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This worked all the way up through the iPhone Xs.

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jmb99|7 months ago

The single most irritating killed feature from Apple. Redesign half of their UI to rely on 3D Touch to make sense, then get rid of 3D Touch without redesigning the UI. Previewing links, moving the cursor, interacting with items, they’re all “press and hold until haptic feedback” instead of “quickly press hard and get immediate feedback.” Easier to accidentally trigger, slower to trigger on purpose.

05|7 months ago

Hardware cost+extra weight (need to make the glass thicker to be able to handle extra force and not push on the display). Turns out nobody was really using it because discoverability sucked..

ahoka|7 months ago

Apple UX is generally very bad, especially around discoveribility.

bagels|7 months ago

I hated when my mother in law came to me for help using her iPhone. She had a hard time controlling and understanding 3d touch.

fouc|7 months ago

  iPhone 6s and 6s Plus (2015) - First to introduce 3D Touch
  iPhone 7 and 7 Plus (2016)
  iPhone 8 and 8 Plus (2017)
  iPhone X (2017)
  iPhone XS and XS Max (2018) - Last models with 3D

Interesting that the iPhone SE 2nd/3rd generation with iPhone 8 form factor do not have 3D touch but "Haptic touch" instead.