Capacitive

Apple has equipped its latest flagship smartphones, the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, with the Action button. It replaces the mute switch found on all the other iPhones since the first-generation model. Apple, however, hasn’t offered the Action button on the cheaper models in the lineup, the iPhone 15 and the iPhone 15 Plus. That, fortunately, is not going to be the case with the iPhone 16 series, claims a new report. That’s not all though. The next year’s models are also said to be getting an upgraded Action…

We probably know just about everything there is to know about the upcoming iPhone 15 series, as most reports have told the same story. But a few days ago, something unexpected happened. Two analysts, including reliable Ming-Chi Kuo, claimed that Apple has postponed the switch to solid-state buttons until next year. Moving to capacitive buttons, including an Apple Watch Ultra-like Action button, was the big iPhone 15 Pro design change we all expected. It’s also something I am personally excited about. In…

For this year’s iPhone 15 Pro series, Apple is expected to change the physical buttons for capacitive ones. While leak CADs already show this new design, an anonymous tipster on the MacRumors forum gives more information on how these capacitive buttons will work when the iPhone is on, off, or with no battery. This tipster had already shared accurate details regarding Dynamic Island before the iPhone 14 Pro officially launched. According to them, the capacitive buttons will be triggered the same way when the…

A new set of leaked images reportedly shows the tracker portion of the upcoming Fitbit Sense 2, and it comes without a capacitive button. In its place, sits a new physical button you can actually press in for a tactile feel.The report comes from 9To5Google and supports rumors from earlier this year that Fitbit may be going back to physical buttons. The capacitive button on its Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches was not well-liked by some users. So it makes a whole lot of sense that Fitbit would want to revert that design…