iPhone SE 2020 Home Button

I have just upgraded from the iPhone 5s (not by choice but I wanted the Apple 5 Watch!). However, upon setting it up, I’ve noticed that when pressing the home button, it feels like the button presses into the phone and there’s almost movement in the phone rather than just the button with a tiny quiet click. It’s hard to explain but with my old phone, the button presses in silently with no other movement. I’m trying to work out of there is a fault or if it’s just because the SE is so much thinner than my old phone? Thanks!!

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Posted on Apr 30, 2020 3:22 AM

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Posted on Apr 30, 2020 3:36 AM

The iPhone SE like the iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 8 and 8 Plus

no longer uses a physical home button; it instead uses a touch-sensitive button with haptic feedback via Apple Taptic Engine. The button is also pressure-sensitive.

See Settings > General > Home Button > here

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Jul 16, 2020 9:22 PM in response to Torzie

I so glad I saw this conversation. You have confirmed it is not just me. I have been contemplating switching from Android to an iPhone for a really long time. Since my phone was experiencing glitches and freezing I decided to buy the SE20 to see if I liked an iPhone vs Android. I have not been going to stores so ordered it, and activated today. If I had experienced this home button before, I am not sure I would have bought it. It is not pleasant at all and I thought there was something structurally wrong or broken in transit. I will try the advice here and hope it is not a deal breaker. Thanks community! Crazy, no?

Nov 30, 2020 8:15 AM in response to Torzie

Yes exactly SE 2 clicking on home button and other applications DRIVING ME NUTS. I’m soooo disappointed. Had 5s....loved it, no option, have to upgrade now.....returning SE2.....NOT HAPPY WITH THIS CLICKING ....I hear it and I feel the vibration it in my hand too.

Apple phones being so highly priced, this quality issue needs fixing. I’ve read the iPhone 11 is doing same thing. Is this why these phones are half the price of other iPhones......Come on Apple fix this or reduce prices substantially for an inferior quality casing. Don't become cheap....we know you’re greedy already.

Dec 10, 2020 1:26 PM in response to VEM282

My phone battery was perfectly fine before [the] update,” one of the affected users wrote on the Apple Developer Forums. “Now, it goes to one percent from 70 percent in [a] matter of minutes.”

The battery drain issues were mostly observed on older iPhone models, including the iPhone 11iPhone XRiPhone 7, and the iPhone SE (2020). Some iPad users on older models including the 2018 iPad Pro have also noticed sudden battery drops after updating to iPadOS 14.2 that arrived alongside iOS 14.2 in November.

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