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.
Thankfully, HTC has removed the awkward pair of
capacitive buttons from the One (M7), and replaced them with a traditional, more effective trio of onscreen keys.
But here's the thing: Put
the capacitive buttons from the original HTC One next to the on - screen buttons of the new HTC One, and it's just about a wash.
I like those quite a bit, they have a crisp «click» and I have the perception that they react better than
the capacitive buttons from previous Samsung Android phones.
Not exact matches
There's also a 10 - inch
capacitive touch - screen display located in the centre of the dashboard
from which most car functions are controlled, reducing the need for an excess of
buttons and dials.
When leaving a vehicle that is equipped with a smart - key system, the vehicle is locked by either pressing a
button on a door handle, touching a
capacitive area on a door handle, or simply walking away
from the vehicle.
In a supreme piece of marketing invention, Land Rover is calling the process «reductionism», simplifying the interior by «hiding» many features until they are needed, at which point the relevant
capacitive touch - sensitive
buttons are lit
from behind.
The center stack display has a glass overlay that extends left
from the 8 - inch LCD to cover a half - dozen
capacitive touch
buttons next to it.
Taking a cue
from Samsung phones like the Galaxy S4, a physical home
button sits beneath the screen that's flanked by
capacitive menu and back
buttons.
From the front, the Avid Plus looks like any other black slab, with a thick bezel around the display and a protruding chin with
capacitive buttons along the bottom.
There were light bleed issues
from the screen, and the
capacitive buttons.
Aside
from a funky - looking backplate we can see that the device will feature on - screen
capacitive buttons.
As you no doubt remember
from our previous hands - on with the Continuum, it's an interesting design, with a larger, normal touchscreen up top, and a smaller «Ticker» beneath the usual
capacitive buttons.
From the front, the Yoga Tablet 2 presents a slick, black facade with its 13.3 - inch, glossy display, broken up only by the camera on top (the only one on the device), and a silver
capacitive - touch Windows
button on bottom.
Its nine
capacitive buttons are a fun departure
from the typical interfaces of the day, though I found myself using the stylus most of the time to get around.
So they remove the HTC logo and change the front face colour
from black / silver, to all black, move the
capacitive buttons closer to the bottom, YET THEY STILL KEEP THE RIDICULOUS BEZEL........
The
capacitive red
buttons on the front immediately helps differentiate the phone
from the sea of iPhone lookalikes, and at least make sure the bezel space isn't totally wasted.
Embedded within the Bolt's white backplate is an oval - shaped fingerprint sensor that doubles as a home
button, as well as two
capacitive, illuminated navigational
buttons that fade
from view when idle.
From the front, the Avid Plus looks like any other black slab, with a thick bezel around the display and a protruding chin with
capacitive buttons along the bottom.
The new Galaxy S8 and S8 + inherit the signature all - glass build
from their predecessors, however, this time they let go of the
capacitive buttons on the front in favor of the new Infinity always - on display.
The
capacitive keys of the normal S5 have been replaced by three physical
buttons that remove the aimless fingerprint sensor
from before and are much easier to find and press on the run.
(One of those
capacitive keys has changed
from a dedicated menu
button to a more useful «Recent Apps» hotkey, however.)
The three
capacitive buttons at the bottom of the handset are welcome because Back, Home, and Search are key to how you navigate Windows Phone and it's more efficient than swiping up
from the bottom of the screen to get the soft
buttons on - screen.
There are a few neat touches like a translucent slide up app drawer (
from anywhere on the home screen), the option to take scrolling screenshots and also a do not disturb mode for gaming where you can lock
capacitive buttons and block notifications for those intense gaming sessions.
In between the display and QWERTY keyboard are the three
capacitive navigation
buttons for back, home, and multi-tasking (
from left to right).
You'll also notice that the top and bottom bezels have been shrunk down quite a bit this time around, leading to what's perhaps the most controversial design decision Samsung made with these smartphones: after all these years, Samsung has moved away
from capacitive buttons and instead included software navigation
buttons on the S8 and S8 Plus.
The phone is totally black
from the front which we really like — only the
capacitive buttons are slightly dark gray in color, making them stand out.
