The new Digital camera Management button is without doubt one of the signature options of the iPhone 16 sequence. The button provides you quick entry to the digicam and digicam settings. Sooner or later, it’ll additionally allow you to give eyes to the iPhone’s built-in AI by way of the brand new Visible Intelligence function.
The iPhone 16 is definitely the second iPhone technology in a row to function a brand new button. The iPhone 15 sequence delivered the Motion button final 12 months, although Apple restricted it to the Professional fashions. A 12 months later, all 4 iPhone 16 fashions function the 2 new buttons.
Apple gained’t cease there, it appears. If a brand new rumor is correct, Apple plans to exchange the Motion button and Quantity keys with a single button on the iPhone 17 Professional. The change sounds loopy at first, however in case you’ve been following iPhone rumors intently, it begins making sense.
The declare comes from an X leaker often called Majin Bu. He’s not at all times correct along with his Apple info, so that you’ll need to maintain that in thoughts. However I’ll additionally say his last-minute Apple Watch Collection 10 leaks turned out to be right. With days to go to the Glowtime occasion, the leaker claimed the brand new Apple Watch fashions would function 42mm and 46mm shows as a substitute of the beforehand rumored 45mm and 49mm sizes.
Should you’re a longtime iPhone person, you in all probability know Apple is already engaged on the iPhone 17 sequence. Rumors recommend an iPhone 17 Air will substitute the iPhone Plus. This shall be an ultra-slim iPhone in comparison with the remainder of the iPhone 17 sequence.
Whether or not Bu’s declare is right or not, Apple should definitely be attempting all types of concepts for the brand new iPhone sequence. Which may embrace new button designs and functionalities. A couple of days in the past, we discovered that Apple deliberate numerous modifications for the iPhone buttons that didn’t pan out throughout the prototyping levels.
Apple reportedly needed a bigger Motion button that will mimic the Digital camera Management button (Mission Atlas) and a unified Quantity button (Mission Bongo). Whereas Apple needed to kill these plans, they may at all times resurface with an thought much like Bu’s.
Apple may unify the Quantity Up and Quantity Down keys and merge them with the Motion button. The Digital camera Management button explains how the contraption would function. The unnamed button can be a bodily button just like the Digital camera Management. Nevertheless, it may additionally function a sapphire crystal on the prime to detect contact and a drive sensor to discern between completely different faucets.
Relying on the way you press (or swipe on) the button, you would possibly mute the telephone, regulate the amount, or set off a distinct motion. Given the performance of the Digital camera Management button, this is able to all make sense.
There’s additionally a sensible facet to this, assuming Apple would implement the button in all 4 iPhone 17 fashions. A considerably thinner iPhone 17 Air mannequin will have to be as sturdy as the present fashions, particularly on the subject of unintended bending. The less button cutouts within the skinny steel body, the stronger it’ll be.
The draw back is apparent. Folks used to the present iPhone button setup would possibly initially discover the change tough. However, like every change Apple introduces, one ought to get used to it. I say that as a longtime iPhone person who desires to make the most of the brand new Digital camera Management button. Nevertheless, the place of the Digital camera Management makes the button annoying to make use of with the left hand. Circumstances would possibly complicate issues.
What if Apple’s Motion-Quantity button on the iPhone 17 is as massive because the Digital camera Management and completely an identical? That approach, a person may select the place to put the Digital camera Management and the Motion-Quantity keys. As somebody holding the handset in my left hand, I’d love the Digital camera Management to sit down the place the amount controls are.
Hypothesis apart, if this iPhone 17 Professional design element is correct, we’ll see it in all types of leaks within the coming months.
