News Purported iPad model with edge-to-edge screen, no home button shown off in rendering [u: fake] AppleInsider Staff 11 Thu Mar 22 2018, 09:05 PM EDT · 1 minute read ...

New iPhone X-centric Screen Edge Gestures provide access to important items like the Home screen, App Switcher, Control Center, and Notifications.

Starting with the iPhone X, Apple jettisoned the physical button to pave the way for an edge-to-edge display. Without a home button, you now have to rely on gestures to navigate the screen.

Today Apple hasn’t been shy about the lack of home button on the iPhone X. An edge-to-edge display necessitated its removal, and years of muscle memory will need to be relearned.

The iPhone X doesn't have a home button. But you can still do everything you're used to. Here's how.

In an effort to make the phone's screen span edge-to-edge, Apple has eliminated the home button that has graced every other iPhone since it was invented.

On iPhones with iOS 16 installed, Apple added a search button right on your home screen, saving you a swipe, but creating an eyesore and hiding your home screen indicator in the process.

The Home button took up a lot of screen real estate, if you recall: As other smartphones pushed their displays to the edge of the device, the iPhone still sported the same general design for about ...