First spare part of the new iPhone: the main button?

After therelease of the new iPad, the nextleaks
and other speculationswill of course be linked to theiPhone
5 or 6, in any case for the 2012 model. We expect a new design
for this one after the launch last year of an iPhone 4S similar to the
2010 model.

The first element isproclaimingbe a spare part of
this new model to appear this year would therefore be...and
bouton.

Nothing to worry about, we agree. Nevertheless,AND what
button is the one intended by Applefor the new iPhone, then it
carries some lessons relating to the rumors which revolve around the model
future.

First of all, here it is in photo in two versions, the black and the white,
followed by an iPhone 4S (current) button:

“New” iPhone button?

Current iPhone button

We notice thatif it has changed shape, it is not very
probably only from the invisible part(located under the screen) which
would have changed, while thevisible part would remain
circularand similar to the current model.

This would come as a resulteliminate tworumorsmentioned by the
passé :

• that according to which Applewould go from such a button
  to move on to the choiceno button(seemulti gestures
  iPad touch in videoto understand how it can become useless)
  orto a tactile surfacewould therefore be unfounded

• A shape change for this shape button for sadapt to a
  larger screen size in a significantly smaller footprint
  similarwould not be on the agenda either.

Even if the Asian source of these pieces has in the past already been very
advance and just on this type of leaks, it remainsseveral months
(see
ici) before the arrival of the 2012 vintage iPhone, we will have time to
talk again. In any case, this button is not a dream
unlike the 13 iPhone 5 concepts seen yesterday😉

Source

founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.