The Home button on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is iconic and instantly recognizable. And on the last version of the American firm boasts of devices integrating the Touch ID technology. Indeed, this button has become a basic element, and even after all the smartphone iterations, there is still an essential characteristic.
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However, with software improvements in recent years, particularly in terms of recognition, Apple could be planning to move to a Home button software. The home button will appear in the same place, but for some applications, and its suppression could allow to have a larger screen. Anyway, his days seem numbered.
That's if you believe the latest buzz from Taiwan, where sources of Digitimes got some gossip, it could be that the Cupertino company is working on a way to get rid of the home button on the front of inlaid brand iDevices apple bitten.
The Korean newspaper claims that Apple is developing a screen capable of merging the touch layer and the protective glass, thereby maintaining all the capabilities of the Touch ID, and more specifically the integrated fingerprint sensor, specifically for future iPhone.
No buttons, no screen edges
The publication goes on to argue that removing the Home button on the iPhone (and it can also be assumed on the iPad) allow Apple to reduce the size of edges above and below the screen , and and have a smaller smartphone.
There is no word on when this technology will be ready to be embedded in an iPhone, but it is very unlikely that we see on the iPhone 6S expected in September. Obviously, and again, these are just rumors, so do not be too excited to see a 7 iPhone came on the market without button - it could never emerge if it is less efficient than the current model.
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However, with software improvements in recent years, particularly in terms of recognition, Apple could be planning to move to a Home button software. The home button will appear in the same place, but for some applications, and its suppression could allow to have a larger screen. Anyway, his days seem numbered.
The Korean newspaper claims that Apple is developing a screen capable of merging the touch layer and the protective glass, thereby maintaining all the capabilities of the Touch ID, and more specifically the integrated fingerprint sensor, specifically for future iPhone.
No buttons, no screen edges
The publication goes on to argue that removing the Home button on the iPhone (and it can also be assumed on the iPad) allow Apple to reduce the size of edges above and below the screen , and and have a smaller smartphone.
There is no word on when this technology will be ready to be embedded in an iPhone, but it is very unlikely that we see on the iPhone 6S expected in September. Obviously, and again, these are just rumors, so do not be too excited to see a 7 iPhone came on the market without button - it could never emerge if it is less efficient than the current model.