- Apple could stick to the Digital camera Management button
- Earlier rumors urged it would not be on the iPhone 18
- We might even see a less complicated button on future iPhones
Final week we heard a rumor that the iPhone 17 can be the final to sport the Digital camera Management, which was solely launched final yr with the iPhone 16 – however a recent leak suggests the button will dwell on, albeit in a special kind.
The brand new rumor comes from well-known tipster Prompt Digital (through MacRumors), which states that Digital camera Management elements are in manufacturing for the iPhone 18. That refutes the concept Apple would eliminate it as it is not seeing numerous use.
There’s a twist although: Apple is seemingly eradicating the capacitive sensor subsequent yr to chop down on prices. That is the sensor that detects any sort of contact or swipe, enabling customers to step by step change settings like publicity or zoom.
That can depart solely the strain sensor, detecting distinct touches of various strengths. We’ll have to attend and see how which may have an effect on the totally different features of Digital camera Management – a few of them may be remapped or changed, with the assistance of iOS.
Blended reactions
When the Digital camera Management was launched with the iPhone 16 fashions, Apple described it as a characteristic that “elevates the digital camera expertise” and which is “filled with innovation” – providing simpler entry to varied digital camera controls and Visible Intelligence.
In our iPhone 16 assessment, we described it as “main enhancement” for the Apple handsets, and in reality the “greatest addition” to the 2024 handsets. Nevertheless, it did not make an look on the iPhone 16e that Apple launched the next February.
Regardless of our enthusiasm for the small button, it is honest to say the response general has been blended. Some have struggled to discover a actual objective for the Digital camera Management, however plainly some effort and time funding is required to take advantage of it.
What appears clear is that we’ll get the usual Digital camera Management button again once more with all 4 iPhone 17 handsets in September – together with, if the leaks are to be believed, the iPhone 17 Air that is supposedly changing the iPhone 16 Plus this yr.
