By Ankita Garg: The iPhone 15 Pro models are heavily rumoured to come with a no-button design. But, is it really happening this year? Well, one of the Apple suppliers has given some details. In a shareholder letter today, Apple supplier Cirrus Logic suggested that a button-less design isn’t coming to iPhone 15 series and that Apple has cancelled it for now.
“Among the HPMS opportunities we have discussed, a new product that we mentioned in previous shareholder letters as being scheduled for introduction this fall is no longer expected to come to market as planned,” the letter states. “As we have limited visibility into our customer’s future plans for this product at this time, we are removing the revenue associated with this component from our internal model.”
The HPMS in the quote is basically High Performance, Mixed Signal segment, which includes a set of haptic drivers for the Taptic Engine that is incorporated in iPhones. It was previously reported that two more Taptic Engines will be included in 2023 iPhones to help provide better haptic feedback when the solid-state buttons are pressed to let a user know that the smartphone has acknowledged the tap.
Following this, in his previous letter, the supplier confirmed that the button-less design is coming to next-generation iPhones and even explained how this will work. But, Apple has now cancelled it. The delay is likely due to production issues, which is something that was recently reported.
“When looking at potential use cases, the largest change in new iPhone models next year is the removal of the buttons, which would require additional drivers for the haptics engine, making it the most likely use case for new content. We continue to engage with a strategic customer and expect to bring a new HPMS component to market in smartphones next year,” he said last year.
The change in plans also means that one might get to see the old two-button design for adjusting volume. The iPhone 15 Pro models are expected to retain the old back camera design that we have been seeing on old iPhone models. We could see three big sensors placed in a square camera module at the back panel of the phone. At the back, there will likely be the Apple logo.
The 2023 iPhones will likely have a boxy design, similar to previous models. You can expect to see a punch-hole display design on the front, which Apple introduced last year with the iPhone 14 Pro models. So, the new handsets will come with a Dynamic Island feature as well. One thing we are sure of is that Apple will not bundle a charger in the retail box along with the smartphone because the company stopped doing the same with the launch of the iPhone 12. You can also expect the omission of the headphone jack, which is something we have stopped seeing for a long time now.
The iPhone 15 Pro will likely launch in September with Apple’s new Bionic A17 chipset. It is unknown whether Apple will offer support for faster charging, considering Android phones ship with at least 80W fast charging support. iPhones, on the other hand, have only 20W fast charging support.
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