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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...