The next iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max would finally not have capacitive volume buttons as rumors and technical diagrams have repeatedly suggested in recent weeks.
Suddenly, two analysts, Jeff Pu then Ming-Chi Kuo, indicated that Apple had revised its plans on this aspect of the next smartphones. In question it Kuo, of ” unresolved technical issues before these devices go into volume production.
Apple would therefore have opted for a return to the classic design with mechanical buttons and postponed this new device to the next generation. Time to find a solution to what currently prevents it.
The capacitive buttons of the iPhone 15 Pro would have a sensitivity adjustment
For these iPhone 15 Pro this would allow it to simplify its testing and manufacturing procedures. This is less good news for a couple of suppliers, explains Kuo, who had every interest in seeing this new system used, including the manufacturer of haptic motors, AAC Technologies. Jeff Pu add that it was planned to install 3 haptic motors, which would complicate the internal design.
There are no details on the other hand on what happens to the Mute button which would also have been modified to play a role similar to the Action button of Apple Watch and in the form of a capacitive button too.
Even off, the iPhone 15 Pro would keep its haptic buttons active thanks to a new chip
The iPhone 15 Pro are currently at the stage where the desired design is being evaluated in its feasibility (EVT) for production, Kuo concludes. Apple is still on schedule to make these fixes and turn back.