Apple said to replace the home button with gesture control on the iPhone 8

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Apple is expected to schedule the iPhone 8 event on September 12. We have already read rumors and reports about Apple ditching the home button on iPhone 8. Now, Bloomberg has corroborated the reports by stating that it has seen images of the new iPhones, which will replace the physical home button with a thin bar at the bottom of the screen and gesture controls. Continue reading “Apple said to replace the home button with gesture control on the iPhone 8”

Next gen 10.9-inch bezel-less Apple iPad could come without a home button

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Next generation 10.9-inch iPad Pro will come without a home button, according to a latest report from Japanese site Makotakara. As per the report, nearly bezel-free design will allow for the 10.9-inch model to have the same overall footprint as the current 9.7-inch iPad Pro.

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Apple said to be working on iPhone without the home button

It looks like Apple is planning to remove the home button from the next iPhone. A report from DigiTimes is stating that the company is working on a new iPhone design that would get rid of the physical home button.

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The iPhone currently uses a physical home button that acts a menu button and also acts as a Touch ID fingerprint sensor. The company says it is developing a new in-house touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solution for the iPhone. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on iPhone without the home button”