The iPhone 14 lineup may have launched less than two months ago, but things have been heating up as far as iPhone 15-related rumors are concerned. Recent reports (via TrendForce) have indicated that the next-gen iPhones could follow the same chip strategy as this year, with only the higher-priced variants getting the rumored Apple A17 Bionic chip. Another new feature of the iPhone 15 next year could be the addition of a periscope telephoto lens, allowing Apple to increase the zoom range on these devices.
Coming back to Ming-Chi Kuo’s claims, it is pertinent to note that the iPhone 15 models that would go buttonless would still get pressure-sensitive areas on the side panels. These panels will mimic the feel of physical buttons using Apple’s advanced Taptic Engine technology. Like current-generation iPhones, iPhone 15 users can use these capacitive buttons to control the system volume and even power on/off the device. Should Apple implement these design changes, the makers of vibration motors for Apple’s Taptic Engine stand to make significant gains. Kuo, in his tweet, claims that these manufacturers could see anywhere between an 80% to 100% increase in the shipments of vibrator motors.
