In October of last year, Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known analyst and source of Apple-related rumors, said that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max would ship without physical clickable traditional buttons. said it will.
And today, Kuo goes back to it again, basically repeating the same information. According to his latest research on Apple’s supply chain partners, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will hit the market without clickable buttons in the second half of this year.
Instead, both phones employ solid state buttons. This is aided by an additional Taptic Engine to simulate the feel of physical buttons when touched.
Cirrus Logic is the exclusive supplier of Taptic Engine’s controller ICs for solid-state buttons, so it’s a company that stands to benefit a lot from Apple’s move. Kuo speculates that if users respond well to Apple’s fake buttons, other companies may soon be “inspired” to add their own buttons.
