For Those Of You Concerned About Your Home Button "Dying"....

[IlliniGuy76]

I've had numerous iPhones and twice have had the home button from dying.

On my iPhone 4 when this happened they showed me an assistive touch option in general settings. Even though I've gotten the 5 I still have that setting on my phone and use it everytime instead of pressing my home button.

Thought I'd share as it is very easy to actually use...

 

[Prise]

Thanks for the tip.

Very convenient to access many areas of the different phone features.

 

[gstevie]

I know some people do worry about this and I do too slightly. But if my home button plays up, I can assure you that I will be visiting Apple and getting it fixed/swapped.

 

[onthecouchagain]

What does assistive touch do?

 

[hypoh]

I'm pretty sure the home button issues only existed with the iPhone 4, and Apple fixed the design flaws with the introduction of the 4S.

 

[lorenwade]

iPhone 5's button is completely different with metal housing... it'll be much more resilient.

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-5-Teardown/10525/4#s38306

 

[Irish Rose]

What does assistive touch do?

 

[AppleFan91]

I think Apple has found ways to make it more durable, not just for the consumers benefit, but fr theirs. They lost some money on that button giving people issues

 

[onthecouchagain]

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Ah, thanks for explaining.