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My only response is: cant you see the new button?What more do you want?!
You think its just a button?
Was that Action Button there before? It feels new
Sure, the camera hasnt changed much.
It cant take infrared photos or x-ray through walls.
It doesnt record holograms that you’re free to have R2-D2 playback when you find Ben Kenobi.
Was that Action Button there before? It feels new
I still take umbrage with saying just a button.
A button is a big deal!
How many buttons does a phone have?
This Fujifilm X100VI has a two-stage button, just like the iPhone 16!
), andAction Button.
Why doesnt Apple give us any buttons that dont do anything!?
The iPhone 16 Camera Control button looks fun, but it actually does stuff.
This Nokia Windows Phone had a two-stage camera button
What the Camera Control button does and doesn’t do
The camera button will launch the camera … Holding the Camera Control button takes a photo that is immediately fed to Apples AI to grok.
I mostly use my iPhone buttons to take accidental screenshots, so this will be an improvement.
At least there will be intelligence involved.
Anyway, with the Camera Control button,I finally get the two-stage shutter buttonthat Ive been hoping for.
Most people just jam the camera button all the way to take a photo.
The two-stage button makes photos better.
It is easier to focus a camera and hold the camera steady when you take the shot.
That means photos are much more clear.
I honestly think this will be the biggest improvement to iPhone photography since Apple added a second camera lens.
This is the biggest hardware improvement I wanted for smartphones, aside from bringing back the 3.5mm headphone jack.
The new button is more than just a button.
The Camera Control is touch-sensitive.
you might swipe on it.
Okay, thats cool.
I can see how that would be useful to change configs, and maybe even fun!
I can also imagine switching between camera lenses with accidental swipes.
That would be a disaster.
If Apple had given us only a two-stage focus, for that alone I would have been thankful.
But Apple did not stop at an autofocus swipe button.
Apple goes even further with AI.
you’re able to find plenty of cool AI tools on thebest Samsung phones.
it’s possible for you to talk to Google Gemini by holding a button on yourPixel 9phone.
Therefore, two years Id put money on it.
Second, a camera button is just the start.
There may be more buttons on the way.
Buttons we havent thought about yet.
There will be more buttons on the way.
The zombie specter of phone buttons has been awakened, and it is hungry for new ideas.
Finally, touchscreens are terrible, at least on their own.
A touchscreen is a mistaken tap waiting to happen.
Its a million wrong buttons that I can press while trying to press the one right button.
Its an Escape Room without an Esc.
We need more buttons to help us control our phones.
Touchscreens are good for people with certain skills a level of dexterity, or fine motor control.
