The iPhone 15 Pro is rumored to have a special action button. But what can you actually do with it?
Action button of the iPhone 15 Pro: this is ’em…
If we are to believe the rumors, the ring signal switch (also known as the mute switch) will be overhauled in the next iPhone generation. This button is then replaced on the iPhone 15 Pro by the special ‘action button’. And the cool thing is: this button comes with different functions.
You can’t actually press the action button. It works a bit like the home button. The button only responds to touch and gives the feeling that you are pressing the button by means of a kind of vibration.
If you’ve ever used an iPhone SE 2022, you know roughly what the home button feels like. When you press this button, it feels like it’s actually happening, but it actually doesn’t move at all.
… and you can do this with it
One of the most notable changes is that you will be using this button in combination to reset or restart your iPhone 15 Pro. With recent iPhones, such as the iPhone 14, you can turn off the device by simultaneously pressing the side button and one of the volume buttons. According to a message from analyst941 on Twitter, on the iPhone 15 Pro you have to press the action button instead of the volume buttons.
But more will change. Even when you open the camera app on current iPhones, you can take a photo with the volume up button. That task also takes on the action button, and adds more to it. A soft tap allows you to focus and a harder press takes the photo. If you hold down the button longer, your iPhone will make a video.
iPhone 15 Pro release: when can you buy it?
The release date of the iPhone 15 (Pro) is most likely in September, the month in which Apple presents the new iPhones every year. The iPhone 15 will appear this year – just like the iPhone 14 – in four different models.
Three of them are the same as the iPhone 14, namely the ‘normal’ iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Plus and the iPhone 15 Pro. According to rumors, the iPhone 15 Pro Max will disappear and be replaced by the iPhone 15 Ultra, but that is not certain yet.
Don’t feel like waiting that long and want a new iPhone now? Then the iPhone 14 Pro is an excellent choice! You have the fastest chip and all new functions such as SOS emergency notification via satellite and the 48 MP camera.