Turns out Apple's new iPhone SE wasn't an iPhone SE at all. Yes, the iPhone 16e is still Apple's cheapest new phone, but this time around Apple dropped the SE branding and, with it, changed a lot of ...

The Home button on your iPhone has multiple purposes — unlocking your iPhone, bringing up the multitasking menu, returning to the home screen, invoking Siri, etc. Such frequent use can take a toll on ...

(1) A button on a smartphone, tablet or other electronic device that takes the user to the start screen (home screen). The button may be physical hardware or displayed on the touchscreen ("virtual" ...

It seems as though Apple (AAPL) almost enjoys ripping away features we love. Apple was the first major computer company to kill off the dial-up modem. The floppy drive. In last year’s iPhones, the ...

The physical home button is no more, but there's a workaround you can use on pretty much any iPhone. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and ...

If you’ve been following Apple for a few years, you know that the company loves to remove buttons, ports and everything that sticks out. According to a new report from Mark Gurman, Apple plans to ...

Next year (I know, we’re already talking about 2017, it’s shameful), Apple will reportedly ditch its iconic Home button. Some consider it blasphemy, while others doubt it’s possible — but it can be ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Physical home buttons are all but extinct on modern smartphones, and the Palm Pre ended them. It’s not hard to ...

Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is Windows, but she also covers everything from mobile tech to video games to DIY hardware projects. She likes to press buttons and ...

The iPhone 7's home button is definitely a whole new experience. For starters, it isn't even an actual button anymore; it's pressure sensitive and can gauge if you meant to force touch, tap, or push ...