No more physical buttons and nothing more: the iPhone 16 promises major changes to its design

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When Apple lifts the curtain on the new iPhone 16 next fall , the device could bring with it some far from trivial changes that would make it radically different from its predecessors, the Economic Daily News reports. Instead of the physical power and volume buttons currently equipped with iPhone models, the Apple company's new family of smartphones could seek shelter for capacitive buttons , which sense pressure exerted by the user and respond with haptic feedback. This feedback makes it appear as if the button is moving (when in reality it does not change position at all).

While this is a revolutionary change, this is hardly the first time Apple has used capacitive buttons . The latest versions of the Touch ID technology on the defunct iPhone home button used capacitive buttons. This technology is still present to cambodia whatsapp lead day on the iPhone SE. And when you press the home button, it actually appears to respond to the pressure exerted on it, but this is all an illusion. And as is evident when the iPhone SE is turned off, the home button is anchored in a fixed position and does not move.

The “retirement” of physical buttons on the iPhone could be delayed until next year
By doing away with physical buttons, the new iPhone 16 will presumably be a device with fewer moving parts. And while this type of button has been previously used by Apple on its phones, this is the first time that Apple has brought this technology to the power button.

According to Economic Daily News , the capacitive buttons will be located on both sides of the iPhone. One side would house the volume up and down buttons and presumably an action button as well. The other side would house the capacitive button to power the phone on and off.

It is not yet known for certain whether Apple will completely do away with physical buttons in the new family of smartphones that it launches in the fall of 2024. Some people speculate that it could all be a test for the iPhone 17, which would emerge 100% free of physical buttons.

In any case, if the new iPhone 16 does indeed debut with new capacitive buttons, these would not in any case be the only new buttons on the device . In the technological circles, there has been speculation for some time about the introduction of a new button on the iPhone 16, the "Capture Button" , also of a capacitive nature, which could be used as a trigger mechanism for the phone's camera.

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