The iPhone 15 Pro was rumored to feature haptic buttons with an all-new design, but Apple’s project never saw the light of day — until now. Here’s what those buttons looked like, and what Apple scrapped along the way to a finished product.
Early development prototypes of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max had haptic volume and power buttons, developed under the codename Project Bongo. While these mysterious haptic buttons were widely rumored to exist, they have previously never been seen on actual hardware.
Speaking to a collector of Apple prototypes, AppleInsider has obtained exclusive imagery of a prototype iPhone 15 Pro Max, equipped with the elusive Project Bongo. We have also received numerous details about the buttons themselves, and the user experience relative to standard mechanical buttons.
