Ha Ha, I can understand how from the point of view of style and some nice functionality that it is cool to have a phone that relies on swipe gestures and has no hardware buttons. But I just look at it as a feature I can utilize to my liking. There are apps that let you redefine what the buttons do. For example, I used to have long press on the home button bring up the flashlight. Came in real handy. Further all the buttons usual functions (home, back, recents) can be replaced with swipe gestures using an app like GMD gestures. Although they generally require root.


Here is a screen shot of my settings using GMD gestures. I use a gesture along the edge, for example, in place of using the home button. I'm always trying new settings as they are easy to change.