Rumor: the iPhone 5S home button

If there is one element of the next iPhone that is getting a lot of attention
that's ite bouton ‘home’.

We have already talked about the possibility of seeing land, under this button, a
fingerprint reader, butthe rumor of the day goes even further
loin. According to the Cultofmac site, this physical button could disappear
for the benefit ofa touch button:

It is from sources close to the manufacturing chain that the site has
obtained his information. If the rumor turns out to be true, the next
iPhone could then be equipped with a tactile home button under which would be
slipped a fingerprint sensor.

This sensor would be protected bya layer of glass
‘Sapphire’very durable and already used in the iPhone 5 for
protect the photo sensor.

Removing this physical button might be a good thing, because we
we all know how he can tend to become capricious with the
temps.

Time will tell if this rumor is true. The sources add that
this iPhone 5S should be launched at the end of summer at the same time as
l’iPhone ‘low-cost’. To be continued.

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