Apple No Longer Sells Any iPhones With a Home Button

Wednesday February 19, 2025 8:09 am PST by Joe Rossignol

The new iPhone 16e unveiled today features Face ID instead of Touch ID. As a result, Apple no longer sells any new iPhone models with a Home button, for the first time since the original iPhone launched all the way back in 2007.

2007 iPhone
After debuting in 2007, the Home button gained Touch ID fingerprint authentication when the iPhone 5s launched in 2013. Apple began phasing out the Home button when Face ID debuted on the iPhone X in 2017, and now that the previous iPhone SE with a Home button is discontinued, that process is now complete.

Touch ID is no longer available on any current iPhone models as of today, but it remains built into the power button on the latest iPad Air, iPad mini, and entry-level iPad models. Touch ID also remains a feature on the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.

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Top Rated Comments

segfaultdotorg

22 months ago

Sad! Touch ID > Face ID.

Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)

LightsOn45

22 months ago

From $429 to $599.

Ridiculous.

Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)

HobeSoundDarryl

22 months ago

Apparently, that home button was weighing increased pricing down. ;)

Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

matttarantino

22 months ago

End of an era

Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

jwdsail

22 months ago

The new iPhone 16e unveiled today ('https://www.geekwebguides.com/2025/02/19/apple-announces-iphone-16e/') features Face ID instead of Touch ID. As a result, Apple no longer sells any new iPhone models with a Home button, for the first time since the original iPhone launched all the way back in 2007.

After debuting in 2007, the Home button gained Touch ID fingerprint authentication when the iPhone 5s launched in 2013. Apple began phasing out the Home button when Face ID debuted on the iPhone X in 2017, and now that the previous iPhone SE with a Home button is discontinued ('https://www.geekwebguides.com/2025/02/19/apple-discontinues-iphone-se/'), that process is now complete.

Touch ID is no longer available on any current iPhone models as of today, but it remains built into the power button on the latest iPad Air, iPad mini, and entry-level iPad models. Touch ID also remains a feature on the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.

Article Link: Apple No Longer Sells Any iPhones With a Home Button ('https://www.geekwebguides.com/2025/02/19/rip-iphone-home-button/')

TouchID was so much more reliable for me than FaceID, it's not even close...

FaceID doesn't work when I'm wearing my glasses, or hat, so it's 100% useless outside on a sunny day... slight changes in facial hair also seem to make it glitch..

TouchID just worked.. remember when Apple products... just worked? I could have my phone unlocked and ready to go before it was 100% out of my pocket ...

Just give me a Pro level iPhone w/ Home button/Touch ID.

SMH

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Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)