It all started with the news of the four finger swipe today in iOS 4.3 for iPad which replicates the functionality of the home button.  Soon, BGR coincidentally got a tip that the home button was going missing from future iPads and iPhones running around Cupertino.

Other things to consider:

  • How do you do a hard reset without a home button?
  • And what about people without all of their fingers?
  • The physical home button is still functioning when the touch panel interface crashes.  Soft buttons and gestures crash here too.
  • There are too many reasons to need a home button for us to believe this.  Maybe the home button moves to the bottom?

What do you think?