The Apple House button died on Wednesday in 18 years oldsurrounded by family and friends (including his partner, Touch ID). The home button, which was launched on the original iPhone, and then spread to the iPod Touch and iPad, was unceremoniously selected this morning with the release of the new iPhone 16E.
IPhone 16e replaces the iPhone SE, switching to Fullly design Apple was first accepted with the 2017 iPhone X. From the moment Third level iPhone SE He was the last remaining Apple product with a home button, this means that the Apple line does not have a single product left that uses some version of the cult function.
If you do not pay close attention to these things, you may not understand that the “home” button had several iterations over the years. It was launched in 2007 as part The first iPhone Seismic arrival. This version persistently persistently mechanically, bounced back with the spring and did not have biometric authentication. (That's right, the children, the old-fashioned pas-code was your only option!) This first iteration also had a symbol: a square with rounded angles to represent the application badges.
The “same type of house” button launched a few months later on the iPod Touch, which is finally Apple Crossed in 2022and a few years later First iPadField
The home button was In combination with Touch ID Starting with the iPhone 5s 2013. Visually, this was marked by the surrounding metal ring, and biometric sensors were placed under the button. This version was still used by a mechanical spring mechanism.
The Touch ID Home button made its way to the Apple tablet with iPad Air 2 next year. The soda iPod Touch has never seen such high -physical functions.
Perhaps the least in the shift of 2016 was the transition of Apple to Solid house button in iPhone 7. How Tracks in modern MacBooksThis version felt the press of your finger and used tactful feedback to simulate a click inside.
Technical cunning did such an amazing work on fraud that many users had no idea that the updated button was not physically moving. This change facilitated Apple to seal the telephone – this was the first model with a rating of water resistance and dust (IP67). The continuous at home never arrived on the iPad with the last Apple tablet at home (2021. Ninth generation model) In the way, combine the identifier of touch with mechanical presses.
Before today's news about the death of the “home” button, writing was on the wall for a long time. The iPhone X (2017) was the first blow, and Apple described the full -screen flagship as a product that would “set the path for technology over the next decade.” (Oh …) By 2022, Apple deleted the “home From the last iPad (Moving the Touch ID to the power / sleep button in the entry -level model) and the easily forgotten iPod Touch has stopped. The third -generation iPhone SE, which was also launched this year, launched the last stage of the Marathon Marathon button, leaving himself, until he finally met his end today with the release of his successor equipped with ID.
It was a good run, a home button and You will miss youField