iPhone 15 Pro to Feature a Single Elongated Solid-State Volume Button Instead of Individual Physical Buttons

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We have heard on various instances that Apple will make the iPhone portless. Up until now, the company has only removed the headphone jack but the rest of the ports remain as they were almost a decade ago. We are now hearing that Apple will incorporate solid-state buttons on the iPhone 15 Pro models which will launch later this year with a haptic solution. According to the latest, the iPhone 15 Pro will feature a single elongated volume button instead of two individual buttons.

We have already seen the CAD renders of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models which tell us a lot about the design and other details. Spotted by Daniel from ZomeofTech, the solid-state buttons on the iPhone 15 Pro models features two pins for button attachment. In contrast, the standard iPhone 15 models feature two pins on each volume button.

We have previously reported that the solid-state buttons will only be available with the iPhone 15 Pro models. With the two pins in the entire volume button slot, we can safely presume that the device will feature an elongated single button for volume controls. Since Apple does not require the physical clickiness of the buttons to input a command, it eliminates the need to house two individual buttons.

On the contrary, the standard iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus CAD renders reveal a different design. There are two pins for attachment on each volume button and it confirms that the solid-state buttons are only coming with the 'Pro' models. Additionally, Daniel also claims that Apple will eliminate the mute switch in favor of a solid-state button as well. According to the CAD images, the mute switch is different on the iPhone 15 Pro compared to the standard models.

If Apple goes with its plans, we might see unified