Apple's home button died on Wednesday at the age of 18, surrounded by family and friends (including its partner, Touch ID). The home button, which launched on the original iPhone and later spread to ...

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With the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple is saying goodbye to the home button and Lightning cable port on its iPhones. These two elements have been part of the iPhone design for many years, but they ...

Admittedly, I do not have the same kind of history with the iPhone’s Home button as lifelong iPhone owners. I was there for a moment with the iPod touch and then, briefly, the iPhone 4S. I went back ...

Apple removed the physical Home button from its flagship iPhones years ago, but the core idea never really went away. Buried inside the Accessibility settings is a floating control that can behave ...

The physical home button is no more, but there's a workaround you can use on pretty much any iPhone. Apple announced the new iPhone 16E last week, replacing the iPhone SE and eliminating the home ...

Apple’s iPhone 16E, the replacement for the 2020 iPhone SE, has seen the company finally kill off multiple things in one go. From the home button to the Lightning port, Apple’s new cheapest phone ...

Long live the iPhone's Home Button. It began life on Apple's original iPhone in 2007. Its death started in November 2017, when the company announced its iPhone X, which used a full-size, top-to-bottom ...