Instead,
the home button on the front which acts as a fingerprint sensor also serves the navigation functions on the phone.
Not exact matches
There is a dedicated
home button on the
front of the Note and no others, whereas the MAX2 has two other
buttons beside the
home,
which is used for turning the pages of ebooks or accessing other features.
Rounding off the
buttons on the
front features a settings
button which ironically does not do anything
on the main
home screen but gives you valid options
on most programs.
Newer features not seen
on previous laptops or tablets include the soon - to - be-ubiquitous Windows Key
button, effectively a physical
home or start
button on the
front of the tablet,
which duplicates the function of your keyboard's Windows key.
It's a touch and only has one
button on the front which is the Home B
button on the
front which is the
Home ButtonButton.
The
front of the device is grey and features just one physical
button on the
front which is the
Home button.
The tablet has two
buttons one at the side panel
which is a power
on button and the other
on the
front panel
which is the
home button.
The Wii Remote has six
buttons (plus the
Home -LRB--RRB-
button,
which allows reconnection of controllers, resetting the game and other options regardless of
which game is being played) and a D - Pad -LRB--RRB-, as well as a pointer
on the
front which can tell its own position in relation to a motion sensor (placed in
front of the television set) and motion detection technology.
Despite having an 18.7:9 display, the fingerprint scanner is present
on the
front,
which also works as the
home button.
My biggest problem with the phone design is the fingerprint reader,
which moved from the
home button on the S7's
front face to a narrow strip
on its backing that looks a lot like a Tic Tac, just left of the camera mount.
The Mi 5 is Xiaomi's first handset with a
home button on the
front,
which also integrates a fingerprint reader.
But the S8 is quite a departure for Samsung: it moves the fingerprint scanner from the once staple physical
home key position
on the
front -
which has been removed to make way for that unconventional screen - to the rear of the device, launches with a quick - access Bixby
button but minus the voice - controlled assistant being properly functional, and costs a small fortune too.
The Coolpad Cool Play 6C adopts round body design and features no logo
on the
front, it comes with the parallel dual camera setup and round
Home button which supports fingerprint scanning
on the
front.
Furthermore, there are two capacitive
buttons on the
front and a physical
home key
which also houses the fingerprint sensor.
There's a dedicated fingerprint sensor
on the
front, and it does not double up as
home button,
which is frustrating, It took me some time to get used to that.
The P20 has a near bezel-less display, but it does have a fingerprint sensor
which is integrated with the
home button on the
front of the device.
As I mentioned before, the non-moving
home button on newer iPhones (save for the iPhone X,
which eliminates the
home button entirely) is just a pressure - sensitive portion of the
front glass.
The fingerprint print scanner is placed
on the
front which also doubles as the
home button, and just like this year's Moto phones, the Moto X4's fingerprint scanner features gesture support for back and recent apps.
The
front is jet black barring a small sphere for the
home button,
which gets flanked by the back and theme setting
buttons when you power
on the display.
On the
front you'll find Samsung's
home button —
which houses the fingerprint sensor — flanked by the recent apps and back keys.
For connectivity, there is a fingerprint sensor
on the
front of the device,
which doubles as a
home button.
On the
front, beneath the screen, there's a long lozenge that looks like a rocker,
which houses the
Home and Back
buttons, and outside this are the Search and Menu
buttons.
The camera
on the back has been moved slightly towards the center of the device,
which takes a while to get used to, and the same can be said about the Samsung - like
home button on the
front.
It comes with a physical
home button on the
front that also houses the fingerprint sensor
which was missing
on its predecessor.
It has a sleek, slightly curved design, with glass
on the
front and a
home button which will likely house a fingerprint scanner.
Samsung handset has a fingerprint sensor
on the
home button,
which is located
on the
front, while the
home button of LG V20 is
on the rear,
which also houses the fingerprint sensor.
At first glance, the images clearly show a physical
home button on the
front panel of the Galaxy C10, one
which will supposedly house the fingerprint sensor as well.
Both have
front - mounted fingerprint sensors built into their oval capacitive
home button and they both have a large circular camera housing
on the rear,
which looks very similar to the Moto Z, giving the G range a more premium feel.
There's ample space for a fingerprint scanner
on the
front (a la
Home button), given the fairly large bezel proportions,
which functions just fine.
On the
front, there's a single pill - shaped
home button which also acts as the fingerprint scanner.
The
front panel is quite similar to what we've seen
on the Galaxy S8, specifically the Infinity Display
which didn't leave room for the physical
home button on the
front.
Speaking of fingers, you'll need to tap the
front home key of the Mate 10 to log in with a registered digit; the Mate 10 Pro,
on the other hand, does away with any
front - positioned
buttons, with its fingerprint scanner
on the back -
which we think is a more natural place for it.
Above that display we have a 5 - megapixel
front facing camera and along the bottom half, there's still a
home button with a fingerprint sensor
which works pretty good and is identical to what came along
on the Galaxy S6 and a couple of capacitive navigation
buttons.
There is a fingerprint sensor
on the
front which is integrated into the
Home button.
The
Home button,
which should also double as the fingerprint scanner, will take its place
on the
front panel.
On the
front there's the usual pill - shaped
home button,
which also includes a fingerprint scanner.
The
home button on the
front of the iPhone 8 continues to feature the Touch ID fingerprint scanner
which can be used for unlocking the device and authorizing Apple Pay transactions.
The
front comes with the sensors,
front camera and earpiece
on the top and standard
home button with finger scanner in the bottom,
on the either side of
which there are touch - based navigation
buttons.
On the
front, Lenovo's design language is beginning to mirror the Moto brand too: it includes a chrome - trim
home button which also acts as a fingerprint sensor.
The Galaxy S8 and S8 +,
which debuted
on 29 March, ditched the physical
home button in favour of an almost all - screen
front and repositioned the fingerprint sensor to the rear next to the camera lens.
Apart from all that, what you saw in the iPhone 5s, is the same here — the
front fingerprint scanner with
home button function,
which Apple calls as the Touch ID, and
on the left, there are volume rocker keys with the switch to toggle between silent and general sound profiles.
Below the screen we've got a snappy always -
on fingerprint sensor
which doubles as the
home button, and above the screen you'll find the 8MP
front facing camera.
With the arrival of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 chipset and the Synaptics Clear ID technology, though, it's now going to be possible for companies to start putting fingerprint sensors in the display
which is going to alleviate having to use a
home button on the
front to have the sensor and get rid of having it
on the back,
which in turn will allow for phones to be a little more stylish, but also allow companies to design their devices to have more screen real estate.
Fingerprint sensors are pretty common in phones these days, whether they be inserted into a
front - facing
home button below the display or
on the back of the device, both of
which are pretty common locations for them to be.