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Actually... It does. Huawei did a demo about it a few months ago. http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-s-force-touch-hands-640251/ http://www.androidaut

Actually... It does. Huawei did a demo about it a few months ago. http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-s-force-touch-hands-640251/ http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-s-force-touch-ha... It's okay to live inside a ecosystem, but don't pretend to know what happens outside it.

etchalon 11y ago
Huawei's version is not Force Touch, as Apple has defined it. It's a pressure sensitive display, with no haptic. It's about as precise as MotionEvent.getPressure from what I've seen (which isn't really precise if you've used that API). Basically, they saw the Apple Watch, and kinda cribbed together a rough copy of it, and jammed it into a phone. Shocking, I know, as Android OEM hardware hacks are always done as cohesive, full-thought implementations.
mattkevan 11y ago
There's a world of difference between a demo – and an 'very limited indeed' implementation, and a flagship feature supported at a deep level by the OS. Force touch on Android will never get anywhere until it's specifically supported by Google (who unless I'm mistaken, haven't included it in M), and the install rate is high enough to make it worthwhile. I'm sure more OEMs will include it, but individually they won't have the clout to make it go anywhere. It's a bit like the argument around NFC. My Nexus 6 has it, but until M is released with Google Pay, it's pretty much useless. Apple waited until they had a compelling use-case, and only then included it. I would not be surprised if the use of NFC is far higher on iOS than Android.
- jhasse 11y ago
  I have NFC (Galaxy S4) and never used it to pay, still would miss it. You can easily send links or photos, I did this a while back with a friend who has a SONY Z3 and it worked flawlessly. Also I can pair my wireless headset with my phone using NFC. I can use Google Pay in the future with my over 2 years old device. Apple users have to buy a new iPhone for that.
TempestNova 11y ago
Huawei did a demo few months ago? I didn't know IFA 2015 was few months ago.

etchalon 11y ago

Huawei's version is not Force Touch, as Apple has defined it. It's a pressure sensitive display, with no haptic. It's about as precise as MotionEvent.getPressure from what I've seen (which isn't really precise if you've used that API). Basically, they saw the Apple Watch, and kinda cribbed together a rough copy of it, and jammed it into a phone. Shocking, I know, as Android OEM hardware hacks are always done as cohesive, full-thought implementations.

mattkevan 11y ago

There's a world of difference between a demo – and an 'very limited indeed' implementation, and a flagship feature supported at a deep level by the OS. Force touch on Android will never get anywhere until it's specifically supported by Google (who unless I'm mistaken, haven't included it in M), and the install rate is high enough to make it worthwhile. I'm sure more OEMs will include it, but individually they won't have the clout to make it go anywhere. It's a bit like the argument around NFC. My Nexus 6 has it, but until M is released with Google Pay, it's pretty much useless. Apple waited until they had a compelling use-case, and only then included it. I would not be surprised if the use of NFC is far higher on iOS than Android.

jhasse 11y ago
I have NFC (Galaxy S4) and never used it to pay, still would miss it. You can easily send links or photos, I did this a while back with a friend who has a SONY Z3 and it worked flawlessly. Also I can pair my wireless headset with my phone using NFC. I can use Google Pay in the future with my over 2 years old device. Apple users have to buy a new iPhone for that.

TempestNova 11y ago

Huawei did a demo few months ago? I didn't know IFA 2015 was few months ago.