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Apple Supplier Seemingly Confirms iPhone 15 Pro Solid-State Buttons Cancellation
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I'm a fan of tactile, physical buttons. Car manufacturers rushed to onscreen controls, for everything including the volume, and it required more attention to make changes using on screen buttons. Many car makers have returned to physical controls for some items, like the sound system.
I'm thinking for phones, there are still advantages in using physical buttons. Since I'll be getting an iPhone 15 this year, I'm happy about the delay.
I'm thinking for phones, there are still advantages in using physical buttons. Since I'll be getting an iPhone 15 this year, I'm happy about the delay.
Looking forward to my phone having gaseous or liquid state buttons.
i prefer physical button. and dont remove the mute switch for god sake.
How can you be making up numbers when the actual number is clearly in the article?
The volume buttons were not rumored to be capacitive, they were rumored to be pressure sensitive.
So... gloves or not, they would work.
Of course the buttons were absolutely not going to be capacitive, then they wouldn't work through cases either.
But pressure sensitive would've aloud them to have all the benefits of virtual buttons, while still working through gloves and cases.
And please put the power button back on top of the phone. Tired of deleting screen shots.
Shame the solid state buttons didn't work out. I was looking forward to it even though I know a lot of you aren't a fan of them.
At least the Action Button is still coming so that's a plus.
At least the Action Button is still coming so that's a plus.
I find it hilarious that all there is to talk about regarding Apple anymore is an AR/VR headset that sounds like overpriced garbage and solid state buttons on iPhones. Once the laughter stops though, it is all quite sad.
Problem is, to measure pressure you need it to move…so it’s no longer a solid state button.
The Mac trackpad is a larger surface and you can measure when it deforms under the finger(s) pressure, but in a tiny button is harder.
Also, battery. To sense pressure you need to “poll” (and provide energy) to the sensor dozens of times each second (so the button seems responsive).
But as other user said, you cannot use the screen with gloves, so Apple thinking could be, you need to bare-finger touch your screen and also the buttons.
It cannot be ‘pressure sensitive’ without moving. To measure pressure you need movement, and all rumours indicated solid state buttons (=no movement). I can’t imagine other ways of triggering a solid state button without a capacitive sensor, but maybe I am missing something. How did you think this pressure sensing was going to be a chi ever on a solid state part?
I was about to write something similar. How depressing is it that these are all that’s left to talk about?
All this talk about buttons is definitely a depressing matter.
Such a pressing matter demands immediate attention.
I’m glad MR is pushing us into conversation.
Yea, the “unresolved technical issues” are that it was a bad idea from the start. Hopefully they will trash the idea. SS buttons are not the best for this use. It would impose too many limitations on case designs and offer no real advantage to the user. Perhaps they could be made more waterproof but is that really needed? Are the current physical buttons really the weakest link in iPhone waterproofness? And even if they are, aren’t iPhones waterproof enough? They don’t need to be able to be used as actual underwater cameras.
Tim Cook after walking down to engineering: “Why am I reading stories online of a Square Apple Watch and Haptic buttons for the iPhone? Is there something y’all aren’t telling me?”
