The touch-sensitive Camera Control button on recent iPhones looks simple, but it is effectively a hardware shortcut into some ...

Commentary: Was it supposed to be the Visual Intelligence button instead? There's a lot of unrealized potential in Apple's new button that goes well beyond the camera. Patrick Holland has been a phone ...

The iPhone 16 is not the only recently released smartphone with a separate camera control system, as the Oppo Find X8 Pro also has a similar alternate way to interact with the camera on the side of ...

Apple is reportedly preparing to gradually redesign the iPhone's physical controls, starting with the iPhone 18 series in 2026 and ending with a complete transition to solid-state buttons with the ...

Camera Control is a capacitive touch button that can recognize different levels of pressure and act as a shutter button (like those on DSLR or mirrorless cameras). I wasn't a fan of the Camera Control ...

Apple is working to simplify the Camera Control button's design on the iPhone 18 in order to reduce costs, claims an established Chinese leaker. The current Camera Control button on iPhone 17 models ...

For years, the iPhone had the same set of physical buttons. We had the Mute switch, the Volume keys, and the power button that Apple now ambiguously calls the "Side button." Rumors have also said that ...

This might sound funny, but it seems the biggest hardware updates for iPhones are reserved for the buttons. After adding an Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro, and then adding a Camera Control shutter ...

The rumor mill has been consistently leaking details about the iPhone 18 series that’s arriving in 2026 and even the 20th anniversary iPhone 20 series, which is expected in 2027. A recent leak from ...

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