{"id":133044,"date":"2023-04-12T02:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/04\/12\/iphone-15-pro-wont-be-getting-solid-state-buttons-due-to-technical-issues?utm_medium=rss"},"modified":"2023-04-12T02:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:26:37","slug":"iphone-15-pro-wont-be-getting-solid-state-buttons-due-to-technical-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/12\/iphone-15-pro-wont-be-getting-solid-state-buttons-due-to-technical-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 15 Pro won&#8217;t be getting solid-state buttons due to technical issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-hero\" aria-labelledby=\"hero-cap\" role=\"figure\">\n<p id=\"hero-cap\" class=\"hero-caption\" title=\"Solid-state buttons were expected for iPhone 15 Pro\">Solid-state buttons were expected for iPhone 15 Pro<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iphone-15-pro-wont-be-getting-solid-state-buttons-due-to-technical-issues.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iphone-15-pro-wont-be-getting-solid-state-buttons-due-to-technical-issues.jpg\" alt> <\/a> <\/div>\n<p>Apple has reportedly abandoned adding solid-state buttons to the <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/iphone-15\" title=\"iPhone 15\" data-kpt=\"1\">iPhone 15 Pro <\/a> due to production issues.\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Multiple reliable sources suggested that the mute switch, volume, and power buttons would be replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/22\/10\/28\/kuo-iphone-15-pro-to-update-side-buttons-to-solid-state-versions\">solid-state components<\/a> in the iPhone 15 Pro models. This controversial change would improve device watertight integrity and add new gestures.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@mingchikuo\/two-iphone-15-pro-models-removal-of-solid-state-button-design-negatively-affects-cirrus-logic-and-a456d5e7386c\">new report<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/ming-chi-kuo\" title=\"Ming-Chi Kuo\" data-kpt=\"1\">Ming-Chi Kuo<\/a> states that Apple has abandoned the solid-state buttons due to technical issues. This change comes during the EVT development stage, which gives the company time to make final hardware decisions like this.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Since Apple will revert the design to its physical buttons, this should reduce complexity and simplify development, according to Kuo. The last-minute change will have a limited impact on mass production or shipping schedules.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This report arrived only moments after Jeff Pu, an analyst at Hong Kong-based investment firm Haitong International Securities, made a similar declaration. It seems likely that the solid-state buttons were indeed planned but won&#8217;t be implemented now.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solid-state buttons were expected for iPhone 15 Pro Apple has reportedly abandoned adding solid-state buttons to the iPhone 15 Pro due to production issues. Multiple reliable sources suggested that the mute switch, volume, and power buttons would be replaced by solid-state components in the iPhone 15 Pro models. This controversial change would improve device watertight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-insider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}