Survey: How do iPhone 15Pro/Max users rate the experience of operating buttons?

IT Home reported on November 14th that Apple has maintained silent paddles in hardware product changes over the past 16 years since the launch of the first generation iPhone in 2007. However, in the iPhone 15Pro series released this year, silent paddles have withdrawn from the stage and switched to operating buttons.

Apple's official description of this feature is as follows:

On iPhone15Pro and iPhone15ProMax, the operation button replaces the ring/mute switch. You can select the function you want to perform when pressing the action button. Due to the accessibility of this button, it can be very useful for frequently performed operations. The position of the operation button is shown below. When you want to use it for other functions, you can easily change the operation.

IT Home is attached here with customizable operation button options on iPhone15Pro and iPhone15ProMax:

• Translation (introduced in iOS17.2Beta1): After the user switches the operation button to the translation function, pressing and holding it will pop up a translation window for listening to voice content. The content heard can be translated into another language according to the user's preset options.

• Mute mode: Turns mute mode on or off.

• Focus mode: Turns on or off a specific focus mode.

• Camera: Open the "Camera" app to quickly take photos, selfies, videos, portraits, or portrait selfies.

• Flashlight: Turn on or off a flashlight.

• Voice memo: Start or stop recording a voice memo.

• Amplifier: Open the "Amplifier" app.

• Quick instructions: Open the app or run your favorite quick instructions.

• Accessibility: Quickly access your favorite accessibility features.

• No action: No action is taken.

But he also admitted that in daily usage scenarios,Due to inertia, the use of operation buttons is not immediately considered.For example, if the operation button is set to open the camera application, Esposito prefers to open it from the lock screen interface.

Esposito has also tried other shortcuts, such as shortcuts paired with the Halide application,However, this type of interaction is often overlooked in daily use.

Another issue isIt's difficult to hit with one handEsposito stated that due to the small size of the buttons,Often accidentally touching and pressing the volume up button.

Esposito hopes Apple will further expand the customization options for action buttonsAnd I hope to achieve different operations by long pressing and double clicking.