Why Apple Removed The Home Button
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When the iPhone X was released back in 2017, Apple officially dropped the home button in favor of something called gesture-based navigation. Now since then, they’ve still included home buttons on lower-cost iPhones like the 8, 8 Plus, and SE. But it’s clear that the home button’s days are numbered. And this major change has made many people feel confused and even a little uncomfortable. I mean, the home button has been around since the original iPhone over a decade ago, and users have become so familiar with its functionality that interacting with the home button has become second nature for most people. So there must be really good reasons for Apple to remove something that their customers have become so familiar with, and thats exactly what I’m going to explain in this video.
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It’s funny how the days went fast and today the iPhone X became a history
I feel that iPhone X and Apple Watch series 4 are completely forgotten by everybody right now.
The iPhone X is a great phone!
i got my x the year it came out and i am still using it and it holds up amazing
Good point as with any electronic.
I still use it since launch. Replaced the battery and I don’t see any reason whatsoever to upgrade. Probably will upgrade only when it stops being supported.
In a year’s time I’d like to see a “why apple removed the notch” video
Video length - 00:20
Hi guys, this is Apple explained, today we will talk about why Apple removed the notch
Intro
Nobody liked it
Outro
The end...
Lol like that'll happen any time soon.
Unfortunately. Apple will still be using the same notch for the iPhone 12. 4 years in a row
actually, i think the notch is going to be used for a long time. Imagine seeing an iphone without a notch. It became the apple devices’ visual identity, they must create another one to replace the notch identity
Gustavo da Costa Soares Yup until in screen cameras become viable.
I think they removed the home button because to keep up with time, like imagine the iPhone 11 Pro with an home button looking like an IPhone SE 2
Wrong, they said years ago they want to have an iPhone that's a slab of glass. That means nothing on the front besides screen.
I agree and that wouldn't be as pleasing of a design.
@Phil but the comment said "to keep up with the time" they didn't remove the home button because they needed to keep up with today's standards.
Riley Goudreau Let that sink in. Apple removed it to keep up with competition, typing on my XR so I’m not Apple hater
Yeah you dont get it.
The home button technically died on the iPhone 7 because the “home button” was a peace of glass that reacted by vibrates when in contact with human touch and giving you the feeling of clicking
it is the same as a physical button lol
@@Chanchote it’s not lol. Trust me, when the phone is dead, it’s impossible to press it.
@@DATB0YJAMES yes but i use an 7 plus and you can even tell the vibration level
That is one of the dumbest things they've done
@@Chanchote nowhere near the same, I have a 6s+ to compare it with
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the only problem is the face id system sucks while using mask during this pandemic time. having a secondary fingerprint reader would have helped greatly now.
And Touch ID sucks if you are wearing gloves 🧤or you have dry skin on your fingertips that cause it to fail.There are pros and cons to both.Nothing is perfect.
They made it so u just put in you passcode
You know you can set up an alternate appearance for FaceID, right? Just scan your face with the mask on.
The Analytical Menace no you can’t.It doesn’t work.Try it.
i use both iphone and android devices. Due to hand sanitizer use, i’m losing my fingerprints and the galaxy s9 does not recognize it anymore. The face ID solution to just put the password keyboard when you are wearing masks is not the perfect solution, but it helps a lot
In 2019 I was still using my good old iPhone 6s. I didn’t upgrade earlier because I was hesitant towards an iPhone without a home button. It was time for an upgrade for me and although my hesitation I bought the iPhone 11. When it was delivered, I immediately set it up. The gesture based control felt so naturally and I was used to it within a couple of minutes! I never want to go back to a home button. Gesture based control is awesome and Face ID is simply lovely. People who are still holding back, make the step up to an iPhone without a home button. You will love it definitely.
do you think i have money
Yoshi Boi I mean, you could get a pre-owned X/XS/XR tbf
same here
i use both iphone and android, i like the home button, and i like the back button on android. apple shouldve just made the bezels smaller at the bottom. i havent tried the gesture based control but im sure i would like it, but i dont like face id. i dont always look at my phone, usually my phone is far on my work desk some distance away and i just want to press it. i wouldnt want to pick it up and look at it.
