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Would the removal of home button bother you?

Would the removal of home button bother you?

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I echo the earlier poster's response that it ultimately depends on how effectively Apple replaces the functionality of the home button.

Right now, I still find it cumbersome to access the multitasking menu via force touch, and a virtual home button kinda defeats the whole point. Putting the home button on the front of the device means I can unlock it while it is lying flat on the table.

Also, reducing the bezels and enabling a smaller device also means less space for batteries. The iPhone 6S, which is already a large device relative to its screen size, still has only average battery life. Would a smaller iPhone mean shorter battery life too?
 
Depends on how it's implimented. If I can wake and unlock my phone from the Touch ID sensor then I'm good. If I have to hit the power button then use Touch ID then they can stick that idea!
 
It's interesting that no one mentioned that the home button is required to enter DFU mode on the iPhone. Apple would need to change the key combos to enter DFU mode as well if they eliminate the home button.
 
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they could change it to a sort of 3/4 moon. half moon shape and still retain the functionality
 
If they going for bezeless look then I support no physical home button. But if their is still going to be a bezel around the phone then I prefer to have a physical home button. It seems like a waste of space when there is a bezel around the phone and no home button.
 
Abazigal said:
Also, reducing the bezels and enabling a smaller device also means less space for batteries. The iPhone 6S, which is already a large device relative to its screen size, still has only average battery life. Would a smaller iPhone mean shorter battery life too?
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Not necessarily...the redesign may make the battery thicker. Which is ok with me.
 
maxsix said:
Apparently your manual dexterity problem prevented you from using a simple capacitive button.

You've failed basic math. Physics too.

A mechanical button employs reciprocal movement. Push the button down till it stops, wait till it travels back to the top and repeat again to achieve the double click slow iPhones require. The time required to execute this action is a serious limitation.
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Go ahead and try to click the mechanical button faster than it can return to it's resting position. Go ahead. The button is faster than ANY human.
 
Armen said:
It's interesting that no one mentioned that the home button is required to enter DFU mode on the iPhone. Apple would need to change the key combos to enter DFU mode as well if they eliminate the home button.
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I addressed this somewhat with screenshots. Apple would just have to change the key combo. That wouldn't really be a big deal.
 
maxsix said:
Seven years later, over 50 Android smartphones and every iPhone made, I've never experienced a single problem with a smartphone display, or any on screen capacitive button.

There's not one reason to justify a mechanical button. Not one.
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Well yeah... if you're using like 60 phones over a period of 7 years, it makes sense that you never "wore out" a screen Richie Rich, lol.
However- you likely have had an Android phone & an iPhone freeze before, yeah? Tell me honestly that you didn't prefer pressing the PHYSICAL home button & the power button at the same time on the iPhone to reboot over yanking the battery on the Android; or worse- sometimes when they have non-removable batteries and only a capacitive touch home button, when they freeze you can be stuck having to plug into a computer to get to restart, or let the battery run down, or- at the very least, borrow someone else's phone to Google and see if that model has some trick like power & volume down key for fifteen seconds or something as a hardware based force reboot.
 
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maxsix said:
I'd be elated if Apple finally released its death grip on the old analog home button.

Once you've experienced how fast and enjoyable it is to use a capacitive one touch home button to multitask, it changes everything.

Having to double click Apple's big clunky button is a dreadful example of Apple’s hypocrisy. Bragging about world changing products, yet coveting a button from the 1950's Apple sends a very conflicted message.
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^ This.

I hope Apple adopts more gesture swipe shortcuts like what Nova Launcher Prime on Android and Windows 8.1 offers and also a BACK BUTTON. I see so many replaced buttons on iPhones here in the Philippines. Most of them from the pre-iOS6 era when Assistive Touch wasn't released yet. I would like Apple to copy what Nokia did with the N9, LG popularized on Android, and what many WP can do is double tap to wake screen up. Physical buttons just adds wear and tear.

Good riddance to a physical home button. Been wanting Samsung to do the same.
 
As long as they added a way to still be able to do Hard Resets, i'm happy with a touch home button,
 
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Tycho24 said:
Well yeah... if you're using like 60 phones over a period of 7 years, it makes sense that you never "wore out" a screen Richie Rich, lol.
However- you likely have had an Android phone & an iPhone freeze before, yeah? Tell me honestly that you didn't prefer pressing the PHYSICAL home button & the power button at the same time on the iPhone to reboot over yanking the battery on the Android; or worse- sometimes when they have non-removable batteries and only a capacitive touch home button, when they freeze you can be stuck having to plug into a computer to get to restart, or let the battery run down, or- at the very least, borrow someone else's phone to Google and see if that model has some trick like power & volume down key for fifteen seconds or something as a hardware based force reboot.
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When software locks up. And it does on every computer, including the phone. You need a mechanical way to reboot. Taking the battery out is so ridiculous. When my phone or laptop start to act strange, funny in any way, a clean reboot does the trick. Nothing like reloading operating system.
 
maxsix said:
I'd be elated if Apple finally released its death grip on the old analog home button.

Once you've experienced how fast and enjoyable it is to use a capacitive one touch home button to multitask, it changes everything.

Having to double click Apple's big clunky button is a dreadful example of Apple’s hypocrisy. Bragging about world changing products, yet coveting a button from the 1950's Apple sends a very conflicted message.
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Ok thats a pretty big exaggeration, big clunky button? That clunky button is one of the reasons iPhone/iPad are easy to use for most people (older folks and younger kids)
 
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It would only bother me if after 10 years of the current home button, the next one wasn't really better.
 
As long as it didn't eliminate the possibility of doing a hard reset (something I need to do alarmingly often nowadays) then it wouldn't bother me.
 
BenTrovato said:
It would only bother me if after 10 years of the current home button, the next one wasn't really better.
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How can you make a button better. You push it, it clicks, does what it's supposed to. Only way to improve it would be if it gave you orgasm each time you pushed it. Course then Apple would receive all kinds of iPhones back, where button was wore out. Or Saphire glass was worn through. :rolleyes:
 
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