Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away

Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by crazygringo on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:41PM (#34848979)

Haptic buttons are great. The Home button on my iPhone SE, the click on my MacBook trackpad -- zero issues. The click on my AirPods Pro stem too.

And the obvious benefit here is better waterproofing and one less physical mechanism to break.

I really don't understand the author's complaint. I think this ship sailed years ago and it's proven to be a non-issue.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by abledon on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:49PM (#34849088)

reason I still use my IphoneSE version 1. still has the actual button on the front face. Hoping they release another model in the next 3-4 years with an actual front-facing button

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by karmelapple on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:56PM (#34849170)

I don’t quite follow - what is the reason? That you wish there was a haptic home button? iPhones never had haptic buttons on the front face - only real physical press buttons.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by alphabettsy on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:36PM (#34849642)

iPhones had haptics home buttons from iPhone 7 and up, so if you’ve used even an old iPhone at this point it wasn’t a “real” button. Same as the MacBook trackpads, people can’t tell the difference.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by as_bntd on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:01PM (#34862791)

I have an iPhone 6 and a SE (2020) and I can tell the difference. The SE feels like my Mac's (2020) touchpad.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by karmelapple on Sunday February 19, 2023 @10:18PM (#34864576)

Wow - I had no idea! Thanks for posting the correction.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by batmanthehorse on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:02PM (#34849236)

That’s not true. Starting with iPhone 7 the front home button is haptic solid state. It feels better than the old one and breaks less.

For this reason, I’m totally fine with them doing the same for volume buttons. Also feels great on the AirPod pros

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by archagon on Saturday February 18, 2023 @07:36PM (#34852769)

It does not feel better to me.

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Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away by karmelapple on Sunday February 19, 2023 @10:19PM (#34864582)

I am embarrassed - thanks for the gentle correction.

I jumped straight from an iPhone 6S to an iPhone XS, so I never got those... whoops!

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