Tomorrow will be the day that customers in certain parts of the world will be able to pre-order themselves Apple’s iPhone X. This is a particularly exciting moment in Apple’s history and the iPhone’s history because for the first time ever, Apple has not only given the iPhone an OLED display, but they’ve also killed off the physical home button.
The home button has been pretty much synonymous with the iPhone and it’s easily identified in photos and drawings even without any other discernible features. However the removal of the home button meant that Apple had to get creative with how users interacted with the handset, such as how they switch apps. Thanks to a recent video that found its way online, we can now see the iPhone X’s app switcher in action.
App switching on iPhone X looks pretty smooth. (via https://t.co/mXpNJhOwzw) pic.twitter.com/Lf9X3twx58
— Webastiaan the Sith (@sdw) October 25, 2017
We should point out that the app switching gesture was demonstrated on stage during Apple’s presentation. However it was admittedly a bit of a controlled demonstration so for those wondering about how it will handle in real life, this video should more than clue you in. So far from what we can tell, it looks smooth as heck.
It will probably need some getting used to, especially users looking to swap between apps and go back to the home screen. Even on Android devices without a physical home button, they were still presented with soft keys, making the iPhone X’s gestures quite rare amongst smartphones, but we suppose we will have to wait for its release to tell if users will react favorably to the gestures.
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