Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away

Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by karmelapple on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:56PM (#34849170)

I don’t quite follow - what is the reason? That you wish there was a haptic home button? iPhones never had haptic buttons on the front face - only real physical press buttons.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by alphabettsy on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:36PM (#34849642)

iPhones had haptics home buttons from iPhone 7 and up, so if you’ve used even an old iPhone at this point it wasn’t a “real” button. Same as the MacBook trackpads, people can’t tell the difference.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by as_bntd on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:01PM (#34862791)

I have an iPhone 6 and a SE (2020) and I can tell the difference. The SE feels like my Mac's (2020) touchpad.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by karmelapple on Sunday February 19, 2023 @10:18PM (#34864576)

Wow - I had no idea! Thanks for posting the correction.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by batmanthehorse on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:02PM (#34849236)

That’s not true. Starting with iPhone 7 the front home button is haptic solid state. It feels better than the old one and breaks less.

For this reason, I’m totally fine with them doing the same for volume buttons. Also feels great on the AirPod pros

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by archagon on Saturday February 18, 2023 @07:36PM (#34852769)

It does not feel better to me.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by karmelapple on Sunday February 19, 2023 @10:19PM (#34864582)

I am embarrassed - thanks for the gentle correction.

I jumped straight from an iPhone 6S to an iPhone XS, so I never got those... whoops!

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