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09-17-2016, 04:40 AM
As discovered by Myke Hurley (https://twitter.com/imyke/status/776916630643302402) (via Daring Fireball (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/09/16/home-button-requires-skin)), iPhone 7 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/) and 7 Plus users are going to have a tough time unlocking their devices during wintertime. As it turns out, the new "solid-state" Home button on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus requires skin contact to function.
If you put on a pair of gloves or cover your finger with the sleeve of a shirt and attempt to open the iPhone 7, the Home button will **t respond to a press unless it's touching skin. And because the iPhone 7 uses the redesigned Lock screen in iOS 10 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-10/), there's ** way to bring up the passcode entry screen to unlock the phone manually.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2015/02/iphone7homebutton-800x491.jpg
We tested with a pair of gloves that are designed for touch screens and while we could unlock the iPhone 6s (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6s/) Plus with the gloves, that wasn't possible with the iPhone 7 Plus. There are reports suggesting some of these types of gloves (https://twitter.com/carlhancock/status/776937439306846209) do work, however, so it may vary based on the material of the gloves.
So here's a thing.
Cover your iPhone 7 home button with material (like from a t-shirt) and try to click it.
😑
— Myke Hurley (@imyke) September 16, 2016 (https://twitter.com/imyke/status/776916630643302402)
The redesigned Home button in the iPhone 7 is ** longer a physical button -- it's flush with the iPhone and uses haptic feedback to give the sensation of button presses. Because it's requiring skin contact to unlock the device, it's likely the iPhone 7 is using the Touch ID (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/touch-id/) fingerprint sensor to register touch.
While skin contact is required to unlock the phone, the new "Raise to Wake" functionality still allows the Lock screen to be viewed without a touch, so it continues to be possible to view incoming **tifications. Fully unlocking the phone will require a free finger that's u**bscured by fabric.
Related Roundup: iPhone 7 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/)
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If you put on a pair of gloves or cover your finger with the sleeve of a shirt and attempt to open the iPhone 7, the Home button will **t respond to a press unless it's touching skin. And because the iPhone 7 uses the redesigned Lock screen in iOS 10 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-10/), there's ** way to bring up the passcode entry screen to unlock the phone manually.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2015/02/iphone7homebutton-800x491.jpg
We tested with a pair of gloves that are designed for touch screens and while we could unlock the iPhone 6s (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6s/) Plus with the gloves, that wasn't possible with the iPhone 7 Plus. There are reports suggesting some of these types of gloves (https://twitter.com/carlhancock/status/776937439306846209) do work, however, so it may vary based on the material of the gloves.
So here's a thing.
Cover your iPhone 7 home button with material (like from a t-shirt) and try to click it.
😑
— Myke Hurley (@imyke) September 16, 2016 (https://twitter.com/imyke/status/776916630643302402)
The redesigned Home button in the iPhone 7 is ** longer a physical button -- it's flush with the iPhone and uses haptic feedback to give the sensation of button presses. Because it's requiring skin contact to unlock the device, it's likely the iPhone 7 is using the Touch ID (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/touch-id/) fingerprint sensor to register touch.
While skin contact is required to unlock the phone, the new "Raise to Wake" functionality still allows the Lock screen to be viewed without a touch, so it continues to be possible to view incoming **tifications. Fully unlocking the phone will require a free finger that's u**bscured by fabric.
Related Roundup: iPhone 7 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/)
Discuss this article (http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-7-home-button-requires-skin-contact.1997227/) in our forums
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