Other Do home buttons still stop working/break?

[TechNismo]

Not sure if you guys experienced this, but before Touch ID days, especially with iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4th gen, I would often hear about people's touch button stop functioning and/or pressing. This seemed to be a common issue at that time. I personally had it on my (iPod 4, iPhone 4, and iPhone 5).
Does this issue still occur with newer iPhones (not X). I would not suspect it should affect the 7 or 8 series since they use a haptic engine (correct me if I am wrong).
But does this still occur commonly on the iPhone 6s/6/5s/SE? Just curios, if the Touch button stopped pressing on an iPhone with touch ID, would the sensor still read the finger print or does the entire unit stop working?

 

[44267547]

I would not suspect it should affect the 7 or 8 series since they use a haptic engine (correct me if I am wrong).

Because the home button on iPhone 7/8 is a solid-state button but does not have a spring and is correlated with the haptic engine.

But does this still occur commonly on the iPhone 6s/6/5s/SE? Just curios, if the Touch button stopped pressing on an iPhone with touch ID, would the sensor still read the finger print or does the entire unit stop working?

Commonly? I highly doubt it’s common for the home button to fail on any of the models that you listed above with the 6S/6/5S/SE. Period. I’m sure Apple made some hardware changes to improve the home button experience perhaps with a different spring mechanism. When I owned my iPhone 6 and 6S, the button experience appeared different to me. So perhaps it’s little subtle changes the Apple made that you’re not aware of.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Never for me but the home button on the pre TouchID devices did stop working but very rarely. I guess anything mechanical can stop working. Considering how often it is used, it was pretty tough.

 

[Steve121178]

No

 

[saltd]

The button on my beloved SE had an unpleasant “clicky” feel, but it never quit working. Haven’t ever had any problems with home buttons other than or before that.

 

[0007776]

I haven’t ever had one fail on me. The version on my 7+ seems more temperamental than on older models, but I haven’t had major issues with it.