In a shareholder letter at this time, Apple provider Cirrus Logic seemingly confirmed that iPhone 15 Professional fashions will not characteristic solid-state buttons.
“That stated, among the many HPMS alternatives we now have mentioned, a brand new product that we talked about in earlier shareholder letters as being scheduled for introduction this fall is not anticipated to return to market as deliberate,” the letter states. “As we now have restricted visibility into our buyer’s future plans for this product right now, we’re eradicating the income related to this element from our inner mannequin.”
Cirrus Logic’s high-performance, mixed-signal (“HPMS”) section contains haptic drivers for the Taptic Engine in iPhones. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated iPhone 15 Professional fashions would have been outfitted with two further Taptic Engines that offered haptic suggestions when the solid-state buttons have been pressed, and Cirrus Logic hinted that it will have equipped associated parts for the gadgets in a earlier shareholder letter.
“We proceed to interact with a strategic buyer and anticipate to deliver a brand new HPMS element to market in smartphones subsequent 12 months,” the provider stated final 12 months.
Apple is Cirrus Logic’s largest buyer and accounted for 79% of its income within the 2022 fiscal 12 months. In an investor word at this time, Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Tom O’Malley stated the provider’s feedback at this time seemingly rule out solid-state buttons.
Final month, Kuo stated iPhone 15 Professional fashions would not have solid-state buttons as initially rumored because of “unresolved technical points earlier than mass manufacturing.” He now expects the gadgets to have conventional buttons that transfer when pressed. Rumors counsel the Ring/Silent change will nonetheless be get replaced with a button as beforehand claimed, and this button could possibly be customizable just like the Motion button on the Apple Watch Extremely.
Apple analyst Jeff Pu believes the solid-state buttons will seemingly be pushed again to iPhone 16 Professional fashions launching subsequent 12 months, however Cirrus Logic’s feedback at this time counsel it has restricted information of Apple’s future plans right now.
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