This is one of those news or rumors that has been repeated for a long time and although it is true that some users are really interested in the guys from Cupertino taking that step on the iPhone, the truth is that for several generations it has been Physical button no longer fails over time (although there may be exceptions), so right now it is more a matter of aesthetics than of problems with the aforementioned button. The home button is one of those identity marks of Apple devices, so its disappearance according to a new leak by Mark Gurman on Bloomberg, could definitely arrive in 2017 with the iPhone 8.
The truth is that we are waiting for the official presentation of the new iPhone 7 and the older brother iPhone 7 Plus and we already have on the table leaks from more than proven sources about the next iPhone of 2017. This is a non-stop and it is easy to say or predict the disappearance of this physical button since Apple's own chief designer Jony Ive, is among the first to say that he would like to see a totally flat iPhone on the front and made of glass. ...
In any case, what we are more clear about is that the machine does not stop and although it is true that we are still not officially seeing the new iPhone 7, the rumors about the next model are powerful because of the few changes at the aesthetic level of the which will be the next iPhone. We already say that all these are rumors and there is nothing confirmed, but the iPhone 8 could increase the screen size a bit, install an OLED screen and in addition to all this have a touch home button above the front glass. We will see all of this next year from what will be Apple's new headquarters in Cupertino, Campus 2.