iPhone 16's new supercharged Camera Control button is some proper innovation

10 September 2024
The Camera Control key is used for more than just camera controls.

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  • 11 Sep 2024

It is already in sony phone. what new apple ?

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    • 11 Sep 2024

    Can't wait for samsung to copy

      Sony has been doing that feature dedicated to camera for decades.

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        • 11 Sep 2024

        iH8allFanboys, 11 Sep 2024GSMARENA this is NOT innovation! This is just Apples take o... morethat button and 6.9" display too for their Ultra

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          • Anonymous
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          • 11 Sep 2024

          so A Button is innovation now huh ... 😏

            Asus ROG Phones have this buttons for years with mapping for any task

              SmgUk, 10 Sep 2024No button on android lets you use it for optical zoom or ch... moreXperia phones let you use the volume button for optical zoom, if anything more intuitive than swiping your finger back and fourth across a capacitive button.

                GSMARENA this is NOT innovation! This is just Apples take on a camera button.

                Apple! Welcome to 2007 with the Capture Button. I’m most likely sure that SAMESUNG is gonna follow

                  Anonymous, 10 Sep 2024All of a sudden so MUCH love for Sony and their Xperia phon... moreBecause tech media and influencers only talk these things up when Apple does them. The reason Xperia users are pointing it out is because suddenly now every guy and their dog thinks these features are cool and "innovative" when no one cared previously. Worse, they actually criticized the features half the time.

                  One year, the media and influencers are all saying "buttons" are dead, because Apple said that buttons are bad, now that Apple changed directions, the media and influencers are saying the opposite.

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                    • 11 Sep 2024

                    S.A.M.A.R, 10 Sep 2024With Apple introducing an extra button, Android phone manuf... moreWhat copy? The camera button has been present on Sony's Xperia phones since like forever, lol. Besides, the shape of the button looks like the built in fingerprint power button of the Xperia phone!

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                      • 10 Sep 2024

                      Anonymous, 10 Sep 2024Apple and innovation? Lol doesn't make any sense.🤣

                        Couldn't they just have the power button or the volume buttons do the same thing??? Action button??? Hellooooooo????

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                          • 10 Sep 2024

                          Seriously, I don’t care about whether or not apple did it first, I’m more concerned about if I put a case on it, the feature will no longer work. Especially rugged cases. I’m surprised that no one mentioned this.

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                            • 10 Sep 2024

                            Anonymous, 10 Sep 2024Maybe it's sarcasm. I won't be surprised if it�... moreIKR? It's a click-driven world we live in right now, engagements are what drive the game.

                            Wait a second...Click...driiiii...ven?
                            *Tim Apple somewhere* "Write that down, write that down! Next year we add more buttons to click on our smartphones which have digital screens! More clicks, more money. Innovation!"

                              With Apple introducing an extra button, Android phone manufacturers will copy it fast & things will finally start making sense. We have been forced to accept minimalism for far too long now. Useful features have been cut down.

                                I can set a shortcut for my Pixel to zoom in using the volume controls, I mean not much but it's something

                                  Omg a dedicated camera button! As a guy who has been collecting phones for 10 years I've never seen such a thing!

                                  (Opens drawer, peeks at a Nokia 5300, N85, N95, N96, N73, LG KU990i and Sony Xperia Z3 and closes at again)

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                                    • 10 Sep 2024

                                    Anonymous, 10 Sep 2024Jeez guys, at least keep it subtle? Obvious shilling is obv... moreMaybe it's sarcasm. I won't be surprised if it's not, though. If it's not, it's probably done on purpose to generate engagements.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 10 Sep 2024

                                      Jeez guys, at least keep it subtle? Obvious shilling is obvious. As a phone blog you should know that Apple wasn't the first to add a physical button for something like this. There is a reason why 99.9% of the phones on the market use digital controls for the camera apps, because it just works.

                                      But here comes Apple regressing back and calling it innovation and you people lap it up and start singing praises for the right amount of $$$.

                                        David 040882, 10 Sep 2024That's purely preference, but you can't zoom in o... moreDude, onscreen options are way better and suiting..

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