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.....and we only have about 340 days until we find out. I can't sleep already.
Maybe with a home buttonless iPhone the force touch would allow a three finger salute for a force quit task manager/reboot prompt 
So if you remove the physical button, don't you then end up having to commit screen real-estate to providing the same functionality? I mean iOS would still need a way to go back to your home screen, and if you put that functionality on-screen, it kind of has to always be there, right? Is there really an advantage?
Yea gods. The Keynote iPhone video that Sir Jony Ive produces when the Apple engineers give him the ability to design an iPhone with no visible buttons on the front will have to be rated 'X' it's going to ooze so much sexiness.
I predict the next iPhone will be released this time next year.
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I can't reveal sources, but trust me
Apple keeps the same form factor for two years. The iPhone 7 gets the new design and the 7S will have upgraded internals only but look the same. So I agree, if it doesn't appear in the 7 probably won't until 8 two years later.
Not if it recognizes force touch in a corner or something even if other stuff is on the screen. Or two quick force touches as meaning "home" anywhere on the screen.
I dunno. If you make it gesture-based, well then you could do that now, 3D Touch or no. And that would obfuscate a key part of the operating system... in other words, if somone is using an app and has to ask themselves, "How the heck do I get out of this app?" - well that's not very Apple-y.
True. But at least you can add functionality to the left and right of the "button"
I actually disagree with this. Touch-ID 2nd generation was just introduced, so I doubt Apple would not reuse it in the iPhone 7. I would say the iPhone 8 is a much more likely candidate for a home button-less phone.
Yeah, personally I don't mind the home button. Though to shrink the bezel they can always make the home button on the side like the volume and mute switch. That's assuming they can do fingerprint recognition over glass.
Exactly. The home button can simply be a physical button on the side of the phone.
just shrink the top down and would be happy. I like having a home button, just change the shape to shrink the bottom down.
Touch ID, accessibility access, guided access, activating Siri for those who don't use Hey Siri
It would be cool if they took out the home button and used the apple logo for touchID. Thumb on sleep/wake button and index finger on apple logo to unlock
I doubt the home button is going anywhere soon. It's an iconic piece of the iPhone and it has tons of functionality that would be difficult to replace without a huge learning curve. It's used for Touch ID, reachability, multitasking, Siri, accessibility and of course getting back to the home screen. My expectation for the iPhone 7 is that the home button will be similar to the trackpad on the retina MacBook in that it will not physically press down, but will provide haptic feedback that gives off that same feeling as a click.
Defeating many cases in the process. Having to pick your phone up to unlock it. Won't ever happen, a regression of impracticality.
I can for sure see this happening with the next iPhone. The Touch ID will likely integrate with the screen and with the addition of 3D Touch I'm sure a home button isn't necessary. Maybe we will go back to a iPhone 5 like size with the larger 4.7" screen