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Apple Tweaks iPhone 16 Pro Action Button Design as Early Development Continues

If app makers could make it mappable to their apps I see one useful idea. In any web browser make so you click through your open tabs. That would be neat.
 
Is it me, or is it just plain sad that we are talking about a button on the iPhone? Damn those 7-figure capital gains…
 
The only thing I hate is the additional capture button. It just ruins the clean design. However, the iPhone is a mature product now, there are only a few things Apple could do to improve. Their version of the ultimate iPhone is an all-screen design with no notch/dynamic island.
 
Also, Apple please focus on making improvements to the battery life. Majority of us do not care that much about camera quality as long as the picture quality is decent.
 
Ctrlos said:
These websites don’t know much about product development, do they? Most physical ideas for a chassis are set in stone years ahead of time. There is no way Apple are still experimenting with the iPhone 16 only months away from mass production. They’ll already have the CNC files to go and have TSMC pumping out A18 chipsets.

If they’re experimenting with anything at the minute it’s the design of the iPhone 18 and what that will include.
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I came here to say this, but to also say they could make a real difference by moving the power button. Too many screenshots when I’m adjusting volume.
 
The action button will go the way of the Touch Bar unless Apple puts it on all phones. They seem to have forgotten that fragmentation is a bad thing.
 
Flash1420 said:
Also, Apple please focus on making improvements to the battery life. Majority of us do not care that much about camera quality as long as the picture quality is decent.
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iPhones already have superior battery life over the competition. Battery technology has been stalled for years worldwide. Lots going on in laboratories but nothing new in the supply chain yet. Li-Ion batteries can only put out so much power for so much time. The improvements have come by developing more power efficient SOCs and the A and M series of Apple Silicon is best of class at that.

So I’m not sure what you want.
 
Born Again said:
say again?

MY RESPONSES BELOW!

1. Touchscreen that works with wet hands. - that would be great. what about slimy hands?
2. 120hz VRR 4k DUAL Layer OLED display. - i prefer 240 hz
3. Solid State BATTERY ( they are smaller & hold longer charge) - nuclear battery is better.
We could get 24 hour + battery life.
4. Behind display speakers 🔊 (due to space saved from solid state battery). -why not in front?
5. Resigned with a phone that Flips with no creases ( like Galaxy Flip) -why flip when you can unfold?
6. Large Apple Logo with OLED display for when phone is folded. -glowing apple logo.
7. Fast Charging -FASTER charging
8. Behind display Face ID 3.0 & cameras. - FaceID 4.0 and 4 cameras
9. Zero Bezels. -zero bezels with screens on the sides. so every ANGLE IS A SCREEN!!!!
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Ok you won 😂😂
Damn yours can be the S model that follows the year after
 
lkrupp said:
iPhones already have superior battery life over the competition. Battery technology has been stalled for years worldwide. Lots going on in laboratories but nothing new in the supply chain yet. Li-Ion batteries can only put out so much power for so much time. The improvements have come by developing more power efficient SOCs and the A and M series of Apple Silicon is best of class at that.

So I’m not sure what you want.
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They need to push solid state batteries.
 
Mac Fly (film) said:
Killing it with improvements.
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In a way, I agree. I wish the shareholders and Wall Street didn’t require new iPhone hardware and software every single year. Consumers would get used to it and there would be more time to make things better when they did change them. So we have incremental changes with everyone screaming that there’s no innovation on a mature product that already does what we need it to do, aside from lasting for days on a battery charge, hehe.
 
Marty80 said:
Apple is only focusing in buttons :(, I wish my iphone 12 pro max battery would last, i guess i will be forced to update.

But the iphone is now officially boring, we need a design change i am pretty much buying another phone 12 pro max with tweaks.

Apple is sinking and i am trapped in its ecosystem.
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That is why I left Apples Ecosystem more than 10 years ago. Now I’m FREE and that‘s an awesome feeling. I‘m still using iPone/Watch/Macbook but I‘m also switched lots of my work process to Linux und to other Software solutions. I ignore Apple Services wherever and whenever I can (Spotify over Apple Music/No Apple TV/Different Cloud Providers/Different Password Managers/Cloud Storage/… - just to name a few).
 
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Alpha God Vonn said:
They need to push solid state batteries.
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Not any time soon...

Smartphones typically use lithium-ion batteries because they offer a good balance of energy density, power, and cost. Solid-state batteries, while promising for their potential to offer higher energy density and safety, are still in the early stages of development and are more expensive to produce. As technology advances and production costs decrease, we may see solid-state batteries becoming more common in smartphones in the future.

Are you willing to pay a big price increase in your smartphone?
 
Marty80 said:
Apple is only focusing in buttons :(, I wish my iphone 12 pro max battery would last, i guess i will be forced to update.
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I deliberately chose an iPhone 13 over a 12 pro when shopping for a refurb last year. Battery life in the 13 is awesome, and it’s still showing 100% battery health after 9 months of use.

It was a camera vs. battery life decision, but I’m very happy with my choice!
 
I never use the action button on my 15 pro. So I’m not going to lose any sleep over this news.
 
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