iPhone 16 Pro may add capacitive operation buttons, which is so "innovative"!

Although Apple has just released the iPhone 15 series not long ago, there is already a lot of news about Apple's new machines. Almost every day, Apple will make a hot search. Just today, news about the new design of the iPhone 16 series was revealed. It is said that the iPhone 16 Pro may joinCapacitive operation button, let us take a look at it next!

According to technology media MacRumors, the iPhone 16 Pro has entered the "Proto2" development stage, and Apple has decided to abandon the previous prototype design. The operation button design is similar to the iPhone 15 Pro model.

The earliest prototype of iPhone 16 Pro was designed by Project Bongo. It had a unified volume button and a small multi-function button, both on the left, and the power button on the right. However, due to unsatisfactory test results and high hardware failure rate,Apple abandoned this design.But part of Project Bongo’s design, the unified volume buttons, showed up in early designs for the iPhone 16 Pro.

The second prototype of the iPhone 16 Pro also uses unified volume buttons, but it has a larger action button that is close to the size of the volume buttons.The prototype also adds a camera button below the right side of the power button.

Later prototypes (pictured below) featured individual volume buttons rather than a unified button design.Apple plans to add capacitive action buttons and camera buttons to these new products, both of which are flush with the bezel and use force sensor technology.

In the latest "Proto2" design, Apple has changed the action buttons again.Now, Apple has gone with a smaller action button that's essentially the same as the one on the iPhone 15 Pro, ditching the larger flush look.While it's unclear how this affects Apple's future work on the capacitive action button, such a significant design change suggests it has been canceled or delayed to a future iPhone version.

The new iPhone 16 Pro will be equipped with more powerful performance configurations. The design is not yet certain, but there is a high probability that it will continue the iPhone 15 pro design plan from last year. If you are interested, you can continue to pay attention.