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iPhone SE (2016) Tap to wake on iPhone se 2020
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Phone Junky
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No iPhone with a home button has ever had tap to wake.
Not sure why they just wouldn't give the option though, if you were on to worry about overbearing the home button that would be nice to have. Or if your home button just wasn't functioning properly for some other reason.
Apple_Robert
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If they were going to provide ‘tap to wake’ on the new SE, they would have had to raise the price of the phone due to Face ID.
No, it’s not possible and will never be
The display is not capable of it
it’s a hardware level function involving the digitizer
The display is not capable of it
it’s a hardware level function involving the digitizer
It has lift to wake, does it not? And the power button on the side. I'm not sure what you mean by "overbearing" the home button though.
I don't have one ...but isn't the home button not a button ? Thought it was a non mechanical point of contact, which becomes functional once initiated by power ?
thejadedmonkey
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Tap to wake is completely unrelated to FaceID. But as another poster said, there's probably a hardware component involved, so it will never come.
Technically, the button is a vibration motor (taptic engine) that is located underneath the home button, and no longer a mechanical button since the iPhone 7.
I didn't think that the hardware for face-id was intertwined with tape to wake, so I figured apple could just add it via a software update or something. But there could be other hardware there I am unaware of of course.
I didn't think that the hardware for face-id was intertwined with tape to wake, so I figured apple could just add it via a software update or something. But there could be other hardware there I am unaware of of course.
Face ID is not related to tap to wake...tap to wake is a hardware level feature with the digitizer (physically separated) allowing for independent function
It’s not and never will be possible on the SE (2020)
It’s like how iPhones without a 5G modem cannot support 5G
It’s not and never will be possible on the SE (2020)
It’s like how iPhones without a 5G modem cannot support 5G
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