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The iPhone 16 ‘Capture Button’ May Do Much More Than We Thought By Jesse Hollington A special thanks to iDropNews for republishing permission. Images provided by iDropNews. Be sure to visit them at idropnews.com Apple Talk is just that. Talk.The information provided in the Apple Talk section has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation or rumors. One of the most significant design changes to come to last year’s iPhone 15 Pro lineup was the addition of a new multi-function Action button that replaced the classic ring/silent switch. However, it looks like that was just the tip of the iceberg; Apple has much bigger plans for buttons on the iPhone. Even the iPhone 15 Pro had to be scaled back from Apple’s original plan, which was supposedly to move to solid-state buttons, with a single, unified button for volume control and possibly even a haptic side button. Sadly, manufacturing problems delayed these to the iPhone 16 lineup, leaving the Action button as the only sign of what might have been. However, if these solid-state buttons make the cut for this year’s iPhone 16, they’ll likely appear alongside yet another special new button that’s been dubbed the “Capture Button.” We first heard reports of the Capture Button shortly after the iPhone 15 lineup debuted, and it was a big enough deal to have its own code name: “Project Nova.” At the time, MacRumors predicted it was “likely to be one of the main selling points of the ?iPhone 16? lineup,” which sounded a bit hyperbolic for a mere button. Even at the end of last year, another report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman referred to it merely as a “new dedicated button for taking video.” If you don’t think that sounds like a game-changer for the iPhone, you’re probably right. After all, as handy as it would be to have a dedicated button for taking pictures — especially if it was optimally placed — it’s still just a button. However, now we have a follow-up report that suggests that “Project Nova” may be much more than a simple button.