Leaked iPhone 7 Photo Reveals Touch Sensitive Home Button?

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Posted June 15, 2016 at 2:34pm by Shalom Levytam

Newly leaked photos allegedly of the iPhone 7 appear to reveal a touch sensitive home button. Posted by MobiPicker, the images of a white colored iPhone also have a repositioned front camera and proximity sensor.

Our source tells us that this button is perfectly in level with the rest of the bezel and cannot be pressed in. The button is touch-sensitive and users will have to perform tapping actions for various functions, like tap and hold for Siri, double tap to see the running apps, etc. The Touch ID might be significantly smoother and faster due to this change.

While we can't verify this report as of yet, Apple is widely rumored to make other changes to the iPhone 7 including the removal of the headphone jack, simplified antenna bands, an improved camera and a dual lens camera for the iPhone 7 Plus. Check out these renders of what the phone may look like.

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bstrippy - June 16, 2016 at 6:33am

If this is anyway real then why in ios 10 on the lock screen it asks you once the screen comes on when you raise the device to "press home to unlock"

Evas10n1 - June 16, 2016 at 4:14am

Doesn't look like iPhone though may be wrong. The main thing throwing me off is the " is it proximity sensor" doesn't look right plus different shape. Apples have always been circular.

Tomikcdghbcxdgv - June 15, 2016 at 5:42pm

Yeah that doesn't look like an iPhone. But the home button on the 6S & Plus is touch sensitive already. Double tap brings up reachability. So all they have to do is fiddle with the software.

gamerscul9870 - June 15, 2016 at 5:49pm

what if it becomes the new force touch as an addition to all the features we had with it thus far?

krishnakant26 - June 15, 2016 at 2:41pm

This doesn't look like an iPhone. I guess it's another Chinese ripoff.

YesMan! - June 15, 2016 at 2:54pm

Agreed!

Blake Willis - June 15, 2016 at 3:01pm

This doesn't look like an iPhone at all. But it wouldn't surprise me if the home button was touch sensitive with the introduction of "Raise to Wake" in iOS 10.

gamerscul9870 - June 15, 2016 at 3:23pm

Agree with Blake!