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Barclays: All 2019 iPhones May Lack 3D Touch, New AirPods and Lower-Priced HomePod to Launch Next Year
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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.
3D Touch on the keyboard to move the cursor is very useful. Would be senseless to remove these nice little touches
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.
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.
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.
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.
Since they're at it, may as well kill the emoji bar on the MacbookPro. Just another gimmick.
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.
"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.
I almost never use 3D Touch, so I won't miss it. That's a feature that never caught on for me.
I use the TouchBar on my Mac more than I use 3D Touch.
I use the TouchBar on my Mac more than I use 3D Touch.
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.
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.
For the record, you can actually press anywhere on the keyboard and it will do that.
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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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.
3D Touch is DEFINITELY Amazing!
Damn straight ... it's synonymous with Apple as the logo now!
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.
NooooOOoooOOOOOO! Grrrrr.
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!!
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.
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.
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
The same functionality is available on several keyboards on Android without needing pressure-sensitive hardware like 3D Touch.