How do folks feel about a physical home button?

[Paul627g]

As long as it doesn't wake the device when it riding in your pocket I don't have a problem. If it does wake then hopefully there will be an option to disable wake.

Otherwise I'm cool with it.

 

[Air Force One]

As long as it doesn't wake the device when it riding in your pocket I don't have a problem. If it does wake then hopefully there will be an option to disable wake.

Otherwise I'm cool with it.

Hopefully at the very least a developer will add the option to disable in settings in his or her ROM that we flash

 

[g1toevo678]

I like it because it allows more of the screen to be utilized for browsing and other in app functions. I have the galaxy nexus which has a screen almost as big but less is actually utilized because part of it is taken up for the back/home/recent apps on screen buttons. So in effect, the screen on the S3 is going to seem much bigger when doing things like browsing.

 

[timberga]

I don't really like it, but I'll deal.

 

[Paul627g]

Hopefully at the very least a developer will add the option to disable in settings in his or her ROM that we flash

My thoughts exactly...

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[droid83]

it's 2012. No phone should have a physical button.

 

[CrackBerry1526]

home buttons are much better

 

[jerethi]

it's 2012. No phone should have a physical button.

I kind of agree with this sentiment. That said, I'm still using a Dinc that has an optical trackpad that's never really bothered me. But one of the reasons I look forward to upgrading this device is to lose that button!

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[jerseygirl]

I don't particularly care for how the button looks, but I'm tired of using that teeny tiny on/off button at the top of my Evo to wake up the phone. I've pressed that button so many times it is now difficult to push...so I'm thinking maybe the home button may be a good thing.

 

[mwandroboy]

I like a physical home button. Even though everything else is based on touch response, we need something else to control the phone when the touchscreen doesnt' work.

 

[Suntan]

I tend to use my phone a fair bit while it is sitting on my desk. Having the ability to press the home button with one finger to wake it will be welcomed compared to having to squeeze the phone on both sides to press the power button.

Either way though, I wasn't going to get too sorted if it was capacitive or real. It's just a button after all.

On a related note, I'm glad it still has a dedicated menu button. I prefer that to a multi-tasking button.

-Suntan

 

[kath00]

I can't tell which way my GNex is oriented most of the time because of the lack of any buttons. I am glad to have at least one thing on the face that tells me if my phone is upside down or not.

 

[jcp007]

Like the physical one coming from RIM. My SG3 which has been ordered is my first all touchscreen phone.

 

[dobiegillis]

Hateful it. I don't want an iPhone.

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[jcp007]

Very TIC. The SG3 is so not an iPhone on so many levels. In the first place, the SG3 has a micro SD slot and removable battery as well as more device customization, LED indicator and Smart Stay.

 

[davidnc]

I don't think the physical home button is going to bother me all that much.It looks like it doesn't stick up all that much.I will know more when actually have the phone in my hands tho.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[Skunkape60]

I don't think the physical home button is going to bother me all that much.It looks like it doesn't stick up all that much.I will know more when actually have the phone in my hands tho.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

X2

At least it doesn't have the lame arsed on screen buttons.

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Just Flash It !!!

 

[plaut]

One advantage of a physical home button is that you can operate the phone, at least in a limited way, with gloves on (particularly if you assign long-press or double-click to some type of voice control). Lifesaver in the winter....

 

[asics10]

The home button was a huge deal for me. If AT&T ended up dropping the home button I would have imported an international version.

The only one thing I miss from the iphone was the home button. On my samsung infuse I never know what way is up, the power button on Samsungs are in a terrible place (always hitting the volume rocker), dropped the phone a million time when holding it in one hand trying to get the thumb down to the capacitive button.

I was actually a little giddy when they announced it and they didn't get rid of the home button. Add the fact that the back button (my second most used) is to the right of the home button.

For those with smaller devices, a phone this size makes getting the thumb all the way accross the bottom of the device very difficult. Home button will help with that.

 

[RawisTheGameHhH]

i hope this wasnt mentioned but since you need to double click the home button to launch S Voice; a physical button makes it a lot easier