iPhone 8: higher screen resolution, here's how the interface with virtual home button could take advantage of it

Following the publication of
operating system of the HomePod, developer Steve Troughton-Smith made
some interesting discoveries while poking around in the code, like the
design
of iPhone 8, its resolution andothers
indications.

We thus learned that the iPhone 8 would have a 5.15-inch screen with a
resolution of2436 x 1125 pixels, which is the same width as
the iPhone 7, but22% more height. Based on
the current interface of iOS 11, a developer showed how the display
could benefit from avirtual Home button and a larger
resolution.

The HomePod OS includes a reference to the “Home Indicator” or Home button
virtual which would be located in a functional area with other controls in
bottom of the screen.

Developer Allen Pike also shows how navigation elements
in an app could be moved to the bottom of the screen, fromleaves and
other from the virtual Home button. They would at the same time be more
easily accessible than if they were at the top of the screen.

According to him, the current interface under iOS 11 is not very consistent with
large empty spaces. He thinks that Apple is moving towards a
new type of display and navigation in apps by moving
some elements at the bottom of the screen.

However, there remains an unknown factor concerning this virtual button, is it
that Apple has managed to integrate the fingerprint sensor, or what
will the latter be replaced by facial recognition, as suggested by
journal Bloomberg ?

What do you think of this new type of interface with a button
virtual ?

To read or reread, the latest rumorsiPhone 8:

• Nouveau
  analyst report on iPhone 7s and 8: record screen/size ratio, no
  Touch ID under the screen, etc…
• 
  Bloomberg: iPhone 8 Touch ID replaced by recognition
  facial? And “Promotion”
• Details
  for iPhone 2017 forecasts from analyst Ming Chi Kuo: charging
  wireless for all models
• The
  production of the new iPhones ready to start, for release in
  october
• Touch ID
  on the back of the iPhone 8, this rumor that won't die!
• JP Morgan: iPhone 7s with
  glass back, iPhone 8 with AirPods…
• The
  diagram of the supposed iPhone 8 is enriched: charging with the Qi standard and others
  details
• 
  Wireless charging for the next iPhones “officialized” by Apple…
  According to an industry expert
• 
  Two new iPhones only this year... The rumor we don't like
  too much !
• Rumors
  confirmed by Bloomberg: 12 facts to know everything about iPhones
  2017
• 
  iPhone 8 price: a more reasonable increase than previously mentioned
  ?
• 
  The augmented reality of the iPhone 8: the start of a new era for
  Apple according to a specialist analyst
• 
  Rumor: an iPhone 8 “Edition” close to the Galaxy S8, Touch ID on the back,
  etc.
• And
  “True Tone” screen for the 3 new iPhones of 2017?
• 
  iPhone 8: the screen size of the high-end model seems
  converge
• 
  In pictures: how a Touch Bar area could work on the iPhone
  8/ Editing
• 
  iPhone 8: major new features, 3D sensors and AR/VR headset
• 
  Apple's specialist analyst persists: glass and steel for the iPhone 8,
  but not on all models
• 
  iPhone 8 rumor: integrated wireless charging, optional charger
  ?

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