Apple is actively discovering a stolid-state button with heptic feedback, not only for iPhone, but also for future iPad and Apple Watch models, a rumor out of China.
Back in 2022, several reports suggested that Apple intended to bring a solid-state button to the iPhone 15 Pro as part of “Project Bongo” in 2023. Solid-state haptic buttons reduce mechanical wear, while users are able to differentiate between a light press and a firm press that trigger various tasks. However, the plan was allegedly canceled on a late platform. Then he was rumored to enter the iPhone 16 Pro indefinitely.
Or was considered at that time. It seems that Apple never left this idea completely, if the weibo-based leaker instant digital is correct. Last month, Leikar claimed that Apple was still examining the Happy button for the future iPhone. And eats today Doubled on claimSaying that the project is not only active for the iPhone, but for Apple’s “entire product line”, including iPad and Apple Watch.
Instant Digital says that this is not the production cost that has captured the project back, but is the issue of “mistoucha”, as an accurate response from the button is not always guarantee. The current button design is integrated into the frame directly, in which there is no retaliation when clicking, but the company is clearly trying to repeat the experience of a traditional mechanical button more closely.
The project is believed to have been held, while Apple preferred performance and battery technology progress for the upcoming models. While this feature is still not expected to enter the iPhone 17 lineup, Project Bongo has actually “restarted” in the company, according to Digital.
