With iPhone 7, Apple updated its iconic home button from a mechanical push-button design to a solid-state sensor stack, meaning it requires direct contact with skin, or a capacitive glove, to operate.

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 ...

With the introduction of the iPhone 7, Apple did away with the classic click-mechanism home button in favor of a "solid-state" pressure sensitive one that uses haptic feedback to mimic traditional ...

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 ...

The iPhone X arriving in stores Friday isn’t just a new design. It’s a new relationship. Compared to your current phone, the 10th-anniversary iPhone is missing a key element: the home button ...

Apple's final iPhone with a home button may finally be getting an upgrade. The iPhone SE, Apple's lowest-price iPhone at $429, is expected to get an upgrade in the next year, and it'll likely look ...

In a Medium post on Wednesday, the respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple no longer plans to use a solid-state button design on the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. However, a later report refuted ...