S.Z gaming You can get the iPhone XR though. 🤡🤡🤡
I have recently upgraded from iPhone 6s to the iPhone 11. Honestly, I am not missing the home button nor the headphone jack. The only thing I am missing is the 3D Touch!!!
I still have a 6s rn and I really want the 11 so bad!
OhNoHeDidnt81 my advice is to wait for the iPhone 12
The 3D touch is being removed with the new software getting updated I. The fall of 2020
OhNoHeDidnt81 i recommend waiting for the iPhone 12. There’s no point of buying a phone now, when a better and newer phone will come out in under 2 months.
I did too! Soooo worth it
Isnt this video like 4 years late?
Edit: 15 comments to tell me its 3 years, i love youtube
They removed it in the autumn of 2017... (Or late summer idk)
Yeah and in 2 months the new iphones will be revealed, making it 4 years ago since they removed it
@@milankeersmaekers1583 it's 2020...
I think it’s good to have a reminder tbh
2017 was 3 years ago not 4. I know....counting is hard.
Sorry I'm late guys. Anyway. Start at 0:02 stop at 3:45 resume at 4:20. Though not as prominent as the previous one, the advertisement is fragmented. I hope you all were quick enough to skip to 0:02 haha
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u can’t be serious 💀
I guess my theory was wrong the removal of the headphone jack took “courage” so I thought that the removal of the home button took “heart” and thus we were one step closer to summoning Captain Planet. 😂
Lawrence Singh Go Planet 🤣
I sure miss the home button in these days of wearing masks.
Inr cuz it’s sooo tough to remove your mask and just use your face, goddamn apple!!
@@grimsobad8545 It’s not their fault because of a pandemic. Don’t get mad at them. And don’t use God’s name in vain. And never say a curse word with God’s name.
@@superiorelectric340 we can say whatever tf we goddamn want
@@superiorelectric340 Damn is not a bad word
Where are you now?
The removal of touch id and 3.5mm jack on the latest Iphones made go back to Iphone SE 2016. Those capabilities are quite useful and convenient up to this date.
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I think swiping requires less effort as well instead of having to press down on a home button.
I don’t know I like the home button a lot and I haven’t gotten used to no home button so I’m hoping they will still make phones with the home button but still be making the buttonless ones
@@____football____ iphone se2
@@exhhhhh_b prefer as long as I have my home button .. Isn't it better to go back to android since they removed what's makes them different
As a Samsung user, I was hesitant with switching from the navigation buttons at the bottom to the swipe gesture because I was so used to them. But when I finally switched, I never looked back. :)
Got the SE 2020 earlier this year and I love having a home button and Touch ID again. So useful for logging into things. Just scan my finger instead of typing out a password. Never had Face ID so im not sure if it would work with that or not
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This doesn’t have much to do with the topic of the video, but I really like the focus on the face shots. The background is blurred to the point where you can still tell what things are, like the couch and television, but it makes him “pop” out at the camera more. It’s a very small detail that makes a big difference.
If Apple went bankrupt in the 90's, we probably would still be using phones with keyboards.
and flip phones
@@rarinth yea
@@billpotze Samsung is a favorite for 90s and 2000s kids because of the z flip
And what a glorious world that would have been..
@@JonnyInfinite for real.
Ah yes, removing the headphone jack. Another disaster that has you asking, "Why? Just, why?"
I love the classical design of apple and I m using iPhone 7 since day one , great experience and now I m going to update to se
How’s your experience been?
@@YahirGarciaChannel it was a great experience... I love iPhone se 2 small phone factor easily carry .. ultra smooth and reliable
Yeah but that IPhone 12 Pro Max 👀
@@deMocskonyi pro Max price is too expensive ... Why we spend more than 1000$ on a phone ...
