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8ozchickenbreast
(Posts: 59; Member since: 06 Oct 2015)

Honest and unbiased (as best as possible) opinion here (6S+):

I use Force Touch almost every time I use my phone now. Instantly able to check weather, change the time of my phone for different time zones (I travel a lot) without going into the settings or view the clock, Force Touch the clock to view different time zones when I’m home, FT the messages app to quickly send preset texts to preset contacts, FT the settings icon to enter low power mode, FT the keyboard to pull up a cursor for quick and relentless editing, FT the phone app to quickly make a call, etc.

I use Force Touch for many useful features, and I’ve gotten so used to it, when I’m on my old 6, I try to Force Touch everything and get disappointed.

I used to think it would be a gimmick. When the keynote came out, I wasn’t really too excited for it. I thought how useful is this crap? Well, proved myself wrong.

Developers are beginning to roll out Force Touch support in their apps now since they couldn’t earlier (no devices to test / develope on pre release lol), and it’s awesome. The stock app options are great, but I don’t really interact with in depth actions like Force Touching certain cities when viewing weather to peek at visual effects and detailed info. I’d rather just click and “pop” right into the app immediately. I find myself using FT more with icons, the keyboard, Safari, and other UI features, along with Activator from Cydia.

Sometimes, clicking is faster and more efficient than peeking and popping data, and I prefer to do so. But what we forget to realize is that Force Touch is meant for a mobility / “on the go” situation. It will definitely be improved and become widely accepted from many main stream devs, and hopefully Apple will eliminate useless Force Touch actions (though few, many are well thought out).