iPhone X Home Gesture

[wlossw]

I went from the 7 plus to the X about 2 weeks ago. My first impression was that the phone was amazing. It took a while to get used to the new form factor, but nothing unusual. TBH it felt a lot like moving from 6 plus to 7 plus with the fixed home button: After a few days you just get used to the new up swipe, and the old button feels weird. This is how I feel the majority of the time when using the new gestures to navigate around.

There is 1 glaring exception: Swipe to go home is super annoying when using an app that locks to fullscreen landscape mode. (Think games). Now I have to swipe from what is the side of the phone, and I have to do it twice like you used to have to do to open control center. The double swipe is annoying enough, but when the phone is in a case, (apple leather case) the side of the screen swipe is hard to reliably trigger. I routinely fail during my first attempt to go home or activate the task switcher in this situation. There has to be a better way...

 

[tromboneaholic]

Get a thinner case or one without a lip.

Seriously, the phone feels much better without that horrible lip.

I had an Apple leather case and returned it.

 

[Gryzor]

I hate the button on my iPad now, just feels really cumbersome.

http://bfy.tw/FDFt

It's just software though, it can be changed.
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Get a thinner case or one without a lip.

Seriously, the phone feels much better without that horrible lip.

I had an Apple leather case and returned it.

I'd rather have a slight lip that protects the screen if it's ever face down for whatever reason. If you want the phone to feel its best, don't use a case at all.

 

[tromboneaholic]

I hate the button on my iPad now, just feels really cumbersome.

http://bfy.tw/FDFt

It's just software though, it can be changed.
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I'd rather have a slight lip that protects the screen if it's ever face down for whatever reason. If you want the phone to feel its best, don't use a case at all.

I don’t use a case now, just a sleeve.

My wife has a thin case with no lip. She protects the screen by being careful.

 

[wlossw]

Get a thinner case or one without a lip.

Seriously, the phone feels much better without that horrible lip.

I had an Apple leather case and returned it.

The Lip has saved me on many occasions with my earlier phones, smashing the screen is inevitable for me without it... I hope they rethink the software.

*edit* and come to think of it a fundamental os feature shouldn't be rendered unusable by an official Apple accessory. It's not like I have the phone in an Otterbox. If the gesture is unreliable with the apple case, either the case should be redesigned, or the interaction.