I want it for going home and double clicking controls. in games and such it takes more effort to swipe up to get out of it
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Does anyone else prefer a physical home button.
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I've been on iPhones since the iPhone 5 and I've learned to be comfortable with the home button. I've seen that the recent iPhone releases lack a home button. Well, I learned to be comfortable with the home button.. I suppose I can learn to be comfortable doing things a different way.
I thought I liked the home button more until I gave the Face ID/no home button combo a try.
I went from an 8 Plus to an XS Max and it took like a day to get used to not having a home button but now I couldn’t go back. My parents have 8 Pluses and they ask me to help them with their phones often...I find myself swiping up instead of reaching for the button. What used to be normal operation to me is now a struggle. Something about swiping up just seems more natural. Just my .02.
I went from an 8 Plus to an XS Max and it took like a day to get used to not having a home button but now I couldn’t go back. My parents have 8 Pluses and they ask me to help them with their phones often...I find myself swiping up instead of reaching for the button. What used to be normal operation to me is now a struggle. Something about swiping up just seems more natural. Just my .02.
Not enough information here. How long did you have your iPhone 4s? Perhaps you just received a faulty unit that had issues with your home button to begin with. I still think it’s an extreme minority for those to have mechanical home button issues, when there are literally capable of hundreds of thousands of presses.
Hell no. I was worried that it would be hard for me to adjust after so many years with a home button. I got used to it in almost no time at all and I love the extra screen real estate.
I don’t miss the home button or touchID at all since moving to an X a year ago. Personally, I would not go back.
The extra display makes a huge difference. Comparing an older iPhone model to the XS display changes the whole experience, gesture controls is extremely well executed.
I definitely agree with you but I don’t use my iPhone to pay for things anymore now that I have an Apple Watch.
I wasn't sure at first, but would disagree now. I much prefer Apple Pay with the XR compared to my former 8+.
I was just discussing this with a buddy. We both upgraded from button phones; me from a 7 Plus, and him from an 8 Plus. We both agree, a button is superior to no button. We love the huge screen, and we feel like swipe is adequate. Adequate, but definitely not as good as a button. Swipe is a compromise. You get a full edge to edge screen, but the cost is the simplicity and convenience of a physical button.
A physical button is just something for people to complain about. I remember so many people had issues with the home button: mushy, not crisp, too high, sunk in, crunchy or just does not feel right!
Nope, Apple did the right thing and got rid of it. Not that people do not complain about the volume buttons, they make a LOT of noise if you frantically shake your phone is a quiet room!
Nope, Apple did the right thing and got rid of it. Not that people do not complain about the volume buttons, they make a LOT of noise if you frantically shake your phone is a quiet room!
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I’m still adjusting to face ID with Apple Pay, but what I really find the most useful version of Apple Pay, is with the Apple Watch, that seems much so much more natural and cashiers always seem to be amazed at that technology that’s been around for a few years now.
Just curious as to how you got your Xs 7 months ago when it wasn't released until September 21? 7 weeks maybe?
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Sticking with the home button for now. I’ll get an 8 if I upgrade (and if the logic board, WiFi/LTE has no issues).
Need/Want a smaller phone too.
Need/Want a smaller phone too.
Nope, had it on every phone until my I bought an xr 4 weeks ago and wouldn't want to go back. When I had it I was unsure whether I would like not having a home button, as I did with Touch ID, but now I miss neither of them and much prefer Face ID and having more screen. Before touch ID I didn't see the need for it but when I started using it I wouldn't have wanted to go back. Same with ApplePay, the list goes on. I often think that I won't like/find useful new features but pretty much every time I've been proved wrong!