Not exact matches
Previous iPhones had a
physical home button which could be pressed to exit apps and return to the
home screen.
It comes with a 5.8 - inch
screen that nearly covers its face and no
physical home button.
There's no
physical Home button, and you have to swipe up to go to the
Home screen, but it works fine.
There's almost no bezel around the 5.8 - inch S8 and 6.2 - inch S8 Plus, and the
physical home button has been removed in favour of a virtual one embedded in the
screen itself.
What happens if that
physical button goes away to make more room for the
screen, filling the edges of the bezel like your
home television?
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Screen is flush with the bezel
Physical page turn
buttons a and
home button
While Google Android Honeycomb doesn't require
physical buttons, Lenovo offers hardware keys for
home, back, web browser, and
screen orientation lock.
The front of the device has the same look and feel as Apple's current tablet, with a black bezel surrounding the
screen and a
physical home button located below.
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.
They also removed the D - Pad on the bottom and the
screen and also the
physical home, refresh, and settings
buttons.
The shape without the cover,
physical home buttons and rotating
screen make it perfect for holding in one hand.
And you can give the menu shortcut equal or lesser space on the touchscreen — with the lone
physical button forever dedicated to taking you to the
home screen, the touchscreen has to do the rest.
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.
Description The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 adopts the «Samsung look» - all plastic with a single
physical home key encircled by a menu and back
button (on -
screen buttons are gone), and the rear camera is positioned centrally.
The most notable change in Android user interface the replacement of the 4
physical buttons home, menu, back and search, with virtual versions and the ability to customize the five
home screens in one place via a 3D carousel (see picture above).
The Kindle Fire makes it even more difficult to switch tasks, however, because it doesn't have a
physical button for returning to the
home screen, and its
home screen doesn't have custom shortcuts; a quick link to your most recently read title; or a More menu for returning to recently opened documents.
In terms of the key
physical features, you'll find the rounder
home button at the bottom of the
screen flanked by two capacitive
buttons.
For one thing, the company has eliminated the standard back and settings
buttons found on typical Android devices; and it has no
physical navigation
buttons beyond the «n» for
Home screen.
The GNex has its touch
buttons on the
screen, the Galaxy S III uses 2 capacitive
buttons on either side of a
physical home button.
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.
Because the Galaxy Nexus lacks
physical navigation
buttons, the Back,
Home, and Recent Apps icons are located at the bottom of the
screen, and they light up when touched.
The Galaxy Tab S is powered by Samsung's own octa - core Exynos 5420 processor, features 3 GB of RAM, a fingerprint sensor in the
physical home button and a fantastic 1600 x 2560 pixel Super AMOLED
screen.
Intex Aqua has
physical home and back
buttons right below touch
screen.
A Touch - Sensitive Reading Interface The Nook Color comes with few
physical buttons: just Volume controls on the right panel, a Power
button on the left, and the «N» logo below the
screen that serves as your
Home button.
Below the
screen is a
physical button that takes you back to the
home screen, or in this case, the desktop environment in Google Android 2.0.
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.
Beneath the 7.9 - inch display is Apple's standard
physical home button, while above the
screen you get a 1.2 - megapixel front - facing camera with 720p HD video support and the option to make FaceTime and Skype video calls.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 adopts the «Samsung look» - all plastic with a single
physical home key encircled by a menu and back
button (on -
screen buttons are gone), and the rear camera is positioned centrally.
You'll find widget icons for
screen lock you can put the device to sleep without hitting a
physical button), and for muting sound and microphone with a single touch; a link to Lenovo's App Shop (more on that in a moment); and an overhaul of Honeycomb's standard basic
home navigation
buttons.
Scrolling could be sticky, tapping the
home button or the
screen occasionally did nothing, and using the directional pad to navigate text made me yearn for the Kindle's
physical mini-joystick.
There are persistent
buttons at the bottom of the
screen for
home, back, menu, and search functions since the Kindle Fire doesn't have
physical buttons.
The Chinese original equipment manufacturer seemingly opted to follow the latest design trends in the industry and deliver a smartphone with a tall
screen surrounded by slim bezels, yet opted to differentiate itself from its rivals by retaining the
physical Home button found on the Nova 2i that now barely fits onto the new handset's bottom bezel.
The Note 8 was certainly worth the wait as it received their largest Infinity Display, lost its
physical home button to on -
screen buttons, and received the smallest top and bottom bezels you have ever seen — it's a shame that Samsung did not include a bottom, front - facing speaker in an area where there is a blank spot.
It's nice to see Samsung eschew the trend toward on -
screen nav
button in favor of a
physical home key, even if it's only because Samsung needs a place to put the fingerprint sensor.
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.
Due to this, the iconic
physical Home button will disappear and get integrated into the
screen.
Apple also did away with a
physical home button and moved toward a capacitive area underneath the
screen that still manages to retain the classic look.
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.
The
physical home button on the left side of the watch takes you to the
home screen, as you might expect.
Bloomberg says it's seen images of the new devices, which will replace the
physical home button with a thin bar at the bottom of the
screen and gesture controls.
The company removed the
physical home button for a greater
screen - to - body ratio and moved the fingerprint scanner on the back of the device, but its location right next to the rear camera is uncomfortable.
In addition, it appears the phone will feature capacitive navigation
buttons rather than on -
screen buttons, while the
physical home button doubles up as the fingerprint scanner.
In addition to the
screen increase, Samsung has managed to get carriers to accept its
physical home button (a la iPhone) on the S3, making it possible to unlock the phone with more than the power
button.
They both come with curved
screens and thin bezels and offer a fingerprint sensor on the back in lieu of a
physical home button on the front.
With minimal bezels on the front, the
physical home button will be replaced with on -
screen button and the fingerprint sensor is placed on the rear of the device.
According to the images, the 6 - inch
screen on the Pixel 2 XL will have an 18:9 aspect ratio, thanks to slim bezels around the
screen that will leave no room for a
physical home button.
Its expansive 6.3 - inch display — now without a
physical home button — has an unheard - of 83 %
screen - to - body ratio.
There's no
physical home button on the Nexus 5X, just extra
screen space, so this placement makes sense.
This year, however, the
screen has become the center of attention, with phone makers minimizing unsightly bezels and removing
physical home buttons to make room for more display.
Just under the
screen is a
physical home button that pulls double duty as the finger print sensor.