Exclusive: Not all iPhone 15 are getting the new Action Button
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15 series will bring some new exciting changes. Alongside the addition of the USB-C, Apple will also replace the Mute switch with a hardware key named Action button. Though the functionality of this new Action button is still unknown, we have a piece of new news regarding to this feature.
Recently, some netizens shared some images of the cases of iPhone 15 series devices. Phone cases are normally made before the launch of the actual phone. iPhone 15 series phone cases and screen protectors are already available in China for sale.
These cases reveal the design changes of the iPhone 15 series devices. Though there are not many changes in the design of the phones except the new Action button. As it’s a hard key, case manufacturers can create an actual button on the side of the case instead of the cutout used for the previous Mute Switch.
The images of the cases for the iPhone 15 series confirm that not all iPhone 15 models are getting this new feature. The new Action Button will be only available to the Pro models of the iPhone 15 series. The base iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will have the traditional Mute Switch.
As per the track record of Apple, they only introduce new hardware changes exclusively to the pro models. Such as, Apple offered high refresh rate displays only on the Pro models of the iPhone 13 Series.
Following up on the iPhone 14 series, the new Dynamic Island is only available on the Pro models. So the Action button feature should be only available in Pro models of the iPhone 15 series.
But the USB-C will be in every upcoming iPhone. Apple will also release some of its older iPhone models with USB-C ports. This will let them continue selling their old iPhones for a couple of more years.
Muhammad Menhajul Islam (also known as ‘Minhaz’) is a B.Sc student studying Mathematics in Govt. B.M. Collage, Barishal, Bangladesh. He has been a Android die-hard fan since 2015. He used more than 5 Android smartphones from entry level to flagships since then.
He uses custom roms, modded firmwares, system modification modules etc to see how much better the performance gets with a optimized software on any given hardware.
In 2013, before the Android the wave in smartphone industry, he used a couple of Nokia Symbian OS powered smartphones. He used to perform hacking to the OS and unlock many features. It was a very popular process like jailbreaking an iPhone and unlocking bootloader of Android Phones. He feels nostalgia for that time.
Muhammad Minhaz is now a tech journalist as well as tech blogger. He wants to let others know the beauty of Android being an open-source operating system. He currently uses Redmi K30 Pro as his daily driver custom roms and a lot of system modifications.
Minhaz previously has written tech news and articles for ProjuktirPata.com, a tech website on Bangla language. Now with that expertise and experience he has gathered through years, he started writing for AndroidStory on July 2022. He covers tech news, custom rom updates, Android OS features, upcoming smartphones leaks and so on.
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