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The iPhone 16 is Getting a New Button: Here's What It Can Do
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Panorama and landscape pictures look spectacular in Vision Pro.🤩
This sounds like it will have similar issues as touch screen sliders tend to have: At the moment when you're done adjusting and press the button "hard", you're likely to inadvertedly still move the finger a bit so that it changes the zoom or autofocus.
This “button” feels like the next 3D Touch. Amazing feature that Apple just decided to remove from my device, despite it being a selling point for it.
This. I actually think this button could be a good idea. Do I think it will last beyond 1-2 iterations? Not really.
I’m glad I skipped my normal 2 year upgrade cycle and went from the 12 Pro to the 15 Pro because I can test and run Apple Intelligence while passing on the 16. There are some nice additions like this new button, etc. but the 17 is shaping up to be a more compelling upgrade.
I’ll be excited to see what they are doing with the “Slim” aka “Air” (if recent rumors regarding the name are accurate) and I’m hoping we see more of a design overhaul in some of the other models as well.
If I didn’t have a 15 Pro I’d be feeling the itch to see what Apple Intelligence is all about and there’s almost no way I’d upgrade in back to back years so that would take the 17 off the table.
Having been involved in the early 18.1 developer beta test my advice to those who don’t upgrade every two years would be to pass on buying a 16 just for Apple Intelligence anyway. It both looks and sounds like it’ll be sometime in 2025 before all of the Apple Intelligence features Apple is planning on shipping in iOS 18 will be ready for prime time anyway. At that point the 17 will only be several months away so you might as well wait.
I’ll be excited to see what they are doing with the “Slim” aka “Air” (if recent rumors regarding the name are accurate) and I’m hoping we see more of a design overhaul in some of the other models as well.
If I didn’t have a 15 Pro I’d be feeling the itch to see what Apple Intelligence is all about and there’s almost no way I’d upgrade in back to back years so that would take the 17 off the table.
Having been involved in the early 18.1 developer beta test my advice to those who don’t upgrade every two years would be to pass on buying a 16 just for Apple Intelligence anyway. It both looks and sounds like it’ll be sometime in 2025 before all of the Apple Intelligence features Apple is planning on shipping in iOS 18 will be ready for prime time anyway. At that point the 17 will only be several months away so you might as well wait.
I’ve never seen anyone use the volume buttons to take a photo, I suspect most casual users will just ignore the button.
Is it just me who's increasingly confused and amused at how MR has apparently never heard of a camera shutter button before?
Oh, no. This is real. It's redundant, true, and completely unnecessary, but I can tell you a haptic hardware "button" will make it much easier. Some people are willing to pay for that convenience. Nobody is forcing you to buy it. Get a non-pro model.
First thing I did when I set up my 15 Pro was to assign ringer on/silence to the Action Button.
You can also press and hold either volume button to take a video capture without having to toggle modes on the screen.
This would at least be a logical use of the existing buttons if it’s that difficult to use the touch screen.
Honestly, if you want the functionality and user experience of a DSLR camera, then buy a DSLR camera…
If Always on Display can be Always on Camera and the screen would always show what is captured on the lens, then this button can be used as an instant camera shot (in other words, skipping a process to open camera app). If that is the purpose, then I think it would be useful.
As a shutter button, that appears to be a little too far up the device. 😅
(Speaking as a Sony phone user with 15 years of experience using such button)
(Speaking as a Sony phone user with 15 years of experience using such button)
You forgot to use the word “delight” inappropriately multiple times as if you just learned English and are working a support call center from Pune.
Doubtful. That would drain the battery pretty fast.
I had the same thought, if this button also meant the camera could capture instantly (or at least open & ready faster than it currently is), I think this button will be quite successful- no more just missing the moment.