Next Year's iPhone Won't Have a Home Button [Report]

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Posted August 26, 2016 at 6:15am by iClarified

Next year's iPhone won't have a Home button, according to a new report from Bloomberg.

Apple is already at work on a major redesign of the iPhone for 2017 that focuses more heavily on the display by removing the Home button, according to a person familiar with the matter.

It's said that Apple will introduce three new iPhone models next year with one of them featuring a curved OLED display. The company is also widely rumored to be moving to an all-glass design for the 2017 iPhone. It will reportedly have a front glass cover and chassis, joined by a metal bezel and an edge-to-edge display that has no bezels on the top and bottom. Additionally, the front camera, Touch ID, speaker, and other sensors will apparently be embedded into the display.

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Next Year's iPhone Won't Have a Home Button [Report]

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Chip - August 29, 2016 at 11:15am

It will have a different kind of button that's built into the body of the phone.

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Great! - August 29, 2016 at 12:18am

This coming iPhone won't have the home button. Next year's won't have volume, on/off and silent mode switches. And then finally the year after, it won't have lightning port and speaker and mic cutouts....just a solid piece of glass. Yes that's right, the electronics and battery components will be dipped into molten glass to form a completely encased phone.

odedoo1 - August 28, 2016 at 7:40pm

Just like I kept saying over and over, upgrading to the iPhone 7 if you own an iPhone 6 or 6S is totally a waist of money!!!

PerpetuallyBlue - August 26, 2016 at 10:25pm

So, does anyone really know what the purpose of the dual lens camera is? No joking, just wanting to know how it helps.

AverageReviewer - August 27, 2016 at 5:06pm

It helps for focusing the foreground and background, basically you can play with the depth of field. I think that's it honestly.

PerpetuallyBlue - August 26, 2016 at 10:24pm

I like the home button. It eliminated so much frustration from the earlier android phones which didn't have one. I think they should keep the home button. As for the headphone jack let's hope it's better because so many of us use it quite frequently.

Vic - August 26, 2016 at 1:39pm

That'll be this phone. They're sleeking out the front

Evas10n - August 26, 2016 at 12:10pm

Sounds a little far fetched to be honest. If it is really going to be the case then the next iPhone sounds revolutionary. I think it's a case of watch this space.

rahilxx98 - August 26, 2016 at 10:26am

Sounds pretty revolutionary. Let's pray Apple can pull off the best iPhone known to man next year..... This year I'm going for that neat duel lens camera. Really want amazing quality pictures. 6S is quality is subpar now with the note 7 here.

D4xM4Nx - August 26, 2016 at 10:26am

No moar broken Home button since all latest JB tools don't need it. That's considerate, Appluzz #iPhoneception

tom0092 - August 26, 2016 at 10:09am

first no headphone jack then no home button the year after that there will be no screen and the year after that no phone at all introducing the non existing iPhone lol

gamerscul9870 - August 26, 2016 at 2:32pm

I bet you're joking.

mokotutu - August 26, 2016 at 6:18am

blasphemous.