Capacitive keys are touch-sensitive buttons on electronic devices, like smartphones or keyboards, that respond to the electrical charges in our fingers. So, when we touch these keys, they can detect the touch and perform a specific function.
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Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity is also available on this smartphone, and the device comes with a set of
capacitive keys below its display.
The device is made out of metal, and it comes with a set
of capacitive keys below its display.
Previous Active smartphones, however, featured physical home buttons and
capacitive keys for added durability.
If confirmed by the company at some point, we can say that we will have a model with a physical home button
with capacitive keys around.
I would have preferred
capacitive keys in place of the «honor» chin branding, but the on - screen navigation keys are still very pleasant to use.
The tactile home button is still flanked by the recent apps and
back capacitive keys while the power button and volume rocker are still at home on the metal frame.
You simply have to press a little harder on either key to get them to operate as opposed to simply touching them like you would most other phones that still
use capacitive keys.
On the front, there is a huge display along with the front facing camera and
capacitive keys at the bottom.
More input options are available, with users given the choice
between capacitive keys or on screen navigation keys, and gestures like double tap to wake are to be found as well.
Below the display is a new home key with integrated fingerprint scanner and
capacitive keys for multitasking and Android's back button.
The device sports a set of
capacitive keys below its display, while its physical keys are placed on the right.
The bottom bezel is where you will find the back, home, and recent
apps capacitive keys, that have plenty of illumination for comfortable visibility both indoors and outdoors.
On the front of the device you have
capacitive keys at the bottom of the phone which seems to be more common in some of these white box devices.
What hasn't returned is Samsung's signature home button flanked by
capacitive keys on the left and right.
The front faces of both phones are pretty similar, with swappable
capacitive keys flanking a fingerprint scanner, which doubles as your home button.
It is unfortunate that
capacitive keys don't have the backlight, which means you will have problem operating device in the dark.
The same goes for the fingerprint scanner — both phones have excellent one - touch sensors, but the U11 keeps its fingerprint sensor on the front, flanked
by capacitive keys for back and task - switching.
Below the display are
non-backlit capacitive keys for Android's traditional Recents, Home, and Back navigation buttons, and a white LED.
Only a Mi logo is etched into the back, and the usual three Android
capacitive keys sit below the screen, glowing when the phone is awake.
The Mi A1 features certain features that Google would probably never accept in a device it fully controls, including a microSD slot, an infrared blaster, and
capacitive keys instead of a software nav bar.
The Turbo X is filled with all sorts of features, only one of which we'd consider frivolous: A wave of the hand over the top of the speaker will «wake up» on - board controls, which basically means they light up — the touch -
capacitive keys also illuminate as soon as you touch one.
The main functional change from earlier Honor phones is the removal of software keys — these are gone from the software, instead replaced by OnePlus - style
swappable capacitive keys for «back» and «recent apps,» either side of the fingerprint scanner, which is also your home key.
Xiaomi also retained their standardized
capacitive key design with the Mi 4S, making the transition from other Xiaomi smartphones less of a learning experience.
As all other Active versions of Galaxy phones, the new S7 Active is also supposed to come with a big waterproof, physical button for Home and not
capacitive keys found on its base model.
The curved «2.5 D» glass on the front of the Xiaomi Mi Max houses three
illuminated capacitive keys, positioned in Xiaomi's standard layout.
At the moment, we do not have any info when it comes to the Mi Pad 4, but it is possible that it will resemble the Mi Pad 3 quite a bit, though the company may opt to
ditch capacitive keys in favor of on - screen buttons.
Furthermore, the fact that the OnePlus 3 has the option for
capacitive keys means that multi-window is further enhanced by maximizing the amount of screen available for the two applications.
There's no home button and the phone uses on - screen capacitive keys
The phone features extremely thin side bezels, with the lower bezel hiding
backlit capacitive keys and the upper bezel housing the 8MP camera along with the light sensor.
Apart from aesthetic customization, the navigation bar of the OnePlus 3 can be configured to act through the
hardware capacitive keys, or the software keys (you are asked on the first boot, meaning no user can miss that this feature exists).
From the leaked images, it looks like the Axon 9 will join the small list of Android smartphones which still
include capacitive keys.
At the top we saw the familiar Soundfreaq collection of
touch capacitive keys, matched by a selection of ports at the backside.
The Liquid E3 also employs the use of
capacitive keys rather than Android's on screen wares, something that I am still undecided on.
The side bezels are pretty slim but the top and bottom bezels are pretty huge, due to the fact that vivo is still sticking to
capacitive keys when more and more manufacturers are moving towards on - screen softkeys to minimize the size of the bottom bezel.
The OPPO F5 seems to be made out of metal, and unfortunately we don't really get to see the bottom part of this phone, so we don't know if OPPO included a set of
capacitive keys down there or not, though if previous OPPO - branded phones are any indication, those buttons will be included below the display.
A fingerprint sensor is built into the home button — HTC says it should unlock in 0.2 seconds, and you get support for authorizing Android Pay payments as well as locking individual apps — while the back and task - switcher controls are
now capacitive keys that light up either - side.