Commentary: I hated the camera control button on my iPhone, so I used these settings to make it entirely decorative.

Snapping a quick photo on your iPhone can be tricky. You have to open the Camera app, set the zoom, exposure, and other controls, and then try to take the picture. By then, the subject of your ...

Apple quietly turned the back of the iPhone into a programmable control surface, then hid it in a settings menu most people never open. The feature, called Back Tap, lets any compatible iPhone behave ...

The iPhone 16 is not the only recently released smartphone with a separate camera control system, as the Oppo Find X8 Pro also has a similar alternate way to interact with the camera on the side of ...

Millions of iPhone users put their camera apps to work on a daily basis, but here's five unadvertised camera features any iPhone owner should know about.

Apple is reportedly preparing to gradually redesign the iPhone's physical controls, starting with the iPhone 18 series in 2026 and ending with a complete transition to solid-state buttons with the ...

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We've heard whispers about haptic iPhone buttons for years, but bringing the technology to ‌iPad‌ and Apple Watch is a new design ambition from the company. Imagine an Apple Watch with customizable ...

This might sound funny, but it seems the biggest hardware updates for iPhones are reserved for the buttons. After adding an Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro, and then adding a Camera Control shutter ...