Just over 16 years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the world to the first iPhone with a design element that has remained intact until now. From that iPhone without last names to the brand new iPhone 14. However, as it had already been leaked, the iPhone 15 will lose it. Forever, maybe.
It is about the already mythical iPhone mute switch with his mechanical style. A switch that allows us to configure the device in sound or silent/vibrate mode and that in this next generation will be replaced by a “simple” button. Or at least that’s what the leaks so far indicate, including a new render showing its design.
Although we are half a year away from officially meeting them, the iPhone 15 has several features that are already an open secret. And the design of its buttons is part of it. And it is expected that this new generation replace physical buttons with haptic buttons In the purest style of the Home button that the iPhone 7 released, with identical functionality to the previous ones, but without a physical mechanism and a haptic motor that emits vibrations that make you experience a sensation similar to touching the button.
Well, the last leak that ShrimpApplePro has shared On twitter lets us see CAD files with the alleged design of the iPhone 15 Pro. In them you can see several details in reference to the buttons, starting with the single volume up and down button. It is understood that touching the upper part would go up and in the lower part it would go down. However, it will mean a significant change from the two buttons we usually had for this task. The aforementioned haptic engine could be the culprit.
Although more remarkable is to see how the physical switch becomes a button. We do not know if this will also have a haptic motor that helps us experience the sensation of touching a physical button or if it will really be a physical button. The fact is that it would serve to say goodbye to the mythical tab mechanism that, being to the left, allowed us to have the mobile silenced or in vibration mode, while to the right it left us with active sound.
Other details that are appreciated It is the design line that we have already seen in other filtered renders and that would advocate straight frames, but with curved tendencies towards the screen and back. Also the growth in size of the cameras is an important appreciation, as well as the already expected USB-C at the bottom. Although the latter is not showing excessive detail.
As we said before, there are still six months for Apple to present the iPhone 15 in society. And although these leaks seem accurate considering that the production of the devices would be about to start, they cannot be confirmed. In fact, it would be a surprise to do so, since Apple never comes out to deny or confirm leaks.
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