Power button can be a long press to turn on and off. Volumes can be a press to activate followed by more presses to change the volume. The silent switch can be placed in the Focus spot or somewhere else in there when you swipe down from top right. USB-C on the Pro models better not be 2.0 speeds.
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Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Models to Feature Solid-State Buttons and Three Taptic Engines
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I guess the 2 extra ones would be for the left (volume and mute) and one on the right (sleep) so you can still feel 2 distinct clicks when pressing both sides for a screenshot. I can't imagine that being more compact, cheaper or more cost effective than the current physical buttons.
Maybe for an "iPhone Ultra" that has a good reason to be very well sealed and can be bulkier?
Maybe for an "iPhone Ultra" that has a good reason to be very well sealed and can be bulkier?
I thought the solid state buttoned ipod way back in the allowed a reset but holding a combination of solid stat buttons to do a reset? But maybe I'm remembering incorrectly.
Well, call me old-fashioned, but I prefer actual, mechanical buttons. I'm sure there's a way to better waterproof the damn phone and still have real buttons.
If true absolutely and utterly pointless and over complicates simple things and will push the price up no doubt, sounds like it’s just a desperate measure for Apple to differentiate the ‘Pro’ iPhone from the standard one and an attempt to try to justify its price difference. IMO.
Yes and yes. The space around mechanical buttons is no doubt one of the most significant hurdles to keeping water out. Eliminating that is good for everyone. And I have also experienced button failure before -- I had a home button die on a prior iPhone and I'm sure that can happen to the current volume and power buttons as well.
The downside, as others have noted, is that case manufacturers will either have to leave the buttons uncovered or will have to add something to their cases to make this work through the case. I'm far from an expert on this, but I doubt it would be particularly difficult to implement a finger-conductive pass through.
I love this functionality on Mac trackpads and will welcome it if added to iPhone 15, but I can echo the concerns about having a non-physical power button. Seems necessary, but that's why I don't work at fruit company.
Fruit company sometimes uses products shipped to hundreds of millions of users to explore technological fetishes at the expense of users. That can be a drag, and hopefully not the case here.
Fruit company sometimes uses products shipped to hundreds of millions of users to explore technological fetishes at the expense of users. That can be a drag, and hopefully not the case here.
Now you really wonder if the iPhone 15 will be a ground-up redesign of the entire chassis. The possibility of looking like a thicker iPhone 11 but with USB Type C port that supports Thunderbolt 3/USB Certified 10 Gbps connectivity and solid-state buttons on the side may not be so far-fetched.
I liked 3D touch, but i think display was thicker with 3D touch so they had to make display stack thinner to make room for larger battery.
Could that be why I never felt keyboard haptics? The funny thing is I felt is when I toggled the setting, even when that because much weaker in the later beta versions.
My wife. No matter how much I tell her to lock, she doesn't and then complains about mistaps
2. Well, we are on MacRUMORS and allowed to comment on rumors…
3. iPhone is already well protected against water damage. For years it’s been.
4. $20 in parts does not a equal $20 price increase, but like you, I’m no expert, either.
5. At the end of the day, they are a business and all their decisions will ultimately come down to money. Anyone who says otherwise is just kidding themselves.
I was hoping only the rumored iPhone Ultra would get the larger price tag, but I suspect both sizes will, now.
Headline made think 3D Touch was coming back. I still miss that feature so much... sigh 😔
Yea it happened on my 13PM. Why couldn't they just let you customize those two buttons???
So many rumors already. Its almost time to get my yearly break from this place. Some people don't have an i14 yet and already leakers talking the 15.
Going to wireless and dropping the short-lived USB-C port would be the final step then. Maybe the next insight from Kuo over the coming months will be Apple has decided that it won’t switch to USB-C and will go wireless instead.
They do things incrementally. That port will probably eventually go away.