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Wow, the home button reappears! Love this. On my iPhoneX I've had the touch screen get into a frozen state so many times and there is no way to unlock or dismi
by amoorthy 5y ago
Wow, the home button reappears! Love this.
On my iPhoneX I've had the touch screen get into a frozen state so many times and there is no way to unlock or dismiss apps. And then there's the face ID unlock issue when you're wearing a mask or not looking right at the screen... which is better solved with thumbprint unlock.
I get that you lose screen real estate with bringing back the home button but I think it's the right call.
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- melling 5y agoThe home button isn’t reappearing. It’s an upgrade to the SE, which always had the home button
- ComradePhil 5y agoSE started as a copy of their previous models (iPhone 5) and then SE2 was a copy of iPhone 8. The SE series is not defined by its design because iPhone 5 and 8 were very different design-wise. The thing that is different about the SE series is the lower price.
- dejj 5y agoDo you know of any gimmick, e.g. case that brings the button and its tactile feedback to 11,12,13?
- amoorthy 5y agoAh silly me. Thanks for the clarification.
- nebula8804 5y agoI am not sure about iPhone X but I thought there was a new mode on the latest iOS that allows you to add a second Face ID unlock when wearing a mask? Its an additional setup you have to do I think?
- Tomte 5y agoOn next week's iOS 15.4
- babypuncher 5y agoJust in time for most mask mandates/recommendations to finish disappearing. Where was this feature like 18 months ago?
- mkr-hn 5y agoThey'll be back with the inevitable next major variant just like Delta and Omicron. Some countries always had enough mask usage to justify a feature like this.
- babypuncher 5y agoUnless a new variant is more deadly, I'm not sure this is the case. Between vaccines, growing herd immunity, and new treatments, COVID is becoming less of a concern. Hospitalization rates for Omicron were already considerably lower than prior variants. In the near future, people not feeling well will be able to walk into their pharmacy, get tested, and walk home with pretty effective pills if positive. No pandemic lasts forever. The diseases always become endemic and less deadly, with or without direct intervention.
- mkr-hn 5y agoI still would like to see people wear masks when they're sick and can't avoid going out, and I want them to be able to use their phones.