There's the «clickable» version found on Samsung's Galaxy phones, the fixed recess like OnePlus uses,
the capacitive buttons which sit off - screen as on the ZTE Axon 7, and then software buttons found on recent Google, Sony, and LG phones.
It lacks a dedicated camera and windows
capacitive buttons which have been replaced by on - screen buttons.
Not exact matches
They are flanked by «
capacitive touch»
buttons,
which are a nice blend between traditional switches and button-less touch spots like the ones on Cadillac's CUE.
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.
Nearly all controls are
capacitive touch virtual
buttons,
which don't work particularly well while wearing gloves.
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.
Adding to the inconsistency, while the touch screen works with gloves, these
capacitive buttons —
which serve as shortcuts to the home screen, the audio source, navigation and destination input, and track skip controls — do not.
In addition to the two - point
capacitive touchscreen, the Book T68 has physical page and navigation
buttons,
which suits ereaders well.
The Flyer features
capacitive Android menu
buttons on both orientations
which is a nice effect — they disappear and reappear along the bezel for landscape and portrait use — and battery life in our limited use seems to be pretty solid.
All that additional cost is going to hardware upgrades,
which includes a 300 ppi screen, a frontlight, a flush
capacitive touchscreen, and page sensor
buttons.
This gadget comes with a physical home key
which is located below its display, while there are two
capacitive buttons include on its sides.
Basically, you can use the S Pen to touch the
capacitive buttons,
which once only responded to a finger's touch.
The bottom speaker was replaced by a
capacitive touch
button which also acts as finger print sensor.
Capacitive buttons on the front bezel are what you get for navigation, but they're not backlit,
which is disappointing.
To the left of it is the BlackBerry «option» key,
which serves as the equivalent of Android's
capacitive menu
button that I personally find to be very convenient.
You might remember we saw the T863 on sale at Brando a few days ago running Android 2.3,
which explains the non-functional
capacitive buttons on the display's bezel.
We recommend the Kindle Voyage ($ 200),
which has a lit screen for reading in all types of lighting conditions, along with
capacitive page - turning
buttons for super easy wielding.
It has a 3.5 inch
capacitive touchscreen below
which there are three touch sensitive
buttons - Menu, Home, Return.
The bezels are far slimmer here, and it seems like this handset has
capacitive buttons below the display,
which is really odd for Huawei.
Spec-wise, we're looking at a phone
which features a 5 - inch HD (720p) display on the front, accompanied by three
capacitive buttons.
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.
Below the display, you'll find a set of
capacitive back and recent apps keys,
which flank the physical home
button.
The home
button is flanked by two
capacitive buttons denoted by dots, and it is up to you as to
which side works as a back key and the Recent Apps
button, and you can change the order depending on
which orientation you are more comfortable with.
There are no
capacitive buttons, making way for the on - screen navigation
buttons inside of the display,
which by the way is a decent one packing 401 PPI, not bad at all.
Samsung has eschewed the physical
buttons,
which I thought added a nice tactile touch to the Active lineup, and went with the
capacitive buttons found on other Galaxy models.
The
capacitive navigation
buttons aren't back - lit,
which I disliked.
You even get
capacitive touch
buttons for Back and Recent apps,
which would normally seem a bit weird in an Android ecosystem that's slowly trying to kill off anything that isn't onscreen nav
buttons.
There are no
capacitive touch
buttons on the smartphone for navigation but there are three on - screen navigation
buttons which we did not really like, for the simple reason that on - screen
buttons eat up our screen space.
The company had hoped to be able to put the fingerprint sensor,
which is currently integrated into the iPhone's home
button, underneath the screen using a
capacitive fingerprint sensor, but Apple «continues to struggle with fingerprint solution,» according to Hargreaves.
Beneath the display, the bezel is largely forgivable thanks to the home
button which is flanked by the
capacitive navigation keys.
There are the proximity sensor, the earpiece and the primary camera above the display, and there are three
capacitive buttons below it,
which are not backlit,
which can be problematic initially before you get the hang of their location.
To the left and right of the home
button are
capacitive window and back keys,
which is somewhat unconventional given that most Android handsets these days use on - screen
buttons for navigation.
The familiar and oblong Samsung home
button,
which doubles as a fingerprint reader, rests centered under the display, flanked by the
capacitive all - apps and back keys.
The K5 has three
capacitive buttons,
which extend the length of the bezel but maximize the screen real estate compared to other Android devices.
Like the PRIV, the KeyOne's keyboard is also
capacitive,
which enables the user to navigate the screen by swiping across the
buttons.
Apple has opted for control gestures with the iPhone X, whereas Samsung uses the Galaxy S9's pressure - sensitive display to mimick a
capacitive Home
button,
which you might find is easier to adjust to.
Android - standard Back, Home and Menu
capacitive navigation
buttons adorn the bottom of the front face — however for some reason Asus has chosen not to make these backlit,
which can make quick navigation in poorly lit environments a minor challenge.
Furthermore, there are two
capacitive buttons on the front and a physical home key
which also houses the fingerprint sensor.
Also, Nokia decided to move the fingerprint scanner to the rear and replace the
capacitive navigation
buttons with on - screen
buttons,
which makes the bottom chin just an empty space like that on the first generation Google Pixel.
Coolpad Cool Play 6 has
capacitive touch
buttons at the bottom bezels
which light up for a few seconds when the screen is turned on.
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.
Smartron t phone P has
capacitive navigation
buttons,
which light up during use.
According to Kuo, optical sensors will allow the Touch ID
button to be hidden, as they can read fingerprints through thicker OLED panels than the current iPhone's
capacitive Touch ID sensor,
which needs to be exposed.
The phone's bottom bezel houses the device's
capacitive back, home, and multitasking
buttons —
which also can't be remapped or removed in favour of on - screen
buttons.
It doesn't have any
capacitive buttons, but you will find the usual on - screen
buttons on there
which you can customize, of course.
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.
Secondly, OnePlus decided to make the fingerprint sensor double as a
capacitive home
button,
which is great in theory.
Joining the home
button are two
capacitive «recents» and «back»
buttons,
which are set in that order from left to right — Galaxy - style.
The home
button which doubles as a fingerprint sensor is alone here, as there are no
capacitive keys flanking it.
The front faces of both phones are pretty similar, with swappable
capacitive keys flanking a fingerprint scanner,
which doubles as your home
button.