iPhone 8 Virtual Home Button Can Likely Resize and Hide Completely As Needed

[apolloa]

Yes, because this is called Mac "RUMORS"

If they consider the fact an on screen button can be made to disappear then it should be called 'desperate Mac Rumors'!

It's hardly front page stop the press news and I'm pretty most people would of suspected they'd copy Androids solution, I don't know anyone following the rumours so far that didn't presume the bottom area would disappear when playing videos etc.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Wonder what the carriers are going to say when they need to fit in something like VSW WI-FI

To each other? "resistance is futile"

 

[RandomEnding]

If they consider the fact an on screen button can be made to disappear then it should be called 'desperate Mac Rumors'!

It's hardly front page stop the press news and I'm pretty most people would of suspected they'd copy Androids solution, I don't know anyone following the rumours so far that didn't presume the bottom area would disappear when playing videos etc.

Geez, grumpy enough? It's a separate news-story, you very well could ignore it, your grace. When the rice are half boiled, pour in the fairy detergent.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

With a virtual home button, I wonder what the sequence of buttons will be for a "hard reboot" and screen shot...

1. Post the issue on a forum to first learn that whatever the cause of the need to reboot, it is YOUR and only your (user error) fault.
2. Offer counterpoint that implies a bug and risk being called a troll or paid Android shill.
3. Watch others chime in with the same issue, only to be summarily lumped into the .0001% of users that have such issues.
4. Read 5+ posts that basically say "My phone is working perfectly" (so yours can't be having any such issue). Feel free to privately roll your eyes to that one. Really. They won't know. Then,
5. Visit an Apple Store
6. Insert phone in Recycle bin
7. Buy new phone.
8. Cheer on "record profits"
9. Sling around "...but who makes the most profitable phone" in website forums.

 

[satchmo]

I can' t make any sense of that diagram.

It looks like filler graphics to make it appear more 'substantial' when you really have nothing.

 

[cliffster82]

The home button functionality is the biggest mystery left for the iPhone 8. Sounds like Touch ID is gone, so all that's left is to figure out how I get home when I'm in the middle of cat videos on Instagram.

 

[ghost187]

The status bar will not show the time because they expect you to buy an Apple Watch.

 

[Brian Clifford]

'The remaining area of the screen would be reserved for an area of virtual buttons, including a home button...'

Hmm, re-sizable Function Area in the UI? Now, take the next step and make the controls both virtual (as anticipated by Ming-Chi Kuo), and contextual ala MacBook Pro TouchBar.

 

[rctlr]

.... AssistiveTouch then with just one button - Home.
Ok, you cant scale it, but it's fun - especially when your home button is broken. Feels like your in the future with this news.

 

[AngerDanger]

It'd be nice if they ditched the signal indicator (because they're required to show the carrier name) in favor of a clock. Maybe the signal strength could fade in periodically along with batter percentage:

 

[Danbrown521]

Septembers event can't get here fast enough. Curious to see this New iPhone in action. All these rumors have me excited. Could be similar to the touch bar on the MacBooks

 

[gaximus]

I like the idea of having the nav bar at the bottom (more so because I hate the iOS 11 nav bar where the edit buttons aren't symmetrical with the title). I also don't think the cell service name is that important either, It doesn't need to be up there constantly. I'd rather have the wifi name up there, or something else that is more likely to change constantly.

 

[7h31ll3g4l]

hello...
But no one is wondering where the bluetooth gps headphone icons will end
To see these images do not see usable space

 

[Royal Gala]

Molepod

 

[orev]

With a virtual home button, I wonder what the sequence of buttons will be for a "hard reboot" and screen shot...

Hard reboot can use sleep/wake and a volume button. There's no need for a fully hardware screenshot button, can still use sleep/wake and virtual home.

The status bar will not show the time because they expect you to buy an Apple Watch.

Good point. They will probably move the time to the bottom "peripheral" area.

It'd be nice if they ditched the carrier name in favor of a clock and WiFi indicator. Maybe the name could be revealed with a swipe of the finger or slide in periodically.

Never going to happen. Carriers are too vain and I'm pretty sure it's their requirement that the carrier name is displayed. They always want you to know who you're getting service from, and it comes in very handy to know when you're roaming.

 

[SK-iamSK]

this is a clue of on screen Touch ID?

 

[apolloa]

Geez, grumpy enough? It's a separate news-story, you very well could ignore it, your grace. When the rice are half boiled, pour in the fairy detergent.

It was an opinion on an internet forum, you didn't have to read it and then quote it and reply to it...

1. Post the issue on a forum to first learn that whatever the cause of the need to reboot, it is YOUR and only your (user error) fault.
2. Offer counterpoint that implies a bug and risk being called a troll or paid Android shill.
3. Watch others chime in with the same issue, only to be summarily lumped into the .0001% of users that have such issues.
4. Read 5+ posts that basically say "My phone is working perfectly" (so yours can't be having any such issue). Feel free to privately roll your eyes to that one. Really. They won't know. Then,
5. Visit an Apple Store
6. Insert phone in Recycle bin
7. Buy new phone.
8. Cheer on "record profits"
9. Sling around "...but who makes the most profitable phone" in website forums.

Haha brilliant..

 

[DNichter]

With a virtual home button, I wonder what the sequence of buttons will be for a "hard reboot" and screen shot...

Same as it is now for hard reset. Power and volume down. Not sure on screenshot, I am sure they will come up with something though.

 

[D.T.]

Haha brilliant..

Meh, I give it 2/5 stars, felt a little too much like this ...

 

[tkukoc]

It'd be nice if they ditched the carrier name in favor of a clock and WiFi indicator. Maybe the name could be revealed with a swipe of the finger or slide in periodically.

They need to dump the carrier name and battery icon. If I have the % turned on, I don't need to see the icon. Can't stand that. Doubt they'll get rid of the carrier name since that's an agreement with the carriers themselves. However, they could put icons up there that indicates what carrier you use. All major carriers have small enough logos.

 

[naeS1Sean]

I love it. Love it all.

 

[McTool]

With a virtual home button, I wonder what the sequence of buttons will be for a "hard reboot" and screen shot...

Maybe one of the volume buttons with the the on/off switch?

 

[D.T.]

Firstly the scales portrayed in these drawings are completely different to the photos of the apparent mock up devices, in those the iPhone 8 is much bigger then the iPhone 7.

Huh, must have missed your post the first time, yeah, I was thinking the same thing - compared to the physical mockups, I like this a lot less.

 

[Lioness~]

Just imagine what the HomePod will leak once you get into your home

 

[X--X]

Sooo.....they removed the chin on the hardware only to add the chin in software, so what's the great gain from this again?