iPhone 16 wants to cancel physical volume and power keys: replace them with capacitive touch keys and motor simulation feedback

According to news on April 23, ASE has recently won a large order from Apple, and won a large order for capacitive button system-level packaging (SiP) modules for Apple’s iPhone 16 series.

This kind of button will replace the physical volume button and power button originally located on both sides of the fuselage, creating a pressure-sensitive Home button similar to the one on iPhone 7/8/SE2 and other models.

In order to better simulate the feedback of the volume button and power button, the iPhone will add a Taptic Engine motor inside the fuselage.

In this way, "solid-state keys" can also achieve extremely realistic physical key feedback, making users feel as if they are pressing physical keys.

In fact, Apple has always been pursuing completely non-porous, and wants to completely eliminate openings such as interfaces and buttons.

At present, the process of eliminating buttons will obviously be faster than eliminating interfaces. If the iPhone 16 Pro is eventually mass-produced and uses capacitive operation buttons.

Finally, based on market feedback, Apple may completely eliminate physical buttons on the iPhone 17 Pro.

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