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I thought this design was much better for ergonomic purposes. But I like yours too, LOL.
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Apple Delaying Solid-State Buttons Until iPhone 16 Pro Due to 'Design Issues'
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Most thought it was unnecessary, even if it initially sounded like a nice thought.
I already add 10 years to any Apple rumor I read, so my expectations are already set to 2030.
At least this prevents button-gate. I hope.
iPhone 14 Pros could not activate due to lack of simcards/connectivity. This prevents iPhone 15 from not turning on when unboxed.
iPhone 14 Pros could not activate due to lack of simcards/connectivity. This prevents iPhone 15 from not turning on when unboxed.
I don’t care either way time to upgrade from 12 Pro to 15 Pro Max. USB-C and Promotion is good enough for me.
Personally, I don't come on this site for MacRumors, and I mostly ignore all rumors articles. Rumors are useless to me because they are too unreliable to affect my plans or wants or emotions. I never make decisions based on rumors and I never get excited over rumors. They are about things pretty far in the future, and then they are changed or are proven wrong when the time comes. I come here for MacFacts, and there are plenty of articles of facts on here this site, despite the name.
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This decision was made many months ago. They would not be making such a huge design change this close to ordering parts and confirming manufacturing.
Next we're going to hear that USB C has been delayed for another year!!
I don't understand what the advantage of solid state buttons would be. How is this going to be marketed to make it sound like a "gotta have" feature?
i wish apple would take notes from the iphone SE 3rd gen in fact i wish apple would go back to the iphone 3rd gen look may be a size bump to the screen size 5.5 but other then that the size and feel of the iphone SE 3rd gen is grate not to big nore too small and still have touch ID
Nope. The EU requires it now on new phone models.
OMG, let me be outraged about Apple "delaying" something they never promised!
I can add this to my further outrage that the Mac Pro is "delayed" based on some tenuous chain of reasoning that has something to do with an Apple monitor (also never announced) being "delayed".
And don't forget the Mac Unicorn that I invented yesterday and have now discovered is indefinitely "delayed".
"delay", "delay", "delay" –- it's a wonder anything ever gets shipped according to rumor land.
Look, there's a place for rumors grounded in reality. But when the rumor chain gets to "rumors of delay in a rumored product" the connection to reality is so tenuous that the entire enterprise is a waste of everyone's time!
I can add this to my further outrage that the Mac Pro is "delayed" based on some tenuous chain of reasoning that has something to do with an Apple monitor (also never announced) being "delayed".
And don't forget the Mac Unicorn that I invented yesterday and have now discovered is indefinitely "delayed".
"delay", "delay", "delay" –- it's a wonder anything ever gets shipped according to rumor land.
Look, there's a place for rumors grounded in reality. But when the rumor chain gets to "rumors of delay in a rumored product" the connection to reality is so tenuous that the entire enterprise is a waste of everyone's time!
Is this a new tactic or was I not noticing previously? I'm noticing a huge increase in some leakers saying that something is coming and then eventually saying it was delayed or even canceled. Is this how they avoid ever being wrong?
Seems like they were recently spinning
the ‘what will we do next’ wheel and it landed on buttons but now they can’t even figure it out in short order.
the ‘what will we do next’ wheel and it landed on buttons but now they can’t even figure it out in short order.
You will pay more for the iPhone 15 and you will pay more again for the iPhone 16 whilst we figure stuff out.
This is not exactly "making" a major design decision, it's cancelling a feature. Of course they're prepared to pull any feature during their engineering, design, and production verification phases. That's why these phases exist after all and why they have established backup designs ready.
It doesn't sound like this was a planned decision, which indeed wouldn't happen this late.
But even bragging rights are normally grounded in some tangible benefit to the feature (even though many might not care about it). So what is that here? Serious question.
There was but that was almost 30 minutes earlier by the same writer. He must have just forgot...
Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Models Will No Longer Feature Solid-State Buttons
Great. Now I can say Hey Siri to turn on the phone since it is never truly shut off anyways.The rumors are all designed to throw people off. In reality, they'll get rid of ALL the buttons and you'll use only Siri voice commands to control the whole phone!
they may have been solid but definitely not solid stateDoes anyone remember the classic iPhone 2G mute and plastic solid-state buttons?
Prototype iPhones bearing engraved mute button surface in photos | AppleInsider
Photographs of unreleased prototypes for the iPhone 2G have been published on Twitter, indicating Apple was considering different positions for the mute switch, as well as engraving the button itself.appleinsider.com