Is the solid-state button that was scheduled to be installed in the iPhone 15 Pro postponed because it could not solve the ``technical problem''?
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is familiar with handling highly accurate forecast information and leak information related to Apple, was
Two iPhone 15 Pro models' removal of solid-state button design negatively affects Cirrus Logic and AAC Medium
https://medium.com/@mingchikuo/two-iphone-15-pro-models-removal-of-solid-state-button-design-negatively-affects-cirrus-logic-and-a456d5e7386c
Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro Models Will No Longer Feature Solid-State Buttons - MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/11/kuo-iphone-15-pro-no-solid-state-buttons-after-all/
A solid-state button is a button that simulates the feeling of actually pressing a button by providing tactile feedback with the same ``Taptic Engine'' as the home button on the iPhone 7 and the pressure-sensitive trackpad on the MacBook. . Since there is no need to physically press the button, it is possible to reproduce the conventional feeling of use while reducing the possibility of failure.
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Apple has been planning to replace the existing iPhone with a mechanical button that is used by pressing the power button and volume control button on the side of the main unit with a solid state button.
However, according to Kuo's latest research, both the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max were shelved with solid-state buttons after technical issues were found with the solid-state buttons before mass production. pattern.
Two iPhone 15 Pro models ' removal of solid-state button design negatively affects Cirrus Logic and AAC
— Ming-Chi Kuo (@mingchikuo) April 12, 2023
Kuo also said there is still time to change the design of the iPhone 15 Pro, given that the iPhone 15 series is in EVT (Technical Verification Stage). In addition, Kuo wrote that the postponement of solid-state buttons will have a 'limited' impact on the iPhone 15 Pro's mass production schedule and shipments.
In addition to Mr. Kuo, Mr. Jeff Pu and Mr. Sherry Chow, who work as technology analysts at Hong Kong investment company Haitong International Securities Group Co., Ltd., said that Apple will adopt solid state buttons on the iPhone 16, which will appear in 2024. I'm assuming it's been postponed until the series.
Mr. Kuo points out that the postponement of the adoption of solid-state buttons will create a disadvantageous situation for Cirrus Logic and AAC Technologies, major suppliers of Taptic Engine-related parts, a haptic feedback engine. In fact, Cirrus Logic's stock price has fallen about 12% and AAC Technologies' stock price has fallen about 15% after Mr. Kuo predicted that he would not adopt solid-state buttons.
The idea of replacing physical buttons with solid state buttons is rumored not only on iPhone but also on Apple Watch.
The possibility that the physical button of Apple Watch will be changed to a touch-type solid state button - GIGAZINE
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