Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Models Will No Longer Feature Solid-State Buttons

[Verified Whiskey]

Interested to see what’s going to happen with the mute switch then. I hope it stays, to be honest. If you don’t want it for muting, at least let it become two shortcuts! Or one that turns something on/off. Always on display on/off, mute on/off, Wi-Fi on/off, etc.

That way the people who wanted it to go away and have a button are satisfied, and the people who were worried that the button would accidentally be pressed and have your sounds go off in a business meeting would be satisfied too because it can’t be triggered by accident.

 

[Shirasaki]

This is the first I’m hearing about the switch going away. The current switch is fairly difficult to accidentally flip, especially if you use a case. Buttons, on the other hand, get accidentally pressed all the time. I’m hoping there will be some way to put the phone on mute and NOT have an accidental button press unmute it—please say there is.

If crash detection is anything to go by, Apple will have no clue how an action button on a phone works in real world. I won’t be surprised to see reports coming from folks who keeps pressing that button accidentally when they should not be or don’t want to.

 

[scrapesleon]

It gon be hard for Apple to justify those price increases

 

[Shirasaki]

Interested to see what’s going to happen with the mute switch then. I hope it stays, to be honest. If you don’t want it for muting, at least let it become two shortcuts! Or one that turns something on/off. Always on display on/off, mute on/off, Wi-Fi on/off, etc.

That way the people who wanted it to go away and have a button are satisfied, and the people who were worried that the button would accidentally be pressed and have your sounds go off in a business meeting would be satisfied too because it can’t be triggered by accident.

Well of course this discussion never passed Senior designer. You here just give them a great Way to keep folks of both worlds happy. I just don’t believe literally none of those talented designers and engineers in Apple can’t even think about this possibility, unless Apple Is prohibiting this idea to be implemented Due to pressure from other departments.

 

[Shirasaki]

There goes the major innovation for this years models 😅? So USB-C and different colors remain the only new “features”?

What do you think smartphone has become? Also ever heard about under the hood innovations? Not everything innovative must be visible right in front of you.

 

[ralpa]

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.

Me too. When I consider buying a new phone, volume button always comes first.

 

[drumcat]

Yet another miss by Kuo. Shocker.

 

[ThomasJL]

Instead of including solid-state buttons, how about including something actually useful such as Touch ID?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

It gon be hard for Apple to justify those price increases

Not really. Apple will just hit it with a special slogan, This changes everything. Again.

 

[anshuvorty]

Man....I soooo called this! See my post/reaction when this was 1st announced:

Fascinating....when you have a mature product, like the iPhone, to differentiate it from year-year, you come up with these minute and ridiculous changes for the sake of change.

 

[Mr. Dee]

This always seemed like change, for change sake.

 

[NT1440]

Holy ****, this guy can literally say anything at this point huh?

 

[lazyrighteye]

I’m ok with this development.

 

[F-Trunks]

So what will the "hero" feature be now?

USB C lmao.

But you gotta use a special apple cord or it won't charge fast. Courage.

 

[giggles]

What about the low power chip that was supposed to control the solid state buttons when the battery was (almost) dead?
What about the new internal layout to make room for the additional taptic engines?
This will be an interesting teardown…also this proves nothing is really final until mass production…or that the rumors complex get delayed information based on previous development stages..

 

[TonyC28]

Another rumor/story about something not happening.

 

[Kulfon]

I cannot even understand the need for them

 

[Aston441]

STOP PUTTING THE POWER BUTTON DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE VOLUME BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[redbeard331]

Maybe he is wrong and they are putting Touch ID into the solid state volume buttons.

 

[Octavius8]

Thank you!!!. The mute switch is a non-negotiable for me. A “magic button” just don’t cut it for my usage. If it ain’t broken… call Apple…

 

[Smartass]

The mute switch is almost definitely going away. But you’ll be able to bind the new action button to mute/unmute (with different vibration patterns for each) so you’ll still have the functionality, just a slightly different approach to today.

Great, another feature that will get turned off/on by accident.

 

[MayaUser]

So Gurman vs Kuo
1) WWDC AR/VR headset Gurman says yes, KuO delayed by 2 months or so
2) Solid state buttons Gurman yes, KUO no

Now we will see whos the goat

 

[MayaUser]

Man....I soooo called this! See my post/reaction when this was 1st announced:

here we are talking about no more solid state buttons (so no more changes)...so if this turn out to be true then you called it wrong

 

[wireless-toyz09]

If the solid state buttons are no longer a thing, there’s gotta be something else substantial enough design wise that’s going to differentiate the pros from the standard 15 models seeing as they will be getting dynamic island too this year.

 

[svish]

Very surprised to hear this. Was expecting the Pro models to definitely have solid state buttons!!