After weeks of rumors surrounding an all-new type of button for the iPhone 15 Pro, it looks like Apple has finally abandoned the project. The information comes straight from the famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says that the Cupertino company would face production problems for its capacitive button. We take stock of the situation.
This was the great revolution announced for the iPhone 15: the smartphone would do without a physical buttone. The first rumors appeared at the beginning of March and predicted the addition of a capacitive button, which would react according to the pressure exerted by the user. Following this, other leaks revealed further details of this technology, leaving little doubt about Apple’s plans in the matter.
But, the project would have finally fallen through. This is in any case what says Ming-Chi Kuo, a famous analyst specializing in Apple products. According to him, the apple brand would have encountered manufacturing problems, just before entering the mass production phase. The latter would therefore be forced to postpone the project and keep the physical buttons on the iPhone 15.
Two iPhone 15 Pro models’ removal of solid-state button design negatively affects Cirrus Logic and AAC
— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) April 12, 2023
According to Ming-Chi Kuo, these problems, the nature of which he does not specify, would have appeared in the ETV (Engineering Validation Testing) phase, which precedes the testing phase of the product as a whole before launching mass production. In other words, it’s not all over yet for capacitive buttons. Nevertheless, better solve it nowthese technical concerns having little chance of being resolved before the deadline.
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It seems much more likely, indeed, that we see the latter landing on theiPhone 16, by next year, giving Apple time to perfect its technology. As a reminder, the leaks announced a button with adjustable sensitivity, which would work even when the smartphone is off or has no battery. If we have to wait another year, we bet that other innovations could find their way by then.