@@RehanAnsari-ir2tm If you’re happy with the 7, the SE 2 is perfect as it is basically a iPhone 7 with better specs and different colour options
No need to worry about the expensive iPhones, let them spend it all and you can enjoy the classic iPhone design
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I used you and it was a bad experience
i hate your stupid updates
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You are the slowest on the fastest computers
I hate fingerprint scanners cos they never work with my sweaty hands
same
THIS
I guess whining continually about the headphone jack wasn’t enough.
6:10 I kind of disagree with this part. Developers still have to support Touch ID and Face ID now even more because phones either have one or the other. I think that it would be easier for developers if the iPhone had both, because then they could pick which they want to support, given that Apple doesn’t make a stupid rule requiring both. Most apps don’t require Face ID or Touch ID, supporting it as an optional feature instead, and if they do require it, the same thing would happen that happens now, you just can’t use that app.
Nah, it only makes sense to use one.
Yeah some androids (not many now) have IR sensor + fingerprint. I remember a old Mi 8 had it.
Blackberry 10 was the 1st mobile OS to perform gesture based navigation. I remember using it on my blackberry Z10.
Wrong. Palm web OS did it before BlackBerry. Also, BlackBerry Playbook OS did it before BB10.
It’s always a pleasure to see a new video from you Greg. Stellar. As always.
Now the Music icon looks like the iOS 7 one again lol
I’m still confused as to why they changed it in the first place 💀
One of the best channel👌❤️ for apple users
I'm not an Apple user but I still watch his videos
Agree
A-Gee X get out of here
It’s a great channel period. He has great level-headed and business minded analysis and he really helped me understand the appeal of Apple products and ultimately was a factor in me switching from Android to iOS
It is
I prefer a button I choose to interact with. There is less / no mistake to a button press. It is so annoying to automatically jump home screen, or multitask screen, just because I’m scrolling a website.
I like gesture control more than the home button by a lot
Greg is a very good narrator. I never thought that I would really like tech (at least, not a lot) but Greg changed my mindset mainly because of his narrating abilities.
Excellent explanation, Greg!
I was worried when upgrading from my iPhone 7 this year but it took me a matter of hours to get used to the swiping gesture. super intuitive.
And this is why I bought the 8th gen iPad instead of the Pro. I wanted the physical home button. The feeling of pressing it anywhere and being returned to the home screen is satisfying to me.
Best Apple TH-camr ever. Gets straight to the point
Everythingapplepro Be like am I a joke to you
Yasseen Tool Not permanently, I haven’t seen him talk about him using a Samsung or the Galaxy watch anymore for some time now
I still want it back
1:31 Me: DUDE CHECK YOUR MESSAGES THERE'S 21,675 IN THERE
Not having a home button is the main reason I’m hesitant to upgrade
I much prefer the home button as I have things that I do (I don’t like to call it a tic as it’s partially voluntary but it also isn’t at the same time) where I tap and slide on the screen so I accidentally close apps a lot and it makes playing games that your disconnected from when you close the app very annoying especially if the game already involves swiping
agree
Because of “courage”
iTech Talk damn that's funny
The objections at 6:30 don't hold water. App developers still had to support both systems if their apps were to run on the iPhone SE. Except that they didn't! Because all you do is call the biometrics routine, and Apple does the rest.
New camera setup? Love the background blur.
"Swipe and pause is faster than double tapping."
Is it? lol
yes it's been proven.
I went from the 6se to the 8+. I recently upgraded from the 8 plus to the 13 pro max. Imagine my shock and confusion when I realized that there was no home button lol
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My explanation: cuz everyone else was doing it
“They removed it cuz of the bezel less display”
This guy made a 10min video about it lol
It was inevitable
Thank you for this video!
Still on my iPhone 7. Not gonna upgrade until it stops receiving updates completely lol
With a Touch ID button an iPhone is unlocked as soon as it leaves the pocket - can't get quicker than that.
Similarly Apple Pay is ready as you double click from the pocket.
I can't see why Apple could not put Touch ID some place else, the side for example.
