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iPhone 8/Plus Will the iPhone 8/+ be the last iPhones with home buttons?
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No one knows for sure on a rumored tech site. But given how it's been predicted by Ming Kuo, the next three iPhones (6.1/5.8/6.5) are all to debut without the home button. If there is an updated SE2, that would likely be the only iPhone to retain the home button.
After using the X for a month, I look forward to my next iPad being sans button as well. I prefer FaceID and the home bar. The interface on my X feels more fluid and it feels faster to switch apps or return to the home screen. I use both the X and my iPad Pro every day, and now the home button on the iPad just feels clunky to me by comparison.
Having said all that, I’m not sure ditching the home button is the best idea for some users. For people who barely know how to use a smartphone, the iconic home button is fantastic. They know that whatever screen they accidentally find themselves on, they can tap the home button to get out of it. These are often the same people who struggle executing gestures like the swipe up. Yes they will quickly get used to it, but the home button is the main reason why Jobs was able to say, “you already know how to use it.” I don’t think that statement applies to the home bar so much.
Having said all that, I’m not sure ditching the home button is the best idea for some users. For people who barely know how to use a smartphone, the iconic home button is fantastic. They know that whatever screen they accidentally find themselves on, they can tap the home button to get out of it. These are often the same people who struggle executing gestures like the swipe up. Yes they will quickly get used to it, but the home button is the main reason why Jobs was able to say, “you already know how to use it.” I don’t think that statement applies to the home bar so much.
One HUGE, and I mean HUGE, issue with putting FaceID on an iPad would be the lack of support for landscape mode. I honestly don't remember the last time I used either of my iPads in portrait mode. It might be never. That's a minor annoyance (for me) on a phone, but a colossal PITA on an iPad.
I didn't think about that, but you're absolutely right. Hopefully they will make FaceID work in either orientation by the time it is implemented on the iPad.
Yes. I don't know how tricky that would be, given the hardware involved (the "projector" array would need to be able to work in both orientations).
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Yeah, sorta like the conclusion we reached in a different thread.
I posted the same somewhere else today. It would be a total annoyance. I don't think I've ever used an iPad in portrait mode. They would have to completely re-engineer the IR projector and camera.
Hoping so. The Home button's been brilliant, but it's time to evolve.
I think this years Face ID system will work in both orientations across all their devices.
Apple should be onto this. The iPad is a 75% landscape device for most people (99% for me).
I think this years Face ID system will work in both orientations across all their devices.
As small as a detail as this is having Face ID working in both orientations, that is a massive feature for the user experience. It makes sense that the iPad would likely introduce having both orientations for obvious reasons, but I would like to see the iPhone incorporate this as well in the future.
The first MacBook with a retina screen came out over 5 years ago.
The non-retina MacBook Air is still for sale on Apple.com right now.
Keep this in mind when talking about technologies that are "on the way out."
The non-retina MacBook Air is still for sale on Apple.com right now.
Keep this in mind when talking about technologies that are "on the way out."