While many reports indicated that the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max would have the particularity of being equipped with haptic buttons, now Apple has finally reversed its decision…
If all iPhone 15 models will logically separate from the notch, the Pro and Pro Max iterations should lose one of their specificities…
iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max: Has Apple ditched capacitive buttons?
It was one of the novelties expected this year with the high-end models of the iPhone 15: the arrival of semiconductor buttons. For several months, all the clues indicated that the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max would have buttons that would be satisfied with a simple finger pressure for volume management, starting with these first leaks in images.
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At the beginning of the month, MacRumors also claimed that iOS 17 would have a setting to control the intensity of haptic feedback. Practical, especially if the user is wearing gloves or his device is covered with a protective case. Either way, this may all be ancient history. Apple would have finally abandoned the idea of incorporating capacitive buttons on its iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max…
Semiconductor buttons causing problems?
According to the famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, whose information is reported to us by the site Wccftech, the Cupertino company would have recently encountered some obstacles during the technical validation test phase, more commonly known as EVT (for Engineering Validation Test). A stone’s throw from mass production, the Pro models would therefore not have passed this important milestone due to technical problems caused by the solid-state buttons.
Therefore, Apple would have decided to abandon the idea of incorporating capacitive buttons in its Pro models by returning to traditional physical buttons. This setback is bound to surprise us, but above all has the effect of affecting the Californian giant’s suppliers, namely Cirrus Logic and AAC Technologies, responsible respectively for supplying the IC controller and the Taptic Engine.
Source : Wccftech
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