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Dynamic island and live activities is to the iPhone what the Touch Bar was for the MacBook Pro.
right now yes. But the Lock Screen is such wasted space. live activities looked like such a gamechanger to provide quick glances for info and it’s just…unused. I’ve been impressed with the workout portion on the lock screen when on a bike ride, but that’s been it.
 

The revamped Action button, developed under the codename Atlas, is expected to function similarly to the Touch ID Home button on older iPhone models, or the Force Touch trackpad on found on more recent MacBooks.
What's old is new. Next they will put a haptic rotary dial on it.
 
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For whatever reasons Apple is doing this, it is not for our benefit… only theirs. I’m sick of the questionable features that actually complicate what should be simple. It’s called bad design. I’ll try to hang onto my 15 Plus for as long as I can.
 
Can the action button be a “back” button, like Android? Serious question. 11 years later I still miss the Back Button, and I’m still amazed at Apple’s arrogance in refusing to implement it.
 
I use the action button to pull up a shopping list from my notes app. And I just edit the same note every time so I don't have to change the shortcut.
 
While iPhone pro will have two actions buttons! Yeiiihh!!! we are living the darkest years of iPhone evolution ever.
 
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Dynamic island and live activities is to the iPhone what the Touch Bar was for the MacBook Pro.
The touchbar was a nice feature that legacy port supporters targeted until Apple retired it, I still miss it every day. DI a AB are minor “features”, in Steve & co. days they would not even be advertised, they would have been part of giant iPhone evolutions, such as removing physical buttons and ports altogether.
 
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is there any reason why the button has to be capacitative/with haptic feedback to allow for multi-input use? More simply, is Apple able to release a software update that would allow the current Action Button to be used in 2 ways, such as long press vs multi-press? I'd love to have a double tap for mute and long press for Focus/DND
 
To me the action button is gimmicky
Why? I don't have an iPhone 15 Pro but I d like it on my Apple Watch Ultra. I assign a shortcut and I can do whatever I want. I guess the advanced users would make it more useful than the average Joe.
 
Meh. I have the 14 pro and honestly the biggest feature I purchased it for is barely utilized. I thought live activities would be this groundbreaking feature and they never really took off to take advantage of the AOD.

Not sure if there’s a reason to upgrade if Apple and developers are not going to double down on these features. It feels like a missed opportunity.
You do not even have an Action Button, but you call it "Meh" because you failed to take advantage of earlier iPhone features?

I have an Action Button on the 15iPM, and IMO it is useful. YMMV, but at least use it first...
 
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