The iPhone 16e replaces the iPhone SE ... That version still used a mechanical spring mechanism. The Touch ID home button made its way to Apple's tablet with the iPad Air 2 the following year.

Hit the home button. Want to cycle through your open apps? Double-click that input mechanism. How do I talk to Siri? Hold down home. Sure, iPhone X swapped out screen gestures and lock button ...

A major change to the iPhone lineup, the new solid-state home button is powered by Apple's Taptic Engine haptic feedback mechanism, which works to simulate a button press. The system is akin to ...

Sources speaking to Bloomberg claim that a re-engineered version of the home button that responds to touch in different ways will appear on the front of the newest iPhone. Instead of a physical ...

An Apple patent spotted by Patently Apple shows a spring-loaded pop-up iPhone home button that acts as gaming joystick when in the raised position. Or, in patent language: An electronic device ...

This year could be the first in the history of the iPhone that Apple does not release a new phone with a home button ... ID wasn’t an easy one. In the spring and early summer before the fall ...

And with the 9th-gen iPad discontinued earlier this year, this would represent the end of the Home button ... spring feels like a sensible compromise. For all the latest news and rumors, check our ...

A rumored case leak suggests the iPhone SE 4 will borrow many of its designs from 2022's iPhone 14. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the ...

A spring mechanism underneath the button will push the button ... is the best solution for gaming on the iPhone. Although some users may want a separate home button and joystick, Apple says ...