The iPhone 15 would arrive with more new features on the outside in addition to the USB-C port. The company could remove the physical volume and power keys to replace them with solid-state buttonsas revealed by Ming-Chi Kuo through a post on your Twitter profile. The analyst assures that the new buttons will have a mechanism similar to the one that Apple includes in the home key of the iPhone 7, 8 and iPhone SE of the second and third generation.
In the same way as the aforementioned home button, the solid state buttons of the iPhone 15 would be accompanied by Taptic Engines; one located on each side. These, by means of a slight vibration, would simulate the pressing of a physical key. Kuo also highlights that this change will increase the number of Taptic Engines used in each iPhone from one to three. This will primarily benefit Luxshare ICT and AAC Technologies, two of the suppliers of the aforementioned vibration motors.
Kuo highlights, yes, that the change would only be present in “two new high-end iPhone 15 models.” Referring, apparently, to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. The iPhone 15 and the respective Plus version, therefore, would keep the physical keys. These, let’s remember, will arrive with the dynamic island; one of the star features of the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro.
All iPhone 15 will have USB-C
Apple, yes, will implement the USB-C port in all iPhone 15 models that they announce during the next year. The company, in fact, recently confirmed that its future devices will have the aforementioned connector to comply with European regulations, which stipulate that all manufacturers must add this port before 2024. They emphasize, however, that they are not in favor of this normative.
If the company does not make changes to its strategy, next year we could see four iPhone models: a standard version, an iPhone 15 Plus, a Pro model and a Pro Max model. Some rumors without much force, however, affirm that the company could launch an iPhone 15 Ultra. As usual, all of them would be announced during the month of September 2023.