Would the removal of home button bother you?

[deany]

When I got the first gen iPhone I think the general consensus was the bazel would reduce in time (same with first iPad).

It has reduced, and for my money I think 'bazel free' iPhones are what we will see eventually.

Bazel is literally a 'waste of space'! (the screen being the 100% most important part of the device).

Surely 100% screen is a 'no brainer'. also look forward to seeing the curved edge light up, this will look great.

I cant really see how the present home button on a basel free screen could work well. Unless someone does?

Surely the home button would get in the way?

So a replacement to the machanical home button will happen I feel eventually. Hopefully everyone will get used to it.

cheers

ps

Perhaps there will be a softtouch button (not noticeable) located on the bottom exactly where the 3.5mm was in the 'old days' for resets & enter DFU mode.

 

[Savor]

Bezel-less iPhone is impractical too. Try using the Sharp Aquos Crystal and the ergonomics are terrible with accidental touches. They should just trim the top and bottom bezels. Remove the archaic physical button too. A reset with a power button and one of the volume buttons is good enough. I don't like hearing Apple go back to an all-glass casing in 2017. That is too 2010/2011-ish for them. You hear alot of shattered backs coming from owners of the iPhone 4 series, Xperia Z series, and recent Galaxy S6/S7 series, and so on. The iPhone 5 series including the SE still has one of the most practical designs for iPhone. Metal isn't perfect as it scrapes but I would take it over all-glass, bezel-less iPhone any day.

 

[BenTrovato]

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.

Probably why you don't work in innovation

 

[0000757]

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

Personally it really doesn't. There's no advantage in clicking a button vs. tapping a button. On all my phones regardless of button type it was all the same speed.

 

[deany]

Bezel-less iPhone is impractical too. Try using the Sharp Aquos Crystal and the ergonomics are terrible with accidental touches.

Hi

Didn't think on, that this could create a problem.

Does this occur due to the edges picking up on the hand?

If so would apple not just create an 'invisible bazel' so the 'Sharp Aquos Crystal problem' does not occur on the iPhone when being held? I guess this would simply involve disabling touch sensors on the edge and maybe 1 or 2 mm in.
Icons starting where they are at present.
The user then gets all the benefits of seeing 100% screen.

I guess the mechanical home button has to go with 100% screen.

cheers

 

[magicMac]

I was initially very skeptical but now I've got the hang of switching apps on the 6S with a force touch I do it this way almost exclusively. Wouldn't mind the omission of the home button to make the phone smaller as long as they out touchID into the screen or something.

 

[deany]

I was initially very skeptical but now I've got the hang of switching apps on the 6S with a force touch I do it this way almost exclusively. Wouldn't mind the omission of the home button to make the phone smaller as long as they out touchID into the screen or something.

I like the 6, 6S size your force touch with a touch ID sensor & 100% screen with egdes.
A free lightning cable to 3.5mm adapter to keep everyone happy.....

 

[cynics]

Personally I'm fine the iPhone and its bezels.

I'm all about them getting rid of the home button if they bring something initiative and exciting to the table. For example using my imagination, if the screen could read your fingerprint anywhere on it and 3D touch was implemented in such a way to not only replace the home button but to add additional useful features.

However I'd rather the iPhone stay exactly the way it is if ends up being some Android phone knock off.

 

[deany]

Personally I'm fine the iPhone and its bezels.

I'm all about them getting rid of the home button if they bring something initiative and exciting to the table. For example using my imagination, if the screen could read your fingerprint anywhere on it and 3D touch was implemented in such a way to not only replace the home button but to add additional useful features.

However I'd rather the iPhone stay exactly the way it is if ends up being some Android phone knock off.

Crikey no when I mention the android phone I would not compare it or any android phone to an iPhone.
I wouldn't have android.
I do like the idea of force touch with touch id & dropping the home mechanical button.
I personally would prefer more real estate too. I think apple owe my eyes a rest now, my sight is not the same as it was in 2007, nine years on.