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Action Button
iPhone 15 Pro & 15 Pro Max replace ringer/silent switch with Action Button that you can customize
In case you missed it, the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max have transcended the age-old ringer/silent switch that has accompanied every iPhone since the first generation. While the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus still have the regular ringer/silent switch, the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max instead replace it with what’s being called the Action Button, and it’s very similar to the one that we’ve already had on the now one-year-old Apple Watch Ultra.
Looks like the next iPhone SE will adopt Face ID with a notch
The iPhone SE 4 should adopt the iPhone 14's design, swap Touch ID for Face ID, use USB-C instead of Lightning and sport an Action button.
iPhone 15 Pro may bring new button combinations to power off and force restart
The rumored Action button may have prompted Apple to create new button press combinations to force restart or reboot your iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max.
How the iPhone 15 Pro’s Action button might work in the Camera app
Depending on the amount of pressure applied to the force-sensitive Action button, you'll invoke different features of the stock Camera app on the iPhone 15 Pros.