Why iPad Pro doesn't have 3D Touch and a virtual Home button?Why doesn't Apple give iPad Pro the same pressure-sensitive technology and virtual Home button as iPhone? Well, it's complicated…
The new iPad Pro comes with a new 10.5-inch display size, a new 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, better cameras, and a more powerful processor. About the only thing it doesn't come with is 3D Touch, Apple's pressure-sensitive technology for iPhone.
On the iPhone, pressing firmly lets you peak and pop through the interface and press your way to shortcuts in an increasing number of places. On iPad, unless you have an Apple Pencil, all pressing firmly gets you is a sore finger.
Why is that? On iPad, why can't you have your Apple Pencil and 3D Touch too?
Technical Truths
Apple calls most of the company's pressure-sensitive input technologies "Force Touch", though on the iPhone it's called 3D Touch. Even though the names are similar or the same, the actual implementations are significantly different.
With 3D Touch on the iPhone, an array of capacitiv...
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Why iPad Pro doesn't have 3D Touch and a virtual Home button?
