For the first time since the dawn of iPhones, Apple is getting rid of the iconic Mute Switch and replacing it with a new Action Button on its latest Pro flagship phones.
But there is a sacrifice being made here and that is the Mute Switch which has existed on iPhones since, believe it or not,The Mute Switch was one of those design elements that made the iPhone stand out. It has been a part of the user experience for years, so swapping it for a button entails a fundamental shift in the way users will interact with their iPhones.
On that note, let us see how Apple justifies this historic design change and how the new Action Button enriches the user experience on iPhone.Remember the Apple Watch Ultra? Well, it was the first Apple device to get an Action Button. The button on the Apple Watch Ultra is programmable, meaning you can set it up to function in several ways depending on how you press it.and 15 Pro Max behaves in a very similar manner.
Once the Action Button is pressed, depending on the action that you have set it to do, the phone will give a haptic feedback, while the Dynamic Island is utilized to show a visual cue related to the action.The Mute Switch is a great feature, and its clicking sound as you move it up and down to silence/turn your iPhone to ring is likely embedded in every iPhone owner's psyche. But the Action Button offers so much potential in the form of versatility that it is hard to be pessimistic about it.
In more than one way, the Action Button feels like the logical evolution of the Mute Switch and we are excited to see how it will affect the iPhone's future.
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