Apple supplier Cirrus Logic has seemingly confirmed that the iPhone 15 Pro models will no longer feature solid-state buttons. The Texas-based company said it had continued to "engage with a strategic customer" and expected to "bring a new HPMS component to market in smartphones next year." Apple is Cirrus Logic's largest customer and accounted for 79% of its revenue in the 2022 fiscal year.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed that the next-generation iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will no longer feature solid-state buttons due to unresolved technical issues before mass production. Kuo had previously said that the devices would be equipped with solid-state buttons, but now believes they will have physical buttons after all. The change will have "limited impact" on the mass production schedule and shipments for the Pro models.