Comment on iPhone SE 4 Rumored to Feature Action Button, USB-C, Face ID, and More

Steveanonymous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Forkk@forkk.me ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Action button, which could be similar to the Apple Watch Ultra’s Action button but with more phone-focused options, is expected to be a new physical button on the next-generation Pro iPhone models that replaces the Ring/Silent switch. The Action button would allow users to quickly access various functions and settings without necessarily unlocking the device or navigating to an app.

  From macrumors.com/…/ios-17-beta-action-button-iphone-…

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  • Steveanonymous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank you for the rundown. I Literally just found it in the article. Appreciate it!

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• abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  AFAIK the “action button” is going to replace the “mute” switch which is rumoured to be the most common component failure on recent model phones. Pocket lint/etc is potentially forced into the switch every time you operate it and eventually that leads to failure (normally long after the warranty runs out).

  It’s also prone to accidental activation.

  They’re likely to replace it with a solid state pressure sensitive capacitive button with haptic feedback. Apple uses those in a bunch of other devices (the whole screen was one on older models) and they are almost indistinguishable from a regular button, but more reliable and can only be activated deliberately (unlike a regular button).

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