One of the most interesting iPhone 15 rumors seems to be no longer happening. Following a report by Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple had abandoned plans for solid-state buttons on the iPhone 15, expected supplier Cirrus Logic informed shareholders that it would not supply Apple with the chips needed to operate buttons.
“Among the HPMS opportunities we have discussed, a new product that we have mentioned in previous shareholder letters as being scheduled for introduction this fall is no longer expected to hit the market as planned,” Cirrus Logic, which previously provided the Lightning-to from the iPhone 7. -3.5mm dongle, written in the letter (via Macrumors). “As we have limited visibility into our customers’ future plans for this product at this time, we are removing revenue associated with this component from our internal model.”
Of course, that could mean that Apple simply found another supplier of high-performance mixed-signal chips or manufactures them itself, but it’s more likely that the feature has been discontinued. Cirrus notes that he doesn’t know if Apple will attempt the buttons on the iPhone 16, but we’ll have a whole bunch of rumors about that soon.
Solid-state buttons were pretty much confirmed for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max until recently. In an analyst note, Kuo claimed that due to “unresolved technical issues prior to mass production,” Apple decided to forgo the feature, which would have added individual haptic sensors for the volume and touch buttons. power and introduces a new action button to replace mute. to change.
There are reports that Apple is still pressing the Action button, but it will now be a standard click button rather than a solid-state button with a forced touch. Apple has had a mute switch on the left side of the iPhone since the first generation launched in 2007.
The iPhone 15 Pro is expected to launch in September with several new features, including a titanium design, an improved camera system, and an A17 processor.
