A new report claims the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus / Pro will ship with a new 3D Touch
Home button instead of the physical one the handset has used since 2007.
Samsung has introduced on the Galaxy S8 an infinity display, which features thin bezels and a virtual
home button instead of a capacitive option.
Thanks to the dedicated overview button Samsung now places to the left of
the home button instead of the antiquated menu button that used to be there, multi-tasking is a single button press away at any point in time.
Fortunately, the front of the device tells a different story as HTC decided to keep its standard
Home button instead of creating a circular one that's very typical of the iPhone handsets.
There's
no Home button instead, you use gestures to unlock the iPhone X, go back to the Home screen or to engage multitasking.
As I mentioned in my hands - on post last week, I struggled with remembering to touch the onscreen
home button instead of the fingerprint sensor below the screen when I wanted to go back to the home screen.
Though I still wish it would be an actual
home button instead of just a sensor, it can be used to sleep the screen by placing your finger on it while the phone is on.
The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 both feature virtual
home buttons instead of capacitive buttons, as a preamble to the on - screen fingerprint scanner.
Both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 were rumored to include the feature before their respective launches, but the devices were instead designed with virtual
home buttons instead of capacitive buttons.
Not exact matches
While the iPhone X is controversial for a number of reasons — Face ID in place of Touch ID, the lack of a
home button, the ability to incorporate «animojis,» where emojis use facial recognition
instead of the traditional emojis we've grown to love — what really got people talking was the $ 999 price tag for the bare - bones model (a maxed out, 256 GB model will run you a cool $ 1,149).
You no longer have to tap the
home button to bring up all of your quick options,
instead they are persistently at the bottom of the screen.
Every single device I have ever used that had a
button on the bottom functioned as the
home key,
instead Onyx has made it the glowlight setting.
Galaxy Tab in Romania to have «Acasa» as the «
Home»
button instead of «Porn» Also, in another interesting turn of events, the now infamous «Porn»
button on the Romanian version of the Galaxy Tab that had made quite a buzz has been removed for good.
The
home, settings, and back
buttons are not sunken into the device and
instead rise up against the chassis.
Double - tap the
home button and you will be greeted with a scrolling list of the contacts you have most recently been in touch with — this is extremely handy when you want to call or message these folks quickly and easily (
instead of scrolling through lists, or trying to find an existing message to reply to).
There are no physical
buttons, and
instead you have to gesture on the bezel upwards or double tap in an indeterminate area to access the
home screen.
Kobo has done away with the
home buttons on the device and
instead opted to go the software route.
For starters, there's no longer a physical
home button on the device so you have to use the
home button from the menu
instead.
Instead it has a physical
home button, which is also doubling as the fingerprint sensor (and for what it's worth, it has a BlackBerry logo on it).
Kobo has re-designed the e-reader from previous iterations,
instead of a D - Pad with 4
buttons it simply now just has a
home button.
The Kindle Fire forgoes the always available back,
home and settings touch - screen
buttons you find on other Android devices and relies on swipe gestures
instead.
The Nook is a bit better because it has a physical
home button and its
home screen has lots of shortcuts
instead of the carousel, but you still have to go
home to get anywhere.
The main differences are a narrower bezel, hardware
buttons for
home, back and menu, a new 1.3 - megapixel front camera and a slightly faster dual - core processor, at 1.2 GHz
instead of 1.0 GHz.
The One X features three capacitive
buttons beneath the display (Back,
Home and Recent Apps)
instead of going the all - software
The tablet comes with the S Pen like all other devices in the Galaxy Note family, and on the software side of things, you get Android 4.4 KitKat with Samsung's new Magazine UX
home screen (and, finally, a dedicated multitasking
button instead of the now obsolete menu
button.)
Instead, there's a new
button at the bottom of the task switcher when you long - press the
home key, and this is what you tap to load up Google Now.
