3D Touch Surprises

[kataran]

I was pleasantly surprised with the way apple designed this feature on the new iPhones and its making me think of changing my plans on waiting for the iPhone 7 to upgrade

its going to change the way we interact with our devices in many ways and i can't wait to see how the developers spin it on there apps :yes:

 

[Spencerdl]

3D Touch certainly changed my mind about getting the 6s Plus. Gotta have it....SMILE

 

[finn5975]

So I am confused and maybe I need to re-watch the keynote. I don't get how this is different from what we do today from a hardware standpoint. Even today, we can tap to open an app or long-press to make it moveable or deletable. That is one example, but it shows the difference in pressure touch. How is this 3D Touch different and why is it being touted as such a revolutionary thing? (I am only asking and willing to be enlightened so please don't flame me here). If anything, the additional functionality and menus seems to be more software than hardware related. I'm all ears friends

 

[Spencerdl]

So I am confused and maybe I need to re-watch the keynote. I don't get how this is different from what we do today from a hardware standpoint. Even today, we can tap to open an app or long-press to make it moveable or deletable. That is one example, but it shows the difference in pressure touch. How is this 3D Touch different and why is it being touted as such a revolutionary thing? (I am only asking and willing to be enlightened so please don't flame me here). If anything, the additional functionality and menus seems to be more software than hardware related. I'm all ears friends

Yes, I suggest you watch the keynote again.

 

[kataran]

From what I saw it's a marriage of hardware and software where you can see a preview of another app on a soft second pressure touch and continue the pressure to fully open that app hence 3D

But it's more than that you can bring up menus and multitask.

Your confusing long press with touch pressure I believe?

 

[finn5975]

I don't know. I watched the keynote again and while I get that you can do previews and access menus and shortcuts, it still just seems to me like they took the standard long press and made it capable of doing more things based on where you were in the phone. I'm sure its more than that, and I hope its more than just a gimmick, but I think I will have to actually try to use it in every day life to truly know.

 

[anon(4698833)]

I mean I'm sure it will be something pretty cool once it is implemented in our day to day lives (sub-menus looked to function pretty cool with the feature), but I wasn't super excited about it at all honestly. We'll see once it's in my hands though, I wasn't incredibly excited about the touchID feature, and now I can't imagine life without it.

 

[aznhomieboi1689]

I don't know. I watched the keynote again and while I get that you can do previews and access menus and shortcuts, it still just seems to me like they took the standard long press and made it capable of doing more things based on where you were in the phone. I'm sure its more than that, and I hope its more than just a gimmick, but I think I will have to actually try to use it in every day life to truly know.

It's not just long press, it is pressing it harder or with more force. This allows it to differentiate from simply long press. So you would be able to have long press (normal force) and 3D touch (higher pressure/force) on the screen. This leads to more functionality. Does this make more sense?

 

[finn5975]

It's not just long press, it is pressing it harder or with more force. This allows it to differentiate from simply long press. So you would be able to have long press (normal force) and 3D touch (higher pressure/force) on the screen. This leads to more functionality. Does this make more sense?

Yes it does thank you. I think I will come to appreciate it more once I am using it, like Sean eluded to. I'll gladly welcome anything that makes the user experience an even better one.

 

[Ledsteplin]

There's a lot of possibilities with 3D Touch. I believe app devs will indeed find creative uses. It's a feature I'm excited about. Live Photos will be nice for kids and pets. You'll see folks get creative with it and do funny stuff. Like with Vine.

 

[iEd]

On the music reading app I use to edit a chord you have to go to a pencil icon then choose edit scroll to the chord tap it erase it type the correction.
I could see 3D touch possibly bringing up pop up and inputting the edit from there.
Going to good stuff going forward.
Now if a future iPad gets 3D Touch it will foil my plans of getting a Air 2.



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[anon(39328)]

So I am confused and maybe I need to re-watch the keynote. I don't get how this is different from what we do today from a hardware standpoint. Even today, we can tap to open an app or long-press to make it moveable or deletable. That is one example, but it shows the difference in pressure touch. How is this 3D Touch different and why is it being touted as such a revolutionary thing? (I am only asking and willing to be enlightened so please don't flame me here). If anything, the additional functionality and menus seems to be more software than hardware related. I'm all ears friends

Agreed. Most of what I saw in the keynote looked like it could be achieved with a long press. I don't get the excitement about this feature so far. Maybe I'm missing something too.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Agreed. Most of what I saw in the keynote looked like it could be achieved with a long press. I don't get the excitement about this feature so far. Maybe I'm missing something too.

Using it on screen may help you see the difference. You may say, "Oh, wow!", or "Hey, cool!".

 

[Pale Wraith]

Compare a tap to a long press. What's the difference? The amount of TIME your finger was in contact with the screen. You can just rest your finger on a home screen icon and it'll jiggle. On the new screens the difference between a slight press and a deeper press is the amount of PRESSURE applied. Apple has introduce a different measurement.

(The above makes sense to me inside my head. Might be complete gibberish outside of my head.)


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[BreakingKayfabe]

I have a feeling this is a feature that I will use plenty. It looks like something very useful because I like shortcuts on menus.

 

[jdhooghe]

I have force touch on my macbook and truth be told, sometimes I forget it's even there. When I do remember most of the time it doesn't really do much; my favorite is the dictionary function. Hopefully with iOS coming with force-touch support we'll see app developers starting to increase support for this tech. It always amazes me that this touchpad is not mechanical, the haptic feedback motor is quite realistic

 

[anon(39328)]

Using it on screen may help you see the difference. You may say, "Oh, wow!", or "Hey, cool!".

Probably so. I'm sure the new capabilities shown in the keynote will be very useful, but I'm still having a hard time understanding how the majority of the 3d touch capabilities demonstrated in the keynote couldn't be be accomplished on current devices with a long press. I hate to be THAT guy by saying this, but a lot of these new menu features were available on the last android phone I used several years ago. So yeah... Maybe a hands on demo will invoke a "oh, now I get it" moment, but I really am not getting it right now.

 

[Just_Me_D]

So I am confused and maybe I need to re-watch the keynote. I don't get how this is different from what we do today from a hardware standpoint. Even today, we can tap to open an app or long-press to make it moveable or deletable. That is one example, but it shows the difference in pressure touch. How is this 3D Touch different and why is it being touted as such a revolutionary thing? (I am only asking and willing to be enlightened so please don't flame me here). If anything, the additional functionality and menus seems to be more software than hardware related. I'm all ears friends

I didn't get the chance to watch the keynote yesterday, but I'll be able to watch it this morning. Afterwards, I'll give my take on it in a later reply...

 

[Sekelani Zwambila]

The 3d touch is cool. Similar to force touch. Well it pretty much Is the same thing


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[Sekelani Zwambila]

So I am confused and maybe I need to re-watch the keynote. I don't get how this is different from what we do today from a hardware standpoint. Even today, we can tap to open an app or long-press to make it moveable or deletable. That is one example, but it shows the difference in pressure touch. How is this 3D Touch different and why is it being touted as such a revolutionary thing? (I am only asking and willing to be enlightened so please don't flame me here). If anything, the additional functionality and menus seems to be more software than hardware related. I'm all ears friends

You got a point finn. The 3d touch is cool but definitely not revolutionary. Bare in mind it's the "S" model, so it's supposed to be minor increments. I'm down to upgrade either way


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