The iPhone 7's home button appears to be rendered helpless by gloves
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- AnonD-586199
- 4xh
- 17 Sep 2016
I know. Comments are "mostly" a wasteland of armchair geniuses, but still...
Show stopper, you say? Would that be the same kind of helpless my Android experiences without any physical buttons on the front? So what if I can get the screen on with the power button? I can't unlock in the winter without taking my gloves off. Shockingly, I'm STILL able to function. Where's the common sense? Is it impossible to run a tech site nowadays without hyperbole?
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- tontolou
- ve8
- 17 Sep 2016
Innovation :)
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- Someone Else
- tZ4
- 17 Sep 2016
Roy, 17 Sep 2016But what is the point of going to home screen if you can't ... moreWell, that's another problem. Though, I don't quite understand what you wrote by 'no widget'?
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- Question
- 7s3
- 17 Sep 2016
So does the screen work with gloves on? If not than i dont see what is the big deal . If yes than it is a design flaw by apple just like surface pro 3 had no place to store pen. Btw ipad pro have that flaw too.
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- AnonD-566030
- a4}
- 17 Sep 2016
Then very well. Wait Apple will lunch soon " I gloves " to address the issue.
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- legoog
- IWQ
- 17 Sep 2016
AnonD-491921, 17 Sep 2016.....aaaaaand apple unveils new i gloves for $199.99,to use... moreYou are hilarious dude, no wonder the East is making all the money because those in the west don't know how to activate an iPhone in winter.
Sad.
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- AnonD-190634
- a0j
- 17 Sep 2016
You can never your glove to with with touchscreens using a tiny piece of conducting string!
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- AnonD-190634
- a0j
- 17 Sep 2016
Ouch... My hands bleed in winter if I don't use gloves!
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- legoog
- IWQ
- 17 Sep 2016
AnonD-442781, 17 Sep 2016Yep, the iris scanner means you can unlock with gloves on. ... moreOh the glove is my skin and I can't take it off....LOL
Get real, taking off the glove off and putting it back on takes less than a second because the home button of the iPhone 7 works real fast and faster than it takes the iris scanner to scan your iris,
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- Someone Else
- tZj
- 17 Sep 2016
[deleted post]Ok then, when Note7 or any Samsung phone have flaws, you'll be like.
"Yeah, Samsung sucks. Nobody gonna buy Samsung phones"
But when iPhone have flaws, you'll be like.
"Don't do that GSMArena. Why are you doing this. It's an iPhone. You can bash any android phones you like but please dont tell everyone the iPhone sucks"
Typical.....
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- Anonymous
- p2V
- 17 Sep 2016
i will burn the apple store if it doesnt sense my touch with gloves.
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- AnonD-442781
- H5W
- 17 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 17 Sep 2016When winter comes those Note 7 will come in handy, just say... moreYep, the iris scanner means you can unlock with gloves on. Different to the iPhone which doesn't even turn on with gloves on.
- taghack
- 0Bh
- 17 Sep 2016
TanTra, 17 Sep 2016This is pressure sensitivity man. You press harder the phon... moreSadly, its not a matter of effort. You can press as hard as you wish, but the thing is, the "button" is not pressure sensitive. You have to actually trigger the TouchID fingerprint reader to "press the home button". That appears to be dependent of skin contact. Touchscreen-optimized gloves might just work (minus the actual fingerprint reading, of course) and you could, of course, wake the phone up with the power button. However, the real issue comes afterwords. Let's say it is unlocked, you have booster the touchscreen sensitivity and thus manage to open an app. How do you close out of it without the "home button"? You simply have to remove your gloves to use the phone normally or use AssistiveTouch, but how much of a workaround is that…
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- fkR
- 17 Sep 2016
LG superfan, 17 Sep 2016The problem is when wearing gloves you cant use touchID and... moreI guess you're right.
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- Anonymous
- Ki3
- 17 Sep 2016
When winter comes those Note 7 will come in handy, just saying ...
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- AnonD-552536
- U@9
- 17 Sep 2016
Herodroid, 17 Sep 2016no one is going to buy it? kiddin me? samsung suspended sal... moreSamsung's last product from assembly line was an Spen3 . they are done, just lieing
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- Killero
- 9LA
- 17 Sep 2016
At least Note 7 could be useful for those cold nights.
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- AnonD-85136
- 6PV
- 17 Sep 2016
Xperia xz is my favourite
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- AnonD-552536
- U@9
- 17 Sep 2016
R demon X
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- Anonymous
- p2V
- 17 Sep 2016
i think i better switch to note 7