The remote has a built - in microphone in case you stray too far
from your controller, a set of three simple
buttons for navigation and a touch -
capacitive channel to raise and lower the volume.
The device features three
capacitive navigation
buttons for multitasking, home, and back (
from left to right).
Beneath the display are the three
capacitive navigation
buttons for back, home, and multi-tasking (
from left to right).
As you can see, the device is rather similar to the MX4
from the front except for that rectangular
button below the screen which replaced the
capacitive «dot» and now it also doubles as a fingerprint scanner, push - to - activate fingerprint scanner actually.
Joining the home
button are two
capacitive «recents» and «back»
buttons, which are set in that order
from left to right — Galaxy - style.
It has the tradition Samsung - ish design
from the front with a physical home
button and two
capacitive touch
buttons on either side.
The translation form Chinese to English readers «After the HTC One A9 next transcendence» All the images show the
capacitive buttons we're seen
from the leaked pictures of the One X9.
The shift to the multitasking
button from the old
capacitive menu
button is a welcome change, in line with the evolution of Android's UI so far.
Capacitive keys are still here from the original phone but the home button has been enlarged and now has a rounded - square raised edge around it, resembling a physical button that clicks but rather is a capacitive home button that houses the new fingerprin
Capacitive keys are still here
from the original phone but the home
button has been enlarged and now has a rounded - square raised edge around it, resembling a physical
button that clicks but rather is a
capacitive home button that houses the new fingerprin
capacitive home
button that houses the new fingerprint scanner.
At the top and bottom of the screen is a nicely - sized bezel that does help with landscape handling, but with the
capacitive keys so close to the bottom edge of the device, you might trigger those
buttons accidentally
from time to time.
From the front, even the device looks similar to last year's Zenfone Go 5.0 LTE with concentric circles design below the
capacitive buttons.
The device resembles the Redmi 1S handset
from Xiaomi to some extent, you get the
capacitive buttons below the display and the design doesn't exactly scream «look at me!»
This year's Samsung Galaxy S8 is certainly a feature rich flagship, but it's missing one notable option for some — home and
capacitive buttons are absent
from the handset.
There's not much we can discern of the product's design, aside
from fairly chunky screen bezels, a duo of
capacitive buttons and what seems like a faint shade of «gold - copper» glowing
from the concealed rear cover.
As you can see
from the shot above, Samsung will be doing away with a physical home
button and
capacitive navigation keys on the phone's front, moving to on - screen
buttons while shifting the fingerprint sensor to the phone's rear, to the right (or left, depending on how you're holding the phone) of the 12MP rear camera.
While you can argue that
capacitive buttons take away the estate
from the screen, giving users the option to switch a bit like what OnePlus One did, is what would be ideal.
There's thankfully no
capacitive buttons here, rather proper Android software
buttons located on the dedicated nav bar on the bottom of the screen, which automatically pulls away when entering full - screen apps and can be called up again by a single swipe up
from the bottom of the screen.
As a complete package, the shortfalls of an ultra-glossy device and
capacitive buttons aren't enough to turn us away
from considering the device completely, but it certainly doesn't help with either short - term impressions or long - term usability.
Somewhat confusingly you'll find three
capacitive navigation
buttons at the bottom of the screen (at least they're the right ones), breaking away
from its predecessors in the Droid RAZR line and its nearly identical twin the Moto X who all have on - screen
buttons.
We recently covered a growing thread over at the XDA Developers forum with Windows Phone owners reporting an issue with the on - screen keyboard disappearing
from view without accidentally pressing the «back»
capacitive button.
The flagships
from LG have the system
buttons in the bottom of the display itself, but the entire L series has the
capacitive touch
buttons below the display and there are four of them here — Back, Home, Menu and SIM Switch key, which would take you to the Dual SIM settings section.
Huawei has opted to omit any physical or
capacitive control
buttons from the front of the Honor 6, which we've come to expect
from the manufacturer's phones by now.
It also moves the fingerprint sensor to the back, ditches the
capacitive buttons, and upgrades
from microUSB to USB - C — though it retains the more traditional 16:9 aspect ratio, for better or worse.