Alongside the launch of the brand new iPhone 16e, Apple additionally ended gross sales of the earlier iPhone SE from 2022.
That’s not sudden, but it surely’s a vastly important second within the historical past of the iPhone. For the primary time because the iPhone made its debut in 2007, Apple isn’t promoting any telephones with a bodily dwelling button
The iPhone SE has retained the Residence button throughout all of its earlier three generations, making it an possibility for customers who most popular Contact ID to Face ID. With the iPhone 16e, Apple has now utterly switched to Face ID on all its new iPhone fashions.
The Residence button has additionally been phased out on iPads. The final mannequin to function it was the ninth-generation iPad, which Apple stopped promoting in Might 2024. Its alternative, the tenth-generation iPad, moved Contact ID to the ability button – an answer just like that on the iPad Air and iPad mini.
The iPhone 16e additionally marks the top of the Lightning period. All merchandise that beforehand used Apple’s Lightning port have now switched to USB-C.
The Residence button was launched in 2007 with the primary iPhone and was current on all fashions till the iPhone 8. It was additionally utilized in all three generations of the iPhone SE and all seven generations of the iPod Contact.
In 2013, the Residence button took on a brand new perform when Contact ID was first built-in into the iPhone 5s, which was Apple’s first biometric safety answer. That advanced with the introduction of Face ID on the iPhone X in 2017, which finally led to the demise of Contact ID.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macworld Sweden and was translated and tailored from Swedish.