I would love this, I would have to buy a new case though
Hey Greg, can we please have music playing all over again like it used to do in past?
hi! i love your videos so much. your channel has given me so much of my apple knowledge. you are my favorite youtuber and i watch your videos over and over! i love the effort put into them and i think you should have a ton more subscribers than you do. i hope you're doing well!
much love, ro
It sounds crazy now I think back, but I did think before I got my iPhone XR, I hope I can get used to the new way of operating it, now there is no home button, but after having it only a few hours it all seemed better! Great video, as usual, support from the UK!
From my experience the one thing that’s a pain with Apple gesture controls is how needlessly tedious it is to get to multitasking. Having to hold and wait feels very unnatural and clunky. It’s why I still use the Home Button on my iPad despite it also allowing for touch controls.
To combat that, I propose that you tap the bar to home, and swipe to get to multitasking. Alternately, the could have you use Haptic Touch to get to multitasking and a regular swipe to go home, though that would not be as convenient.
One other way to get to multitasking is swiping up and to the right I always did that instead of swipe and hold
thats horrible for multi tasking. swiping up to go home is the smoothest and fastest way to go home so far. tapping to go home would feel very clunky.
thre isn't really a wait, it's literally less than half a second for me, maybe you're doing it wrong.
swiping 45 degrees to the right or left avoids the holding time. you should try it out. Additionally, from the Home Screen, swiping to the right on the bar takes you to your last used app.
As much as I miss the home button, apple did gestures so well, I never accidentally escape apps etc, and it feels like gestures were meant to be for iOS
This video reminded me that there was once when my brother’s girlfriend wanted to check something on my phone and kept swiping up for, like, 5 seconds, until she realised she had to press the home button. 😂🤣
You never fail to post good content.
This channel gives Android users a reason to enjoy Apple history + products.
Oh yeah and they should give an option to enable a home button/iPhone 8 and lower look.
@Achmad Putra for people who want to be nostalgic
Also cuz some people like the home button . Not me, but some people.
Hamster_ExplorerMC The SE exists for a reason
When you gonna do what Steve Jobs think of Tim Cook’s Apple today?
Go ask him yourself
Steve Wozniak was asked that in a interview. He said he is thinking, that Jobs would be very happy and proud of todays Apple. I think the same
I think for him it would suck. They don't innovate and they do only ultra expensive products now.
@@idk-sy3iu Explain.
@@dhruvgandhi1755 they don't innovate anymore
Hey Greg, just curious which iPhone model do you have?, I have an iPhone SE 2020, my first iPhone ever
I could listen to you all day
Nice green screen background!
You’re gonna have to acknowledge the fact that both a) the most popular budget iPhone SE still utilizes Touch ID, which still means fragmentation, and b) the skeumorphic design is going back to 3D with the next iOS...
Keep posting interesting contents like this!
Blackberry had already pioneered gesture based navigation with the release of the Blackberry 10 OS on their phones as far back as 2010.
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I miss the home button, going from iPhone 7 to iPhone 13.
1: While driving, the home button took a little less concentration and focus. Like when getting an email or text message, I didn’t even have to look at the phone; just physically feel the home button to open it…
2: The swiping requires more dexterity. When I’m cooking in the kitchen, for example, I like the clunkiness of the home button to look at a recipe, versus having to swipe. Or when I’m running around at work, and I get a text or email…
3: Without the physicality of the home button, I often pick up my phone upside down off my bed and dresser, or out of my pocket!!
Like these videos very informative
nice bokeh bro! keep up the good explanatons! also, what about a second channel called Android Explained? What ?
say
Never liked the swipe thing, a home button feels so much better.
I had an Android phone when they introduced swipe gestures, so, when I switched back to an iPhone 11 there was hardly a learning curve. One thing that I have appreciated is that swiping up quickly from the bottom brings back to the home screen like the home button used. That's something I had to use a 3rd party launcher when I was on the Android. I can say from having used both platforms that iOS is a little bit more intuitive.
