iPhone 8 Mystery Solved with Rumored 'Function Area'

[Mark Spoonauer]

The iPhone 8 could sport a new function area on the screen with virtual buttons, which would give the device always-on controls.

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[genz]

The basic idea here I can see is the touchbar coming to all devices. Makes a great deal more sense than it did on the Macbook, but I can't help feeling all the actual work of making the new iPhone a better device get's shifted to the developers who come up with alternatives to the one button that will likely be the only thing shown by current apps. Whew.

 

[Mark Spoonauer]

The function area could have potential. But Apple had has mixed results trying to change way we interact with phones. I barely use 3D Touch, for example.

The basic idea here I can see is the touchbar coming to all devices. Makes a great deal more sense than it did on the Macbook, but I can't help feeling all the actual work of making the new iPhone a better device get's shifted to the developers who come up with alternatives to the one button that will likely be the only thing shown by current apps. Whew.

 

[Daekar3]

So... what are we supposed to get out of this new configuration, exactly? It's rumored Samsung is going to do the same thing, and others already have (I believe, anyway), but what are consumers going to get out of losing our buttons?