And the Taptic Engines frequently fail, at least in the $129 Magic Trackpad 2.
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Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Models to Feature Solid-State Buttons and Three Taptic Engines
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Copy that. I'm all for the return of rounded edges.
They take baby steps toward waterproofing. It started with the haptic home button in the 7 and now the removal of the SIM tray in 14.
For me haptic feed back works on Apple touch pads, but I have an elderly relative who is adamant that she can’t feel the click.
The glue isn’t primarily for water proofing, that it a byproduct. The glue hold items like the battery in place to prevent moving. Motion over time from constant vibrations was a common reason for components failure
I hope that never comes to pass.
It’s much less slippery with squared edges. It also makes the back glass easily replaceable if damaged ($29 with AC+ on iPhone 12 and higher vs. $99 on the rounded models).
Maybe the ring/silent switch will be the only physical switch on the phone?
No buttons is a major update oh come on lol that’s not a major update
They’d probably eventually get rid of that, too. They did on iPad.
Every once in a while I pick up my old iPhone 5S just to have the feeling of a real button compared to my iPhone SE 2020 with a virtual one.
Not everything needs to be new or have a minimal design in my eyes.
Not everything needs to be new or have a minimal design in my eyes.
Even the physical buttons on today’s phones are useless without some software performing an action when they are pressed. It’s not like the buttons physically disconnect the battery or anything, so the processor is still in charge of interpreting their inputs. There’s presumably some sort of interrupt handling going on below the OS though to handle hard resets if the system has crashed. This will be no different with solid state buttons.
Forcing more and constant battery upgrades. There is a reason they made them more expensive this year. In preparation for this move. The service department needs to reach new revenue/profit heights YoY.
It already takes, at minimum, some low-level firmware code to watch for the current “click volume up, click volume down, hold lock” force restart combo.
(EDIT: headlessmike got there ahead of me!)
I don't know, do you reckon Apple has the resources to pull it off? They are in the top 3 richest companies in the world, but even then, I hope them changing the buttons doesn't completely tank the company.
I had non-technical relations complain they would activate 3D Touch accidentally. A long-press is more intuitive because it cannot be pressed accidentally. Therefore it is to most users a much more deliberate control method and overall a better UX design.
All part of the plan, you cannot remove battery, cannot remove sim, cannot really turn off your device...
No physical buttons, Change to USB-C and a possible redesign of the body is definitely a major update.
I’ll take better built-in drop-damage protection over better water-proofing. Gravity and slippery hands follow me everywhere. I rarely dive to check out the titanic.
With the change to USB-C, another annoyance at Apple will be history.
I was overwhelmed by finally having ports back in my live with my new M1 Macbook finally.
Not to mention a fully functional keyboard with and Esc and function keys.
Looking forward to see EUs DMA kicking in. Apple can change into a service company, but it seems that Apple needs some help.
I was overwhelmed by finally having ports back in my live with my new M1 Macbook finally.
Not to mention a fully functional keyboard with and Esc and function keys.
Looking forward to see EUs DMA kicking in. Apple can change into a service company, but it seems that Apple needs some help.
All a physical button is, is a circuit. Theoretically, it should make no difference at all.
The great feature they knowingly and silently gimped on iPhone X when updating to iOS 13, simply to "lowest common denominator" their entire iPhone lineup and skimp on the hardware requirements?
Yeah, I'll not hold my breath.