Bro, you know you could just go in the settings app and like, turn on swipe gestures? It's on android and I'm using it on my S10+
When I got the XR I thought I’d miss the home button but I don’t. Now I’ve got the 12 Pro and I’m definitely used to it by now. One thing I do wish is they would put the power button back on the top instead of on the side. That I do miss because for me it’s easier to reach up to the top and press a button then it is the side and on the side when I put something in my pocket sometimes I hit it. At least it isn’t like my parents S21 Ultras that have the volume and power buttons on the same side that drives them crazy and it would me too.
Great informative video! ❤️
I hate the design of the iPhone X. Put the home button back.
I'll never forget buying an iPhone X and feeling like it was so simple to use compared with an older iPhone. I don't miss the home button and of course prefer the gestures and swipes of a modern iPhone over the older button use for navigating the device. (:
Great episode Greg and excited for your next episode.
They should add a feature where users can choose if use a virtual Home button or swipe navigations because not everyone likes the swipe navigation, speaking of that i still use the button navigation because accidental swipes is my problem.
I like the information you talk about
When u ask Timcook the same question his answer would be like "My company myyyy choice"
I think Steve Jobs wouldn’t do this kind of thing ☹️ sadly, he is no longer with us
5:14 i can get into my brother iphone because i look like him therefore fingerprint is better and no one is going to copy your finger with glue
Yeah, and also I think the glue fingerprints don’t work
I tried it on my iPad, and it didn’t work
Great vid.
I'm a fan of getting the chance to see your face is more videos lately.
Love your videos!
Apple iPad: has a Home button
NwerdMeansNinja *wait What*
GroovyGreay actually the pro does have one. The 1st gen iPad Pro and the 2nd gen all have home buttons.
Alex Tube250 they don’t
Paws & Whiskers the older ones do
Alex Tube250 why don’t you look at the iPad Pro on the Apple.com and they just don’t
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It was about time!!
Honestly I like the new design. The two weeks of getting used to is totally worth it. I no longer make accidental in-app purchases I don't intend to buy, and my screen protector is stronger without the arch shape to expose the fingerprint sensor which makes the screen protectors much weaker than the rectangular shape ones
Who else is watching this on a 10
Brother Money Tree 11 👌🏻
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I’ve had my iPhone 7+ ever since I was in 3rd/4th grade and I’m currently in 8th grade… still surprised my phone still going strong. I know it’s outdated and honestly I’m really not looking forward to the day my phone will stop working cuz I really prefer the iphones with home buttons and I will never be ready to give up this phone I love it so much, It’s just sad apple probably won’t support old models anymore considering there are more models to come 😢
This is exactly why I got the iPhone SE2 because it was the newest phone to have a home button and I think SE3 won’t have the home button anymore since they said there will be a notch I think
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Wearing a facemaks (COVID-19) makes you appreciate the homebutton.
Didn't Apple release a software update that allowed you to unlock the phone with a mask? Plus, you have passwords.
I was going to say the same thing. TouchID is much more useful in a worldwide pandemic than FaceID.
One of the reasons I stay on iPhone... though one of the funniest comments was “the notch looks so ugly” yet most of the people saying that are not only ok, but don’t use gestures (when available) and use the task bar. Taking up a chunk of the screen at the bottom.
I love FaceID and the Home Bar! It’s so easy and simple!
Still have an 8. My girlfriend have the 11. Still prefer Touch ID. Might be biased but Face ID is still so slow for me.
Bruh
lol iphone users
The notch looks significantly UGLIER than the thick bezels imo...
5:00 As my own experience, when my iPhone is laying on the desk, the face id doesn't work, I have to pick it up first, while I just need to put my finger on home button for touch id, and unlock with a musk does not support for that bellow 12 (I'm using 11 now), and it also doesn't work when I am laying on my bed, when i put my face really close to iPhone
When are going to get the Touch ID again ?Hopefully will get one imbedded in the screen. I’m still confused why they removed the headphone jack.