Future Apple Watch to Adopt Solid State Buttons With Haptic Feedback

[garylapointe]

The same way all current iPhones with home buttons work - haptic feedback.

That's NOT how it senses that you pushed the watch. Feedback is how it tells you that it registered your push.

 

[Shirasaki]

Yes, there are plenty of solid arguments for eliminating all mechanical switches and knobs in favor of touchscreen displays. It's the fundamental reason the smartphone has been so successful. However, so long as a computing device needs to be reset/restarted from a non-functioning state, physical/mechanical switches continue to have an important function. Two switches seems to be the minimum on heavily-handled devices like smartphones and watches, to reduce the chance of accidental resets. A reset where the user's body is used to complete the circuit is at least possible, but again, preventing accidental activation is a challenge.

This is why I often laugh at those button-haters. I would love to see how those button-less devices reset itself when software is broken. I can see Apple use only digital crowns as the switch or reset button though.

 

[wigby]

That's NOT how it senses that you pushed the watch. Feedback is how it tells you that it registered your push.

And yet the iPhone and even 12 year old iPod know when you push/touch it without a physical button.