The problem with the supplier's statement is that no one knows exactly what the difference is between a partial adoption and full adoption
of force touch technology.
What's more, Huawei has beaten Apple to the punch by implementing
Force Touch technology in the screen, allowing the phone to know how hard you're pressing on the glass.
On Wednesday, The Investor learned from South Korean news outlet ET News that Samsung Electronics will be
adopting force touch technology for the Galaxy Note 8.
Of particular interest is an access panel that gives credibility to earlier rumors that the new phones will feature the
same Force Touch technology found on the Apple Watch.
Ronge is particularly excited about the rumors surrounding Apple's yet - to - be-announced iPhone 6S, which is rumored to come with the same
Force Touch technology Apple introduced with the Apple Watch.
In a bid to bring more devices to the flagship world, the Chinese OEM is being touted to unveil a new Huawei Mate S2 handset that
supports Force Touch technology.
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, citing some internal sources, Apple is in development to add its newly
announced Force Touch technology to the display panel of its next - generation iPhone.
The latter addition seems like a particularly smart move, considering Apple's
own Force Touch technology is expected to come to the iPhone 6s next month.
Industry insiders say the iPad Pro will have the same
Force Touch technology built into the Apple Watch (that reacts to the pressure of your presses) and there's also talk of a Bluetooth stylus being included as well.
Perhaps one of the best selling points of the Huawei Mate 8 is its
purported Force Touch technology, which is also believed to be present in one of the variants of Mate S (which is still not yet available).
The
3D Force Touch Technology allows the display on the Huawei Mate S to gauge the amount of pressure you're applying, and then provide different functions depending on the level of the force.
Panels using this technology are said to be more flexible than tradition touch panels and could allow Apple to equip its business - minded tablet with the type of
Force Touch technology currently found on the Apple Watch.
The phone will also come with support for
Force Touch technology on the display, something that should work similar to Apple's 3D Touch that debuted with iPhone 6S.
An even bigger deal is the new Home button, which takes
the Force Touch technology in Apple Watch and the Macbook trackpads.
Apart from
Force Touch technology, the publication reports that the next - generation iPhone will have same 4.7 - inch and 5.5 - inch display panels and silver, gold and space grey color options, alongside a new pink option to specifically target women buyers.
Force Touch technology was firstly seen on the Apple Watch as its tiny display provides users a pressure - sensing touch experience.
Apple explained at its Spring Forward event on Monday that
Force Touch technology on the trackpad of the new MacBook uses force sensors «to detect how much pressure you apply on its surface».
If that's the case,
the force touch technology on the Galaxy S8 may not come with a lot of features.
It recently started the production of both the new iPhones with
Force Touch technology and the stock could be prepared in the coming months.
According to a new report from Bloomberg, the iPhone 7 series will instead feature a new pressure - sensitive home button that uses Apple's
Force Touch technology.
The trackpad also features Apple's
Force Touch technology, which means that it doesn't actually click and instead simulates the sensation of clicking.
«Samsung is mulling to adopt
the force touch technology partially from the S8 but the full adoption will come in one or two years.
The likely marquee feature for this year's iPhone 6S will be
the Force Touch technology used in the Apple Watch, a pressure - sensitive display that responds to various types of touches.
The technology is pretty similar to Apple's 3D Touch and
Force Touch technologies that are found on the iPhone display and the MacBook trackpads.
There was a lot of talk about
the Force Touch technology being an integral part of the upcoming Android N on release, but those have faded out since a newer report suggested that it won't be available on Android N just yet.
There are still a lot of questions about Huawei's
Force Touch technology, namely, how accurate is it and what is the maximum weight?
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are said to have the same 4.7 - inch and 5.5 - inch display panels but this time, some buzzes suggest, that the company could use
its Force Touch technology that was debut on the Apple Watch to provide an enhanced touch support.
While Samsung's
force touch technology has the same mechanism as that of Apple's, there's a big difference between the two.
ZTE first announced that the Axon Mini would be the first smartphone to be equipped with
Force Touch technology, something Apple and Huawei have since beaten it to in launching their own versions.
«Samsung is mulling to adopt
the force touch technology partially from the S8 but the full adoption qill (sic) come in one or two years,» an official of a Samsung supplier on condition of anonymity.
In a nutshell, the two are pretty much like
the Force Touch technology on the Huawei Mate S 128 GB model or Apple's 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
In a patent granted to Apple, the company now has the rights to adding
its Force Touch technology to peripherals like its Magic Mouse.
Even though Samsung Galaxy S8 could be the first phone to come in with
the force touch technology, the report adds that it could take up to two years before the company fully integrates the technology into other devices.
This material is more flexible than traditional touch panels and could allow Apple to more easily integrate
its Force Touch technology into a tablet.