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Other Do you miss your Home Button?

Nde said:
I do. Hard to unlock the damn thing while driving without getting caught by the highway patrol.
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stop using your phone when driving then.....

it took me no time to adjust to the loss of the home button. A lot longer to remember control centre moved. That was going from an 8+ to 11
 
I got the 8 instead of the X because thought would like home button more, but then tried the X at a store about a yeat later and did day 1 order of Xs and took 2 hours to realise the homebutton and touch id is so much worse and i never will go back to it
 
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I went from an 8+ to an 11. I was so surprised, as I thought that I would miss the home button terribly, but, I did not miss it at all. It is so much easier without the home button. The only trouble that I have experienced is returning to a phone call. I am on the phone on hold, I go check the weather, internet, etc. Then the call says press 2 and I cannot get back to that call. In the 8+, the call stayed visible at the top of the screen. Not in the 11. That was hard to adjust to, I think I have it now. But, it is not as easy to return to a phone call. Nor is it as easy to save a web page, that is probably IOS 13. But, losing the home button was easy!
 
Pixillated said:
I went from an 8+ to an 11. I was so surprised, as I thought that I would miss the home button terribly, but, I did not miss it at all. It is so much easier without the home button. The only trouble that I have experienced is returning to a phone call. I am on the phone on hold, I go check the weather, internet, etc. Then the call says press 2 and I cannot get back to that call. In the 8+, the call stayed visible at the top of the screen. Not in the 11. That was hard to adjust to, I think I have it now. But, it is not as easy to return to a phone call. Nor is it as easy to save a web page, that is probably IOS 13. But, losing the home button was easy!
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There should be a little green phone icon on the top left part of the notch. Touch that to go back to your phone call.
 
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MisterSavage said:
There should be a little green phone icon on the top left part of the notch. Touch that to go back to your phone call.
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Thank you so much!!!!
I seriously appreciate that.
On my phone, it only shows the phone icon for a second and then it switches to the time. Now that I know where it is, it is easy to get back to the call.
I see what it does, it turns the time from white to green. When it is green, you can press on it to return to the call.
I would have never figured that out.
Thank you.
 
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Pixillated said:
Thank you so much!!!!
I seriously appreciate that.
On my phone, it only shows the phone icon for a second and then it switches to the time. Now that I know where it is, it is easy to get back to the call.
I see what it does, it turns the time from white to green. When it is green, you can press on it to return to the call.
I would have never figured that out.
Thank you.
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Glad I could help. If you ever get an Apple Watch and answer a phone call on your watch you can also press the same thing on your phone to transfer the call to your phone.
 
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I missed it at first.

I then promptly got over it. Once you adjust to FaceID and the gestures it is a non-issue. I can’t say that I miss it much - if at all.
 
al256 said:
I miss touchID. Sometimes I don't think the people at Apple actually use these devices. I'm so sick of faceID trying to unlock my phone when I use it as a flashlight. I need to move around, I need to change angles and shine the light where it's needed. Don't scan my effing face while I'm doing this!! The real pièce de résistance is when I have to type in my password afterwards for having the audacity to use the flashlight feature.
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I have not had this problem, but I can understand how it would be a frustration.

Jason
 
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Nope, don't miss it at all.

I have no issue with either, Face ID works and so did Touch ID.

Only thing I miss touchID is unlocking my phone in a meeting when its flat on a table, at my work desk I prefer Face ID because I keep propped up in a stand.
 
Don’t miss the home button in the least. In fact when I use my iPad Air 2 I get irritated that I need to use home button. Face ID has been super for me on the phone and iPad Pro. I tend to use Face ID with attention turned off. So devices are open before I even look at them to use.
 
Took me a while, but not missing the home button at all. Just lucky I did not break my X trying to make a new home button in the process!
 
After using the Xs for a year and now the 11 Pro I really do not miss the home button, after a week when I got my Xs I was over it, I couldn’t go back to one now either.

Adam.
 
I bought the X when it came out and will never look back to a home button with a finger ID.

It’s so seamless I forgot there was even a home button.

I truly hope Apple don’t get rid of Face ID in place of in display finger ID home button.
 
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It took me about a 1/2 hour when I got my XS. It's taking my wife a bit longer, but she's a bit more of a slave to procedure than I am (plus I'm an IT guy), so it makes sense.
 
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m0sher said:
I bought the X when it came out and will never look back to a home button with a finger ID.

It’s so seamless I forgot there was even a home button.

I truly hope Apple don’t get rid of Face ID in place of in display finger ID home button.
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Same. I don’t want to regress to any sort of authentication that requires even fleeting conscious thought or effort. I only remember FaceID exists when I see threads about it in here.
 
I moved from an iPhone 8 to the iPhone XR a couple months ago. I did miss the home button at first, but getting used to doing everything without the home button was quick and easy for me.
 
I might make a new topic for this but who misses the bezels? I know it looks sexier with the edge to edge screen but when I’m playing games or watching videos, I end up covering the top and bottom chins.
 
Moved from 7Plus to 11 Pro Max 3 days ago and I don’t miss the home button at all!

Face ID is super fast and you’ll learn the new gestures in matter of minutes.

Great improvement.
 
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