iPhone 15 to get solid-state buttons

October 28, 2022

This year’s iPhones are pretty fantastic, but next year’s look to be something special.

According to rumors, the iPhone 15 will feature a 10x periscope telephoto camera lens, a USB-C port, the Dynamic Island across all models, an A17 Bionic chip (on Pro models) and extra RAM to support it.

And now a new rumor says the iPhone 15 handsets will get solid-state buttons, which sound totally sci-fi. Check our top post for details.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

Apple could switch to solid-state volume and power buttons on the iPhone 15 Pro series. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has made this claim based on his latest supply chain checks. To replicate the feeling of pressing a physical button, Apple will add two Taptic Engines to 2023’s Pro iPhones.

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iPhone shipments grew in the July-through-September period compared to the same quarter of 2021. The increase was modest, but still put Apple on a different trajectory from other handset makers.

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New Apple TV+ documentary Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues takes a lively and appropriately soulful look at the man who invented popular music in America as we know it today. The film, which premieres today on Apple’s streaming service, brims with expert testimony from witnesses, fans, friends, and family of the incredibly influential jazz musician.

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