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iPhone 7 will not have a home button
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Can't we at least let the 6S cycle launch before moving on to the 7?
I was thinking the same thing myself. We can now activate multitasking by swiping on the display and no longer need to hold down on the home button to trigger Siri. All that's left now is Touch-ID.
The home button is iconic to the iPhone. Not a chance in hell Apple gets rid of it next year.
Touch id built-into the screen is a reasonable assumption.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/21/virtual-home-button/
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/21/virtual-home-button/
what about touch ID?
now it is covered by sapphire to prevent scratches that could affect its functioning.
but sapphire is much more prone to crack than glass.
and in addition the 3D touch requires the screen to "bend" a little i think...
maybe there will be an improvement in glass technology (they claim to have done somethinh in this direction with the iphone 6s anyway... let's see...)
now it is covered by sapphire to prevent scratches that could affect its functioning.
but sapphire is much more prone to crack than glass.
and in addition the 3D touch requires the screen to "bend" a little i think...
maybe there will be an improvement in glass technology (they claim to have done somethinh in this direction with the iphone 6s anyway... let's see...)
No such thing as an iconic home button. It's just a button. And a button can be got rid of.
Sure it is iconic. It's been on every iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch ever made and is synonymous with the iPhone in the mind of consumers. No way they get rid of it next year. Maybe far, far in the future they might but for the next 5+ years I wouldn't count on it going away imo.
The button is key to the customer experience, having a physical button outside of the software gives the user an easy way back to the home screen and was the reason iOS was so easy to learn, if was the 'get out of free' card that allowed new users to feel comfortable exploring the OS.
Removing it would be a mistake.
Removing it would be a mistake.
I tend to agree that removing the physical home button would be a mistake, but for a different reason. If Apple can implement Touch ID recognition in a virtual button when the display is on, that could be OK. But what about when the iPhone is sleeping? The slightly concave physical button provides a visual and tactile target so you know where to press. How would that work with a virtual one?
LG models sleep and wake by double tapping the screen. Apple could do something similar by making the whole or bottom part of the display able to sleep and wake by touch, or wake and unlock by pressing and holding with your touch ID finger. 3D touch could make this process pretty slick. I'm not against keeping the home button, though.
By next year? (in regards to the home button being removed)... hell no.
As I've already explained in my later response of the thread, maybe years and years down the line. No chance it gets removed by next year though.
I guess I was thinking maybe somehow the fingerprint scanning could be built right into the display.
If Apple can find a way to let you waken and authenticate by pressing with a fingertip anywhere in a large area as you say, that would be OK, and they could combine that with a virtual home button when the screen is on. But making Touch ID work over an area much larger than the current home button would be quite challenging, I think.
Gotta come up with a reply better than that generic escape one you used above. How about I reply with "Well neither do you!" to really make this conversation even more worthless?
Can't back up your opinions with something more than the generic "well you don't know what the future will hold!" or "anythings possible!" or "nuh uh!" then its time to bow out...
Gotta come up with a reply better than that generic escape one you used above. How about I reply with "Well neither do you!" to really make this conversation even more worthless?
Can't back up your opinions with something more than the generic "well you don't know what the future will hold!" or "anythings possible!" or "nuh uh!" then its time to bow out...
The whole thread is as worthless as your comments.
No one knows what Apple's plans are for iPhone 7.
It's not impossible to think that Apple could replace the Home button next year.
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Speculating about Apples future plans on a rumor forum isn't worthless to the people involved in the debate, but telling everyone "its worthless to speculate because no one knows what Apples future plans are!" IS truly worthless (on this forum as least). I mean that's why OP made this thread in the first place, to start discussion. No reason for you to try and shut down speculation and everyone's opinion just because you don't want to participate. Simply leave the thread...