What's new about the iPhone 16 Pro's Camera Control button?

Question

I heard from my friends that when using the iPhone 16 Pro there is a new Camera Control button. What is the purpose of it?

Answer 1

The innovative function of the new Camera Control button that is integrated into the iPhone 16 Pro is referred to as a physical button due to its capability of being pressed down to manage camera operations. It is capable of activating the camera, capturing images, commencing video clip recording, and has an embedded vibration motor and a touch sensitive surface that allows it to simulate the sensation of a half-press of a real camera. It also provides for flipping through the camera zoom, photographic style, tone and other camera controls.

Comments

“Is it a button?”
“It’s the first of its kind.”
That’s some heavy duty corporate coping mechanisms there.

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It's not a button guys, it's a mouse wheel without a wheel

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Interviewer - "is it a button?"
Apple guys - "it is a tactile switch"

Isn't both the one and the same thing?

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5:48 "Is this a button?"
Apple: "Well yes but actually no"

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The D Brand segment and new screen protector are more innovative than the whole Apple keynote.

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This "not a button" thing shifting the attention from the lack of at least 90hz on a 800$ phone ridicoulous

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9:26 ... Finally someone said it out . That camera control could have been touch ID.

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2016: Removes the headphone jack to free up internal space

2024: Adds a button literally nobody asked for

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Apple : Say button again. I dare you. I double dare you

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Customers: We don't like the Touchbar on Macbooks.
Apple: Fine, we will move it to the phone and call it a switch

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That !BUTTON! reminds me of those fingerprint readers we had on some older phones. I think my honor 8 back then had one on the back that was a finger print reader, a button and a touch pad. I really loved using it to scroll through notifications and open the camera. It was such a smart think you take the phone out of the pocket, and while you pull it out you could easily already unlock it through fingerprint and then swipe down and you had your notifications on the screen all in one smooth motion. And checking notifications is literally one of the things you do the most on a phone.

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Apple really missed their mark by not making the Camera Control Button was TouchID. I'm glad you touched on it at the end. Cheers