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How durable is 5S home button?

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Retired Cat

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My iPhone 5 home button has scratches, which is to be expected from plastic. Is the 5S home button, which is partly sapphire, resistant to scratches? How durable is the capacitive ring?
 
Seems quite durable to me. I don't have any scratches or blemishes on my 5s at all, and I don't use a case or screen protectors either.
 
The iphone 5s home button CAN be scratched. If you look on youtube you will see someone doing so to demonstrate the consequences of a scratched touch sensor. The end result is that the touch id no longer works to access your phone!
 
djplaxe2109 said:
Mine was shaky at first, but over time it seems to have gotten better. Kind of strange.
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It's not all that strange. Temperature plays a significant part in this. I assume it's getting warmer where you are?

I do recommend that people using one finger primarily have a winter print and a summer print.
 
Retired Cat said:
My iPhone 5 home button has scratches, which is to be expected from plastic. Is the 5S home button, which is partly sapphire, resistant to scratches? How durable is the capacitive ring?
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Why don't you go to 'Settings" and create a touch Home button that displays on your screen. You can turn off from there too.
 
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