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iOS 11 Dock and Gesture Controls to Replace 'iPhone 8' Home Button Entirely
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Because black bezel....hides the bezel. When the bezel is black, it makes it feel like you're holding just the content.
It'll be all glass, so much more scratch resistant than polished aluminum. TBH, I wish Apple went all in with ceramic, but I know that would be difficult to manufacturer at the scale Apple needs.
Yes I like my home button and I hate gesture controls never can remember them all, not simple blah if this is remotely true then another of several dealbreakers for me. I like my 7 Plus for size (8 is not much bigger than 7-7s). I do not like the charger concept either, really like speed and staying connected of lighting connector, my Apple Watch gets knocked of the magnetic charger too easily sometimes and I have no use for this on my iPhone -- plus have so many lightning connectors and such now that I just am not ready to move, don't like the rounded OLED screen too easy to hit like it is on my friends Samsung, I like fingerprint Apple Pay works very well for me -- not facial recognition yuck, so anythings that if even remotely true means I am staying with my 7plus and we will see what transpires next year with the 9 series whether I stop updating my iPhones and stick with what I like...
Looking at my S8+ right now. With the screen off, I see the glare, but don't really notice it. With the screen on, I don't see any glare. While the specifics of the lighting of where I am right now may make a difference, I can say I have never once had an issue where glare from the curved edges has drawn my attention, much less been a problem, when using the phone.
I have never liked most gestures on apple devices and seldom use most of them let alone remember them, other than pinch and expand on MacOS or iOS and a couple other things on iPhone (swipe up to see the control panel -- Like that) and down to see notifications again. Rest I largely do not use and not too excited for this either
yes completely agree, most like my wife just want it to be simple they are not geeks like most of us here who are willing (even if you hate gestures like me LOL) to try stuff. It seems we have little vision left to make it just easy to use -- on all the apple devices as far as I am concerned. I do not like even if 75% of rumors are true much of what is supposed to be unique to the 8 so I will wait this one out unless some major highly useful feature is offered. Plus it looks more of the smaller size and I really like my 7 plus ;-)
Like you I also use the wake to raise but then my fingerprint to open the phone and really like that -- besides using Apple Pay at my local vendors of choice so the change -- if really remotely true is not for me yet... ;-)
I'm curious about this as well. When I drive, I keep my phone in my pocket for safety. I can feel and use the home button to activate Siri to send/read messages over bluetooth so I don't have to take my eyes off the road. If the home button goes away, I hope there is a good replacement option for this. Facial recognition won't work, and Hey Siri can't hear me. My car's bluetooth button activates BlueLink by default, so Siri has to be summoned by the phone. Here's to hoping I don't have to buy a thousand dollar phone as well as a new car stereo with Car Play!
A major issue for me a mostly glass iPhone again not liking. I like my solid aluminum framed 7Plus and the 7sPlus not much exciting to me either so will stick with my plus -- lots of screen for me like my mini iPad almost that works great for me
September 12th can't get here too soon. Wish I had that remote from the movie "Click". Nothing exciting happening in my life between now and then, anyway.
To have to use two different swipe-up "speeds" to trigger Control Center vs. Multitasking/Home? You will forgive me if I am not optimistic about how well/consistently this would work... and it is certainly not as convenient as a dedicated Home button!
You say “holding just the content”. Seriously? Do you really believe this:
Blends more with iOS than this:
Really?
I was just thinking about the Palm Pre and WebOS yesterday and lamenting it's pioneering tech not going anywhere despite being purchased. Didn't expect it to end up in an iPhone of all places. Thanks for recognizing that. I hope others do to.
I'll comment when I see the actual device and not the random rumors. I still think Apple puts out rumors just confuse everyone.
BlackBerry Tried that with their BB10 devices and it was painful to use. I really hope apple dont go that route. Multigesture to close apps or open the device might work great when there is no other buttons on screen to accidentaly trigger if the motion is not tracked or done properly (happens more often than one would think). It is the most annoying feature about my Q10 work phone.