3D Force Touch on iPhone 6s might pave the way to a button-less future iPhone

Force Touch might be the first step of a long journey towards a buttonless iPhone

Let's keep in mind that this is just a juicy speculation, but one that does come from a very knowledgeable and proven Apple analyst. The new Force Touch would indeed open up a host of new interaction possibilities, so we can easily imagine force touching the edges of a display to increase or reduce volume, while the fingerprint sensing functionality could theoretically be moved on screen. At the same time, this could also mean a very fundamental change in user interaction models, and we've seen how such huge changes have ended up in disasters for companies recently (yes, we're looking at you Windows 8).

At the end of the day, though, it is Apple that we can expect such a ground-breaking change from: the company has an established track record when it comes to ditching old technology in favor of yet unproven, but promising new ones.