Some of these questions you can easily look up on YouTube or apples website. There’s a ton of iPhone X videos.
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iPhone X People with the X - do you miss the home button at all?
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Switched to the X from the 6s+ this week. I absolutely love Face ID and am surprised how much I don't miss a home button... except for ONE thing: task switcher. You have to drag up so far on the screen to pull up task switcher... it's twice as slow as double-tapping the home button... and that's even IF I'm able to get the task switcher to come up on the first try.
EDIT: I've kept this complaint to myself all week and writing this out made me search to see if there was a better way. Low and behold, you don't have to swipe up 2/3rds of the screen, you can do a normal swipe up and just hold it a second. MUCH BETTER. Whew. So much happier now.
EDIT: I've kept this complaint to myself all week and writing this out made me search to see if there was a better way. Low and behold, you don't have to swipe up 2/3rds of the screen, you can do a normal swipe up and just hold it a second. MUCH BETTER. Whew. So much happier now.
Sorry I forgot what it was, I remember now. I assume thumbprints were too unreliable?
Alternatively, you can swipe up then right/left (inverse L) to pop up the app switcher instantly.
I really miss the home button on the iPad Pro. Very awkward interface design with out it. And touch is much better than faceID.
In short: No
X is a fantastic iPhone and still going strong. V smooth. Home button is definitely old hat now.
Nope. In fact, I will never go back to a home button.
Multitasking is smooth. Do wish they would keep an option with the home button and the traditional design though.
Having touch ID under the display is a fantasy, it’s not going to happen for the iPhone, Craig Federighi already commented that they experimented with this, and ultimately abandoned it in place of Face ID. Apple is isn't about providing multiple biometric security options and they never have like the competition. Face ID is here to stay I would gather at least for the next three years at minimum, before the next advancement will be even considered.
For the record, _all_ biometric security options have their downfall, touch ID with Damp fingers, face ID with laying down or lying flat on a desk, it’s not going to be perfect, and even the next future of biometric security will have its downfall to, you can’t have it to be perfect in every situation.
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Well most of us do need to be more active. I'm going to swipe and frown my way to closing the activity rings on my Apple Watch!
I don't miss the home button or Touch ID one bit. I still have my iPhone 7 Plus to remind me just in case I get a bit nostalgic. Using the home button feels slow and Face ID is more reliable for me. The gesture system is so good even Google is copying it on their latest version Android. I still like the old iPhone design when it comes to aesthetics but it just can't compete in practical use.
I hated the home button since I can remember.
X and up are definitely the iPhones I had always wanted!!!
X and up are definitely the iPhones I had always wanted!!!
Great question
It’s not so much about missing it as it is about having both Face ID & Touch ID underscreen on the same phone which would be the perfect combo. There are times when Touch ID is necessary like when your iPhone is on your desk and times when Face ID is better
It’s not so much about missing it as it is about having both Face ID & Touch ID underscreen on the same phone which would be the perfect combo. There are times when Touch ID is necessary like when your iPhone is on your desk and times when Face ID is better
I never understand this complaint. When I had touch ID and my phone would light up I would pick it up to look at the notification. Why do you want to use your phone at a weird angle when it's still flat on the desk?
There are probably users that duct tape their phone to the ceiling so they can watch YouTube in bed. Out of millions of people Apple has to choose what features work best with the majority of them. It's impossible to make one phone or even a few phones work for everyone's needs
