Apple patents a way to make buttons thinner while providing programmable feedback
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- WTF
- pq0
- 01 Jul 2020
So Apple patents a button. A button! This is ridiculous.
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- Anonymous
- Nxp
- 01 Jul 2020
ishreal, 30 Jun 2020This worked out soooo well for their MacBook butterfly swit... moreIt worked out pretty well for their actually relevant similar products (non-mechanical touch ID, non-mechanical touchpad click). Trolls aren't even trying anymore.
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- Anonymous
- K6X
- 01 Jul 2020
One button calls ya mother!!
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- Blackk Mamba
- XRg
- 01 Jul 2020
Useless thin phones with brittle build quality and terrible battery life.
That's what Apple aiming at.
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- Anonymous
- PZa
- 01 Jul 2020
These are capacitive buttons or mechanical?
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- JDK
- ybx
- 01 Jul 2020
ishreal, 30 Jun 2020This worked out soooo well for their MacBook butterfly swit... moreWho said that it is the same mechanism as the butterfly keyboard?
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- Alan
- IV8
- 01 Jul 2020
So basically it will be similar to the HTC u12+ but with better implementation and with sound, and all of a sudden everyone wants to follow.
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- JDK
- ybx
- 01 Jul 2020
ypcx, 01 Jul 2020one of them be can unlocked without needing to type in pass... moreOne of them has a curved screen on all sides and an equally ugly MASSIVE dual punch hole.
One of them has no google mobile services.
One has a hard-to-find fingerprint sensor.
On the other hand, one CAN unlock with sunglasses on. One is also has more secure recognition.
One has optimized mobile services and apps.
One isn't as large as a brick.
One is also $750 cheaper.
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- ypcx
- HBt
- 01 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 30 Jun 2020Please... Comparing a huawai to Apple? lolone of them be can unlocked without needing to type in passcode when i'm wearing sunglasses.
one of them has 10x optical zoom and can see at night.
guess which one. fool.
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- Anonymous
- kky
- 01 Jul 2020
This better be some kind of breakthrough of something actually worthy of a patent... though doubtful.
Wow. You made a button slimmer abs want to add more feedback to the button. Bravo. Now everyone should pay you...
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- Anonymous
- 6wN
- 30 Jun 2020
Remove all buttons and put front camera under display. It will look cool.
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- Anonymous
- m5g
- 30 Jun 2020
Anonymous, 30 Jun 2020Just don't remove the whole button, then it'll be fine. P... morePlease... Comparing a huawai to Apple? lol
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- six_tymes
- kvH
- 30 Jun 2020
butterfly keys 2.0
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- Anonymous
- vGZ
- 30 Jun 2020
the button should be flush with the body it'll look sleek!!!
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- Anonymous
- Bw5
- 30 Jun 2020
Just don't remove the whole button, then it'll be fine.
Phones like Huawei Mate 30 pro with no volume buttons is a terrible idea.
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- Love the Community
- Fv4
- 30 Jun 2020
ishreal, 30 Jun 2020This worked out soooo well for their MacBook butterfly swit... moreThis is going to be different. Force Touch should've been successful but times have changed. Display screens are getting thinner because of underdisplay fingerprint scanners. Some hundred thousand Apple users missed the Force/3D Touch.
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- Syerin
- TSM
- 30 Jun 2020
"The patent gives the iPhone power button as an example, so that’s likely the first use case, but it these devices can find other uses as well. Instead of just buttons, this can be used for toggles as well (and the iPhone has one of those on its side as well)"
It is blinding reading this much "as well" in this small slice.
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- ishreal
- qKM
- 30 Jun 2020
This worked out soooo well for their MacBook butterfly switches and iOS force touch lol. Apple never learns.
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- Anonymous
- L7%
- 30 Jun 2020
those new 'buttons' will be a pain