I don’t mind it at all, if any company does this well, it’s Apple. I just hope it works well with cases.

> My latest survey indicates that the volume button and power button of two high-end iPhone 15/2H23 new iPhone models may adopt a solid-state button design (similar to the home button design of iPhone 7/8/SE2 & 3) to replace the physical/mechanical button design.

> There will be Taptic Engines located on the internal left and right sides to provide force feedback to make users feel like they are pressing physical buttons.

> Due to this design change, the number of Taptic Engines used in each iPhone will increase from the current one to three. As a result, the existing Taptic Engine suppliers, Luxshare ICT (1st supplier) and AAC Technologies (2nd supplier) will be significant beneficiaries.

Honestly I don’t mind, I liked the feel of the home button when I had my iPhone 8. Just don’t remove the charging port.

I'm immediately thinking of the volume keys becoming a two stage camera shutter when you have the camera open. I bet they could pull those haptics off pretty handily

I remember this being a rumour on past iPhones. Still cool regardless.

Well, how will case manufacturers respond to that?

Guess RebelPhone was ahead of its time.

K

Good thing my last phones for now should be the 14 PM, I don't exactly know how I feel about that change if true. Not that the quality would be bad but.. how would it work with cases and such? When it was just the home button that was a different situation, but wouldn't cases covering those non-buttons cause issue with how it perceives inputs?

All I can see is it would be rather annoying if more ruggid cases had to have more revealed spots to compensate for the different button design.

The amount of time I accidentally press the power button as it is makes me nervous that this new change will mean I constantly press it 😫

So let’s remove physical buttons and put Taptic engines in taking more space in the interior ?