Apple’s incoming trio of iPhone releases for 2018 will ALL be based around the current iPhone X design.

And that means one thing: no more home button on iPhones.

This is a bold move from the company, especially when you consider that the iPhone X isn’t even the most popular iPhone choice, so is doing away with a trusted design a wise idea?

Personally, I’m not too fussed. I tend to use Android phones anyway, but for MILLIONS of people, this is going to come as quite a shock.

No Home Button on ANY iPhones In 2018

If you’ve used iPhones for years, as millions of people have, the idea of no longer having that familiar home button might be a little jarring.

It has a lot of uses, and with the iPhone X design, users had to learn a whole load of new gestures.

The removal of the Home button was always inevitable as Apple chases its dream of a port-less, hole-less slab of polished glass… But I can see A LOT of people not being too happy about this.

It might even be like when Microsoft removed the Start button from Windows. I say, might, because phones are different and the iPhone X is still pretty easy to use. But still… people like to hang on to things.

Has FACE ID Killed The Home Button For Good?

The introduction of (and investment in) FACE ID was done for one simple reason: Apple couldn’t get an on-screen fingerprint sensor working.

FACE ID doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, so the next logical question is this: will FACE ID replace the home button for good, even if Apple can get it installed inside the display?

Honestly, I have no idea. But I do know that Apple does not like to be perceived as regressive, so the idea of it bringing back a feature that it killed off doesn’t make a lot of sense.

The Problem With FACE ID

It’s kind of slow, especially when compared to TouchID on the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

Plus, many people, accustomed to using their fingerprint won’t take Kindly to using their face. As I said: people DO NOT like change.

The iPhone 8 has consistently outsold the iPhone X, and while most of this is down to price, I think there is another element at play too – people like the traditional iPhone design more.

Just look at the backlash Apple got when it killed off the 4in display format; that was so bad it forced the company to make the iPhone SE!

It’s an interesting time in the Apple ecosystem. Switching to an entirely new design for ALL phones is a bold move, though I have a sneaky suspicion it might just blow up in Apple’s face…