Is the Home Button still a button? I'm lost.

[KidSqueek]

Sorry of this sounds rather silly but I'm confuse about the new home button. Traditionally we would press down to on the home button to awake the phone and to close apps and what not. Now with the finger print reader, is it still a button to press down on to close apps and awake the phone or is it a captive button where we just place our finger there to do all that? Sorry if I don't make any sense.

 

[biohead]

Yep it is still a tactile button as well

 

[AAPLinc]

I'm sure it's still a physical push button, with just an added sensor that you can place and hold your finger on when needed.

 

[surjavarman]

Its capacitive

 

[Poly]

Yep it is still a tactile button as well

Its capacitive

Now let it begin!

I HOPE it is capacitive...but i THINK it is tactile.

 

[OneMike]

still tactile

 

[L T]

If you look on the picture of the home bottom broken down into bits, the very bottom layer is a tactile plate, so it will still function the same as the home buttons we know and love

 

[asleep]

Si.

 

[ri0ku]

I have never got why people want a capacitive home button... I just don't get it... you would always knock it returning to the home screen...

 

[musika]

If you look on the picture of the home bottom broken down into bits, the very bottom layer is a tactile plate, so it will still function the same as the home buttons we know and love

Do we really love how it works now?

 

[AAPLinc]

Do we really love how it works now?

I love how the tactile button works. My home button has never failed me. Then again I take care of my phone.

 

[Tankmaze]

yes, looking at the video, you only need to press the button and its automatically unlock the phone.

 

[KidSqueek]

So the infamous "home button not working anymore" problem will continue to haunt us. Boo... Well hopefully this new button will fix that.

 

[AAPLinc]

So the infamous "home button not working anymore" problem will continue to haunt us. Boo... Well hopefully this new button will fix that.

I heard that happens because of gunk that gets built up in the charge port area. I use port covers. And didnt they give the home button more strength in the iPhone 5?

Either way, my 4S button is just as solid and responsive as the day I bought it. I dont believe the home button issue is as widespread as you're making it seem. More people had problem with the power/lock button.

 

[Trius]

So the infamous "home button not working anymore" problem will continue to haunt us. Boo... Well hopefully this new button will fix that.

Possibly, but it has been redesigned. There's a good chance they've addressed the failing button issue during the redesign.

 

[Tankmaze]

from loopinsight

Unlocking the iPhone 5S was very slick—just rest your finger on the Home button and the phone unlocks immediately. You don’t have to press or move your finger around waiting for it to be recognized—it just worked.

 

[dojoman]

yes, looking at the video, you only need to press the button and its automatically unlock the phone.

Nope. You don't even need to press it. When the phone is locked you just rest your finger on the home button and it will unlock automatically. You'd press the home button when you're in an App. It's both capacitive and tactile button.