Edge to edge display does not have to mean edge-to-edge touch sensing. You can be smart about what to sense where and when. (I.e. when your screen can detect mo

Edge to edge display does not have to mean edge-to-edge touch sensing. You can be smart about what to sense where and when. (I.e. when your screen can detect more than two separate points of contact, you can dynamically ignore those at the edge when appropriate.) Lots of apps are starting to load data proactively in the background. That's why iOS settings has the "Background App Refresh" screen (under "General").