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The picture of the future iPhone 15 is becoming more complete with each passing day. One detail remains unclear, which has never been seen before with Apple and the iPhone. A current report finally sheds more light on the matter.
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The rumor mill has been talking for weeks about a very special detail of the future Pro line of the iPhone 15. Both variants will therefore be no longer have classic buttons and the previous toggle switch for muting has also had its day.
iPhone 15 Pro (Max): First look at Apple’s button design
Instead, Apple is using so-called “solid-state buttons” for the first time on the iPhone. These are actually Sensor fieldswhich only simulate the feel of real switches through additional “Taptic Engines” inside the iPhone. Similar to the home button still used on the iPhone SE or comparable to the trackpads on MacBooks.
But what will this ultimately look like with the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max? The question is now answered for the first time by leaked CAD images that were shared in a video on the Chinese version of TikTok (source: ShrimpApplePro).
A single long button on the side is clearly visible and is used to increase or decrease the volume. The rumored “solid-state design” is predestined for such a solution; individual buttons for volume adjustment are no longer necessary.
The classic mute switch will also be completely redesigned. It is no longer designed as a toggle switch, but rather as a single surface button. A novelty since the first iPhone in 2007.
The first “new” iPhone this year is not the iPhone 15:
Standard models are left out
The information then also confirms the Retaining the classic button design on the two standard models. As already suspected, the regular iPhone 15 and the larger iPhone 15 Plus do not have the new “solid-state buttons”. Such a distinction is not unusual. The fast 120 Hz screen and the always-on display will probably remain reserved for the Pro models.
If you want more, you will have to pay more at Apple in the future. Speaking of which, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Apple wants to increase the prices of the Pro models in the US for the first time since the iPhone X. What this means for the local market is not yet entirely clear, as we are subject to corresponding currency fluctuations. Apple will therefore only make a calculation shortly before the market launch in September.
Source: German