A major Apple supplier making parts for the iPhone 15’s solid-state buttons said touch-sensative volume and mute buttons are no longer coming to market. Reading time 2 minutes Big ol’ buttons are back ...

Some of Apple’s most iconic designs are button-based—iPod click-wheel, anyone?—so it’s no surprise that the possibility of the company switching button mechanisms on the next iPhone is trending.

Over the past decade, cellular phones have evolved from delivering aggressively buzzy vibrating alerts to more nuanced "haptic feedback" -- digitally created forces that respond to touch. While there ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a new patent to Apple for its next-gen taptic engine. The patent focuses on enhancing the component’s resistance to both physical damage and stress.

Apple Watch production has been hampered by defective components from a supplier, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Taptic engines produced by one supplier, AAC Technologies, in Shenzhen, ...