
 
The 3D Touch trackpad is reason enough to keep it.

3D Touch on the keyboard to move the cursor is very useful. Would be senseless to remove these nice little touches

In iOS 12 there is the same feature for any device. You just have to hold the spacebar.

I think I have almost never used the 3D Touch, so I don't care much about it, but it wouldn't make sense to remove something which is already there. The only reason I see is if they want to cut the production cost, so that they can earn more money.
 
I didn't expect to use 3D Touch, but after Apple removed the ability to truly turn off wifi and bluetooth from Control Center (to save battery), I created a shortcut to Settings on my home screen, accessed by 3D Touch.
 
HomePod Sales are underwhelming because Siri's abilities are underwhelming. It is Apple's tender spot. They should invest massively in the development of the AI to catch up with Google and Co., or times could get really hard for Apple in the future.
 
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3d touch is useless, press and hold works better.
In iOS 12 there is zero reason for 3d touch since you can press and hold the spacebar and move the cursor around.

For the record, you can actually press anywhere on the keyboard and it will do that.
 
In iOS 12 there is the same feature for any device. You just have to hold the spacebar.

I think I have almost never used the 3D Touch, so I don't care much about it, but it wouldn't make sense to remove something which is already there. The only reason I see is if they want to cut the production cost, so that they can earn more money.
You can hold the spacebar to scrub through text, but you can't highlight. With 3D Touch, it's very easy to highlight words and paragraphs.
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Not at all. Two finger drag on the keyboard did the same thing in the iOS... 6? beta.

Kind of funny - looks like I'll go straight from the 6+, the last pre-3D Touch iPhone, to the 2019 iPhone, the first post-3D Touch.
A two finger drag would require two hands to do it.
 
I never use it, always forget it is there. Probably because I started with the iPhone 3G and it simply isn’t part of my work flow from years without it.
 
  • Barclays says it's "widely understood" that 3D Touch will be removed from iPhones with OLED displays in 2019—aka the third-generation iPhone X and second-generation "iPhone X Plus." However, they caution that the plans aren't finalized yet, so they could change.
Earlier this year, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said 3D Touch won't be a feature on the rumored 6.1-inch iPhone with an LCD, part of the upcoming 2018 lineup. So, by the sound of it, 3D Touch won't be a feature on any 2019 iPhones, assuming Apple sticks with the same three models expected in 2018.

why 3D Touch is amazing

3D Touch is DEFINITELY Amazing!

The 3D Touch trackpad is reason enough to keep it.

Damn straight ... it's synonymous with Apple as the logo now!

If 3D Touch is removed, I will never buy any of those devices, and just settle for last year's iPhone X. My habit of pressing hard on screens for special actions is too ingrained in me.

I do see how removing it would be more consistent with the iPad relying on long presses to activate peeks and pops.

I'd ver VERY upset without 3D Touch as well! Every new model since the 6S has had it; except the SE which clearly was to keep costs down at that time - only 1 product used it then.

Missing 3D Touch? NOOO!

NooooOOoooOOOOOO! Grrrrr.

3D Touch is a selling point for me. I'd hate to see it go. I'm expecting the supply chain may be confused by Apple implementing 3D Touch in a new way using different facilities maybe? - At least I'd hope for the feature to stay.

Definitely a selling point as well. I tried for 4 months going from an iPhone 7 to an SE ... and despite the speed performance in all system action and applications, the real issue with 3D Touch missing in the SE.

- accurate cursor placement,
- accurate text selection for Lookup or search is VERY important to me ... I use it at least 40x a day!!

'long press' on my iphone SE does the majority of the things '3d touch' does on the X..

not all, but the majority.

LMAO ... Long press on the SE does NOT give you real accurate Text Selection or Highlight for single character, words, or paragraphs. You long press to select a Word. You press to bring up a magnifying glass that gets in the way of seeing text in context around the bubble. Yuck no thanks.

I don't think Apple would remove 3D Touch without compensating it with a similar feature. If they do just get rid of it entirely, it would be sorely missed by me. But I'm skeptical of this news.

Exactly.

For me ... 3D Touch fully put BlackBarry's Hybrid Hardware Touch Keyboard into the grave (Passport). At my old workplace when the 6S was introduced there was a handful of people that upgraded to the Passport and really liked it until they saw 3D Touch ... the rest was history and after 7mths of being on the market BB10 to iOS migration time happened in less than 30 days for 95% of users ... yeah I expedited deliveries to VERY happy employees!

It also killed any "add-on" hardware based keyboards for competition products for being realistically useful.
 
:D
Of course, there's always the caveat.
I wish I had a high paying job like these analysts.
Makes predictions, but the fine print always there to save your ass.

really - like Apple is planning anything NOW - the 3 models were probably set in stone likely years ago
 
I wonder if Apple might implement 3D touch in a different way that doesn't require a pressure sensor.

One idea I had was... well, when you push harder on the screen with your finger, your finger flattens out a bit, causing the area you are touching to increase. Maybe they use this to determine pressure instead? I'm not sure it would work as well as the current implementation, and it wouldn't work when using a touch stylus, but it's a possibility.

I would definitely miss 3D touch if they removed it. I use it all the time!
It's called long pressing.
 
Sounds like a load of BS to me, 3D touch is a major selling point, it's not going anywhere barclays.
 
3d touch is useless, press and hold works better.
In iOS 12 there is zero reason for 3d touch since you can press and hold the spacebar and move the cursor around.
You obviously do not use 3D touch than
 
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