If on the Android side, some
manufacturers have chosen to do without a physical button, at Apple, the button
'home' is resisting.
Now equipped with the famous 'Touch ID', the home button seems destined for a
bright future. At least that's what a patent application suggests
made by Apple.
Indeed, the button that we know well could play the role of
joystick :
In the patent that we discovered today, the home button continues to
play the role we know today. Likewise, Touch ID is there
always present. However, a simple press allows you to unfold the
button which can then behave like a very small joystick.
To return the button to its place, same principle. Obviously, he
This is a very small joystick, but Apple notes in the patent that this
technology could lead some, who are not comfortable with the screen
touchscreen to play, to better enjoy their machine without having to take it with them
an additional accessory.
Submitted in the summer of 2013, there is little chance that we will see this type of
thing in the iPhone 6s this year, but it's still interesting
to see that these are the avenues explored by Apple to improve its
devices.
Would you be up for this kind of joystick?
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