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Of course there will always be those people who complain solely for the sake of complaining...
I did not realise there was an increase in speed and it's not been mentioned much before so that is a plus. Still 5 weeks away from delivery here though
Still 5 weeks? WOW. Sorry for the long wait but you will love it.
How do you know that this was the "reason" that they created a different type of solution? You ask the OP not to assume, but it appears you have done the same about Apple's intentions?
For many of us the haptic feedback works just fine, and for even more it's a new sensation but they get used to it. Some - like yourself - won't and it's a deal breaker. Fair do's. Whatever Apple do, there will be things that aren't for everyone. They try to please a large portion of the demographic they're after but not every last person, and that is good business - and good consumer - sense. (That's not an assumption I've made either, it's well documented with the return of Steve Jobs to Apple that Apple would no longer try to please everyone.)
Yeah the mythical Unicorn, iPhone 7+ Jet Black 256GB. No more deliveries until at least November 2, and I'm likely not in the first batch, so it's probably going to be longer than that.
For me more like:
Day 1, Hour 1: This is weird!
Day 1, Hour 2: It's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Day 1, Hour 3: I like it!
After many years as an Apple customer, one becomes very aware of the company's practices. To their credit, they've built an empire off of very clever promotion of their own way of doing things, even when it's not the best solution.
Rather than using the
Sorry man, I always read your comments BUT you are just way off base on this one ... the haptic home button is sure fire.
I do realize in AppleLand it's all about being a good lemming and never challenging Apples Supreme Authority...
I do realize in AppleLand it's all about being a good lemming and never challenging Apples Supreme Authority...
Well I'm hardly that ... check the history.
It's most likely a stepping stone to the 2017 iPhone, which is rumored to ditch the dedicated home button, rather than something to brag about.
Might as well get used to it.
I don't see how they can ditch the bottom. they need space for taptic engine and lighting port unless they make the battery smaller. they removed headphone jack to reclaim space for other important things.
real estate in mobile device is premium.
Humans should be able to adapt. I suspect this is one step closer to not have a home button at all.
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I do realize in AppleLand it's all about being a good lemming and never challenging Apples Supreme Authority...
I guess you never considered that we just plain like the new home button on it merits rather than because we are fans of Apple products. I like Apple and it products but nothing would get me to say I like the new home button because I love Apple.
What?
It currently looks like a button, but does not react like a button. Is it this fair to call it a button?
It may be a step to removing it, but I am not in favour of the tactile feedback compared to its implementation across Apple's product portfolio.
LOL. Does not matter if you think it is fair to call it a button, that is the term I and most others choose to use. As far as the tactile feedback, get used to it or move on as it seem to be the direction that Apple has chosen to take.
I never suggested that others don't like it.
For those who've never had the pleasure of experiencing a capacitive button which coincidentally is _the same_ technology as the touchscreen itself, it's understandable that they don't know the difference.
It's also well known that Apple prefers to dictate to their users and that's OK too. One of Steve Jobs greatest accomplishments was to create a cult like following that would live on to evangelize for Apple long after he died.
That is the term you use because it is what it was. It is your cognitive dissonance that does not allow you to think it could be anything else.
I think it is growing up where you live that prevents you from thinking it is anything else.
I think it is growing up where you live that prevents you from thinking it is anything else.
If you want to say something, say it.
No one has times for silly games.
Imagine the iPhone 7 internals, bump up the screen to take up more of the front of the phone, so make it shorter (Maybe a bit wider) to be more the same shape as the screen, with a small section at the top for the camera and earpiece.
I wonder if they might do this at the expense of making the phone a fraction thicker to reclaim lost internal volume. One thing I can see going soon is the Sim Card slot - you don't need that huge waste of space, opening etc, when the chip in the card itself is probably less than a grain of rice in size.
I spend a lot of time using Apple TrackPads as implemented on the latest MacBook & MacBook Pro models, they're a stellar example of Apples finest work.
Other phones have significantly smaller bezels compared to the iPhone so they can at least shrink them.
Perhaps they'll ditch the lighting port and give us wireless charging, but there's currently no rumor pointing to this. We only have rumors on edge to edge display, virtual home button and a return to glass back.
Well, the rumors suggest edge to edge display so perhaps they've re-designed it. It's speculative right now so we'll see if it actually plays out.
They downsize/re-design components all the time so not a good idea to assume this year's Taptic Engine will be the same as next year.