These are the exciting changes coming to the new iPhone

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Apple is debuting three new iPhone models next month, one of which will sport the most changes to the company's signature device since it launched in 2007. People familiar with the new phone told Bloomberg that the iPhone 8 will get rid of the "home" button, with the front of the phone instead being nearly entirely filled by screen.

"Across the bottom of the screen there's a thin software bar in lieu of the home button," Bloomberg writes. "A user can drag it up to the middle of the screen to open the phone. When inside an app, a similar gesture starts multitasking. From here, users can continue to flick upwards to close the app and go back to the home screen."

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.