Capacitive buttons are touch-sensitive buttons found on electronic devices. They respond when you touch them, acting as controls or commands for various functions on the device.
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Both devices are expected to have dual - edge displays and virtual key instead of
capacitive buttons on their front.
The company is also keen to boast the return
of capacitive buttons on the front panel, which avoids the virtual buttons onscreen taking up valuable display real estate.
The design is pretty average, with 3
capacitive buttons below the display and the typical rectangle with rounded corners as form factor.
While the Moto devices come with on - screen navigation buttons, the new Moto C comes
with capacitive buttons along with thick bezels around the display.
The picture reveals a physical home button, which could possibly also function as a fingerprint reader, flanked on both sides by
capacitive buttons for multitasking and the back option.
While its screen is surrounded by small bezels, it is still a 5 - inch device with
capacitive buttons at the bottom adding even more height.
There are no physical or
touch capacitive buttons on the front as the fingerprint scanner is now on the rear, and the phones have on - screen buttons.
The result of this is the loss of
capacitive buttons in favor of software navigation keys, but it should be a welcome move unless you are into hardware keys.
You also come across a standard keyboard with 15 keys alongside a circular pad that is flanked
by capacitive buttons above it, just like the current model.
One of the best tweaks is that you can switch between
capacitive buttons under the display and on - screen software buttons with a simple tap in the settings menu.
I may not use soft keys very often, but you can also edit what
capacitive buttons do, even when being double - tapped or held.
In addition to that, there's a fingerprint scanner housed under the front home key and two off -
screen capacitive buttons beside it.
Being able to block
capacitive buttons from accidental presses is very handy and the screenshot and screen record functions are readily available right when you need them.
As many Android devices move to on - screen buttons, I'm feeling less sold on
capacitive buttons found below displays, as often they can be harder to reach and operate.
There are three
capacitive buttons included below the display of this smartphone, overview (multitasking), home and back buttons, respectively.
Below the display is the physical home button that doubles as the fingerprint scanner, and
capacitive buttons placed on either side of it.
The optical track pad found on the original Incredible was replaced with the
new capacitive buttons and the auto - rotating icons.
To promote the new model, the Chinese company has posted a new video showing some of the phone's features like color
changing capacitive buttons and a super sensitive touch screen.
We'd imagine this physical button will also be flanked by
optional capacitive buttons, though we're not exactly sure if those will return for this year's model.
All Android phones have navigation bars — the bottom bar (
sometimes capacitive buttons) that let you go to the home screen and back, or access recent apps.
The minimal bezels and
capacitive buttons means that the phone uses its real estate more efficiently than pretty much any other smartphone out there.
As you can see, there's now what looks like a home button in the center, along with two
capacitive buttons marked with a simple dash on each side.
Below the screen rest four
capacitive buttons in the menu - home - back - search configuration that is standard for Android handsets.
Instead of placing the normal three
capacitive buttons below the display, Honor has decided to keep the chin of the smartphone plain and has just placed the Honor logo there.
Compared to the Moto E3 announced last year, the Moto C
features capacitive buttons and adopts a circular camera stack that incorporates the lens and flash.
One of these is the option of switching between
capacitive buttons under the display or the on - screen software buttons with a simple tap in the settings menu.