Thank Goodness~ I much prefer the physical side buttons over a solid state.
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Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Models Will No Longer Feature Solid-State Buttons
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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Don’t get me wrong I’m a big fan of Touch Bar but at times I didn’t find it too useful. It was nice to see it tho. Making the 💻 Pro premium and exclusive.
Oh wow - glad to see Apple reverting on this. Hopefully they keep the mute button as is!
Realityck
macrumors G5
Does that mean he'll be in silent mode until he comes up with something else to get iPhone users worked up a bunch. 😀
dannyyankou
macrumors Pentium
They're probably saving is for a port less iPhone 16.
There goes the major innovation for this years models 😅? So USB-C and different colors remain the only new “features”?
People want new features with every release.
Apple has to meet those expectations.
as I use my phone in a case, having the mute changed to a button rather than a switch is super appealing to me for the reason that it can be hard to trigger the switch.
The switch is nicely tactile when going case free however.
Crap. I was just getting used to mine. Next they'll go back to the lighting cable and headphone jack. 😉
torontotim
macrumors 6502
How do you no longer do something you never did in the first place?
You forgot Titanium exterior 📱 and 6x zoom periscope camera 📷
Analog Kid
macrumors G3
It'll be interesting if we can see where that space was in the teardowns. Will they change the design and put something there or leave space? If there's no space, is it because Apple reoptimized the layout at the 11th hour or because Kuo was full of dookie from the beginning?
Analog Kid
macrumors G3
I think I'm going to adopt that approach.
I'm no longer rich and sexy.
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tomtad
macrumors 68040
I doubt buttons that don’t actually move but still feel like buttons was going to be much of a hero feature.
To be honest I don’t think it was ever planned and Kuo is attempting to backtrack.
Titanium exterior, that one has been rumored for at least 3 years......I'll eat my hat if that one happens.
Shrimpapplepro mentioned that the non-pros would get solid state buttons as well but not the single Button like the pros would have got. I bet the pros will still have solid state but not be one unified bottom like in the original CAD design. But I don’t know if they can change the CAD design this late in the manufacturing prep process though
minik
macrumors demi-god
At this stage, I'll just wait till September or October event.
marinersaptcomplex
macrumors 6502a
Given how amazing the taptics on the MacBook track pads have been, I feel like this feature would've been a moot point to most iPhone buyers--in that they probably couldn't have even been able to tell the buttons were not physical anyways.
I do hope the orange mute button stays 😭
I do hope the orange mute button stays 😭
HazeAndHahmahneez
macrumors 6502a
Also forgot about slimmer bezels.
rjjacobson
macrumors G3
Really @TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ I do not hit it much, more often on all my watches I hit the crown button and Siri starts listening and answering me when was not talkint to her. I have yet to accidentally hit the action button even though I have only had my ultra for around almost a month.
I don’t like to use the word “fail,“ but this has fail all over it. The new buttons would have been a HUGE feature change. Everyone said it was coming. If it doesn’t, what is the problem at Apple?
It’s like Apple wants to implement the new feature but can’t do it. Makes them look weak.
It’s like Apple wants to implement the new feature but can’t do it. Makes them look weak.
rjjacobson
macrumors G3
Well, I guess it's no iPhone 15 Pro for me. I was super-excited about different volume buttons, but now that the volume buttons are going to be the same, I guess it's time to switch to Android for me, the saddest person who has ever existed.