A newly leaked photo of the front of the iPhone 7 has made its way to the hands of the folks over at MobiPicker. The leaked photos show the front of an iPhone 7 that looks similar to the iPhone 6/6s, though with the upper and bottom bezels being slightly narrower. The most notable change, however, is that the home button is now touch-sensitive, and not a physical home button that is found on previous iPhones.
The source tells MobiPicker that the home button now sits flush with the front of the device, and will continue to feature Touch ID integration. The touch-sensitive button will be used to bring up some commonly used features like tapping and holding the button for bringing up Siri, double tapping it for bringing the app switcher, and more.
The home button on the iPhone 6 and greater is also touch sensitive, though it is only used by Apple for toggling Reachability.
This is the not the first time that we are hearing rumors about Apple switching to a touch-sensitive home button for the iPhone 7. A previous report from Digitimes in May had also claimed that Apple will be switching to a touch-sensitive home button with the iPhone 7.
Scheduled to launch in September this year, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are expected to sport a design similar to the iPhone 6s with some minor improvements. This includes repositioned antenna lines at the rear for a cleaner look and water and dust-resistance. The handset is also reported to ditch the 3.5mm audio jack in favor of the Lightning port, stereo speakers, and a slightly larger battery.
[Via MobiPicker]
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