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iPhone 15 Pro Leak Reveals Unified Volume Button and Mute Button
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Apple can do whatever they want to the volume buttons but please leave my mute switch alone.
This is the debate that has been had with cars. Can’t have something with a physical indicator of a setting that’s changed by software.
Seems there’s been a lot of pushback there as well and some cars even went back to physical controls.
Which, as someone who keeps that switch on the vast majority of the time, will be annoying.
I understand everyone has a different opinion, but I've never really liked the iPhone ringer switch. I'd rather be able to automate its function, such as having ringer on only at home or similar. (Via connecting to my wifi, or location) Since its a physical switch with two physical states you can't mess with the setting in software.
I do wonder if they'll utilize a similar tech to the macbook trackpad, where a gentle press would give it some signal as to its current state (different vibration pattern or something) to tell you if it is currently silent or on ringer, and a hard press would actually toggle it.
I do wonder if they'll utilize a similar tech to the macbook trackpad, where a gentle press would give it some signal as to its current state (different vibration pattern or something) to tell you if it is currently silent or on ringer, and a hard press would actually toggle it.
You want to use Siri to activate Mute?? Think about that for a sec.
I leave it off mute except when I am in meetings that would be disturbed. I also like the orange color to remind me to put it back to unmute after I leave meeting. I tend to forget I turned on and then start missing things but then see the orange color and am reminded to unmute
I agree. I don't like having to touch my iPhone's screen for every photo I take. I'd rather use an action button that only needs to be tapped gently to get the pic I want.
Well it’s just a render so hopefully it’s completely incorrect.
But, it does seem to mirror the design of the current MBP which is a big step backward. These new designs are very regressive and come across as very cheap.
Don’t get me wrong the new MBP has an incredible screen, keyboard and internals, but the external design looks very cheap compared to the previous unibody chiseled from one slab design.
Similarly the iPhone 13/14 somehow got the mix of flat and round so perfect that it also comes across as chiseled from one block of pure quality.
This render comes across as some very cheap pieced together mess. Although I’m sure it would have world class screen and responsiveness.
Capacitive buttons on the other hand would be very cool as long as they are dead perfect in their responsiveness.
Let’s just pray the renders are all wrong.
But, it does seem to mirror the design of the current MBP which is a big step backward. These new designs are very regressive and come across as very cheap.
Don’t get me wrong the new MBP has an incredible screen, keyboard and internals, but the external design looks very cheap compared to the previous unibody chiseled from one slab design.
Similarly the iPhone 13/14 somehow got the mix of flat and round so perfect that it also comes across as chiseled from one block of pure quality.
This render comes across as some very cheap pieced together mess. Although I’m sure it would have world class screen and responsiveness.
Capacitive buttons on the other hand would be very cool as long as they are dead perfect in their responsiveness.
Let’s just pray the renders are all wrong.
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Exactly. As far as I know, it's all e-SIM as far as the 14 Pro. There's a spot where it would be but no tray.
I understand this can be upsetting for some long time iPhone users. My first iPhone was the iPhone 3G and I love the ring/silent switch because it’s so convenient!!
Some pros I can think of:
Some pros I can think of:
- Customisable button. E.g open camera
- Change ring/silent in control centre like the iPad
- Use Focus mode to control ring/silent. E.g silent in work mode
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CultofMac has posted a nice opinion-based article. Those that are in doubt! It’s worth checking out.
Let’s hope the latest iPhone 15 leak is wrong
The mute switch in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max supposedly will be replaced with a touch-sensitive button. That could be a problem.
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An interesting observation — I use it daily and find the mechanical feedback and wee li’l red strip quite useful. It will be a shame to lose those simple verifications.
This is going to make case design more complex.
Also, losing the mute switch is not innovation.
Also, losing the mute switch is not innovation.
With the button you can also activate it accidentally. Also how good will all these buttons work with the gloves, wet hands etc?
I don't know, I just like classic tactile controls. Don't fix what is not broken. I came across android phones with unified volume button and it was worse than separate volume buttons. Those metallic buttons always felt great and expensive on the iPhone.
In cars, response time and tactile feel is critical. You don’t want to be distracted with an unresponsive capacitive button when you’re driving (and let’s face it, all these companies always cheapen out on the CPU/SoC for embedded computers, resulting in laggy and unresponsive UI). Tactility and instant feedback is the holy grail.
The physical mute switch on the iPhone is ingenious. It’s very simply, almost anyone understands it, and it’s immediate. Changing it into a non-descript button with no direct feedback (the feedback is presumable done by other things) is confusing, and it’s against good design or usability.