Additional Capacitive "Capture" Button on the iPhone 16

 Additional Capacitive "Capture" Button on the iPhone 16

 

It is anticipated that the iPhone 16 series will get a second capacitive button, internally referred to as the "Capture Button."

 

If the button, which has the codename "Project Nova," makes it past the initial testing stage, it will probably be one of the key selling points of the iPhone 16 series. On more recent iPhone models with the mmWave cutout, the capture button can be found on the same side as the power button, just a little lower.

 

The volume buttons are on the opposite side, and the mmWave cutout is there. What will be done with the new capacitive button is not yet known.

 

Instead of a typical mechanical button, the capture button is anticipated to be a capacitive one. Unlike mechanical buttons, capacitive buttons do not move when pressed. Instead, the button uses haptic engines to detect pressure and touch and provide haptic feedback.

 

The buttons are anticipated to function similarly to the iPhone SE's Home Button, which simulates pressing a physical button using the device's integrated Taptic Engine.

 

Our sources claim that the capacitive buttons will have a force sensor. Force sensors measure the force that is being applied and translate it into electrical impulses.

 

Apple tested capacitive buttons early on in the creation of the iPhone 15 Pro as part of the since-cancelled Bongo project. Contrary to the Capture Button, the Bongo module only added two capacitive buttons to the mix: the Power and Volume buttons.

 

According to our sources, the Bongo module was abandoned at the EVT stage of development due to unfavorable test outcomes and a sizable number of hardware problems.

 

The cancellation gave Apple engineers plenty of room to redesign the capacitive buttons for the iPhone 16 series, but this time with a completely different angle.

 

The Capture Button is scheduled to arrive on every iPhone 16 model, including the entry-level iPhone 16 and 16 Plus, in contrast to the Bongo project.

 

But it's important to remember that Apple also designed a hardware setup without the Capture Button button, possibly as a backup option if hardware failure rates persisted. Both eSIM-only smartphones and those that support traditional SIM card slots have the Capture Button.