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What the iPhone 15 Pro's Volume Buttons Could Look Like [Updated]
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So that’s where we are at now with rumors? We are talking about the volume button as the biggest change. Haven’t upgraded my iPhone since the 12 Pro Max. Haven’t seen enough to justify buying a new iPhone. Might pass again come September.
I don’t care about the buttons as long as they are actual buttons. What I do care about is the material of the body. I loathe the polished stainless steel. What’s the point of having a material that will look terrible at all times? I’ve always wanted an aluminum pro model, but I’ll take titanium.
Besides the fact most of this article is posited as fact instead of rumors, which is disgraceful enough, there is precisely zero chance that Apple "very, very recently" made hardware changes. Barring, like, acts of god-level disasters, hardware design is locked in far in advance. See e.g. Gruber's post about Face ID, referencing hardware design for the 2017 iPhones locked in around the time the 2016 iPhones shipped. There was another article (that I cannot locate at the moment) talking about how planning starts three to four years out and hardware is locked about a year before shipping. This is for the Watch, but Gruber again talking about hardware being in "advanced stages" well over a year before shipping.
Anybody who claims Apple is making hardware decisions a few months before mass production starts and four or five months before shipping is both off their rocker and should not be trusted.
Anybody who claims Apple is making hardware decisions a few months before mass production starts and four or five months before shipping is both off their rocker and should not be trusted.
“Revert”? I realize this is a rumour site, but the buttons on the production iPhone never actually changed, did they? Perhaps “plans to change have changed”, but the buttons cannot revert without changing, as it seems the tech isn’t quite ready so they are just going with a different prototype. Sorry, but this design change seems pretty minor to have what feels like a half dozen articles on it, a possible button configuration (or maybe I’m half asleep and just keep reading the same article over…if so, sorry for the rant! 🙃)
I'm actually a little disappointed. I know the Apple internet was fretting over it sucking, but I could see it being a really slick useful Apple-ey implementation, it would even add easy volume sliding, and the haptics would no doubt be solid. I could see it being playful like dynamic island where, you touch it lightly and it hints at the volume bar on screen, then you press it more for a heavy thunk of feedback.
I have the 11. If the 15 came with haptic buttons and lots of additional customisation I would have considered it. But no longer. I'll probably get the 16 as by then the 11 will be feeling its age.
Then I can retire my 6S backup phone and have the 11 in its place.
Please bring Philly Boy out on stage again for another round of "Can't innovate anymore, my ass!" whilst presenting these super amazing and totally ground breaking buttons. 🤣
I think they’re kinda desperate at Apple, there’s not a lot exciting going on for the 15 Pro. So the mute button is a must. Lol.
Anyone with vision for how the haptics could be used is very disappointed and those who hate change no matter what are relived.
Omg. Volume buttons. While I love Apple’s attention to detail, this is the most uninteresting rumor mill item ever. Next up, mic and speaker grate weave patterns, and 30% more open aired design? I’m an 80s kid and grew up with a father who
Loved home automation using x10. I need more innovation, than buttons for my morning coffee reading.
Loved home automation using x10. I need more innovation, than buttons for my morning coffee reading.