Amazon apparently looks at Apple's iPad
home button and thinks to have anything similar would be seen as «copying» the Cupertino hardware giant, when
instead they should realize that it works, consumers like it and tablets without it are at a distinct disadvantage.
There's no
Home button;
instead, you sweep up from the bezel to the center of the display with your finger.
The sole
buttons are the
Home button (centrally situated beneath the display), the volume rocker on the side, and a screen lock
button above that (
instead of a mute
button, as found on the iPhone).
It's also interesting to note that the tablet doesn't have any physical
buttons,
instead a tap on the
home screen will bring up your interface, and another tap takes you back to the carousel.
With Ice Cream Sandwich, Google is moving away from hardware
buttons, as the Galaxy Nexus does not feature the usual array of Android
home buttons and
instead relies completely on software based
buttons for navigation.
The report doesn't specifically state that a fingerprint scanner will be included;
instead, it simply cites Taiwan - based component makers in claiming that the new iPads will have new sapphire crystal
home buttons.
In using the PlayBook I actually found myself initially looking for that
home button at the bottom like on the iPad, but
instead RIM uses a gesture to bring you back
home (only took a few seconds to get used to that).
The
home button is
instead a soft
button on - screen in the upper left corner, along with the search, back, and menu
buttons.
When you tap the
home button, you'll also now go to the
home screen most recently used
instead of back to the center
home screen.
Since there is no hardware
Home button, Amazon implemented a soft
button which is not always visible —
instead you can make it appear with a simple click.
Instead of the physical
buttons you know from most Android tablets, the
home and back
buttons are now digital and get as a jogging buddy a multitasking
button, which lets you access previously closed apps.
Instead, users will need to learn a new series of gestures in iOS 11 — like swipe up to go to your
home screen; double press on the side
button to activate Apple Pay; and hold the side and volume
button to power off.
when you receive a msg from someone you got 5 sec to hit
Home button to open it
instead of scrolling and such.
No one needs to imagine that not only are academic journals available to read at any hour
instead of locked in a library across the nation at some Ivy League school, but with the click of a
button one can learn how to make Thai
home - cooking without taking classes or traveling, repair a broken spoke after all the shops are closed and watch kitties, puppies or goats do wacky things, all from one machine.
Moreover, the research firm also coughed up other details about the screen, such as the lack of a physical
home button in place of virtual on - screen
buttons, which in the end will render a more compact handset — in fact, even with its large display, the overall device footprint might still be the same as the 4.7 - inch iPhone 7,
instead of the Plus model.
Also of note is something that's become a bit of a rarity these days: physical Android
buttons for
home, back, and multitasking,
instead of the almost ubiquitous on - screen icons.
(Obviously, if you don't have a phone with a Touch ID - enabled
home button, this isn't nearly as annoying a change — it just means you'll have to press the
home button a second time
instead of swiping to unlock.
Noted Apple tipster Guilherme Rambo says he has seen the source code and that the iPhone 8 will allow users to launch Siri with a long press on the Sleep / Wake
button,
instead of the
home button.
Instead, you swipe up on the screen to open the recents view, soft tap on the fingerprint sensor in the
home button to go back, and fully press it down to return to the
home screens.
There is one odd tweak:
instead of accessing Google Now by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, you have to hold the
Home button (also how you access Recent Apps) and tap the Google search icon in the corner.
Instead of a
home button at the base of the screen, the new premium iPhone 8 is also rumored to be getting a dynamic area / status bar at the bottom of its near bezel-less display.
Instead of a virtual
home button, like some expected, you will be able to drag up the thin bar to the middle of the screen to open iOS 11's multi-tasking panel, or further up to return to your
home screen.
There's no
home button, and no, it has not been replaced by an under - the - glass fingerprint scanner;
instead, the phone has an advanced face scanner that can recognize the owner in a fraction of a second.
You also can't easily wake Google Assistant with the «OK Google» voice command or holding the
home button —
instead, you have to launch the actual app or hold the microphone down from the widget.