The iPhone 16 'Camera Control' shutter button is the best thing to happen to Android in years

[Redaktion]

Apple may be copying a 15-year-old feature with the Camera Control button, but it's almost guaranteed that Samsung and its ilk will copy the feature. This is excellent news for anyone that wants a physical shutter button but doesn't feel like buying an iPhone or, god forbid, a Sony Xperia phone. Already, two Android brands have jumped on the trend, and the rest should follow shortly.

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[alexpf]

I think oppo announced their camera button implementation before Apple did...
Who's copying?

It's kinda funny how it's always "like clockwork" the Chinese.

I find that borderline racist.

[The Werewolf]

Uhm... On almost ALL Android phones, you can use the volume control as a shutter button, and double tap the power button to launch the camera app. It's been this way for years.

Having a single purpose button would be silly, so this is more a spare assignable button which is fine, but hardly ground breaking.

[Gallo123]

In the end all manufacturers end up copying Sony. The mainstream consumers might not care, but the manufacturers know who has the best design.

[julian.vdm]

Uhm... On almost ALL Android phones, you can use the volume control as a shutter button, and double tap the power button to launch the camera app. It's been this way for years.

Having a single purpose button would be silly, so this is more a spare assignable button which is fine, but hardly ground breaking.

Yes, I have both of those options enabled, but neither of those buttons is dual-stage, and the volume buttons are on entirely the wrong corner for them to make sense as a shutter button in most situations. The whole benefit of the shutter button location is that it's on the right bottom edge, opposite the camera lenses.

[re-fad?!]

'camera control button' for the iphone could be alike 'touch bar' for the macbook used to be ... just one of tims' fads?!

[mdongwe]

These camera buttons are coming and going on other phones for years, Apple was quite desperate to add at least something to distinguish 16PM from 15PM, because AI is english-only and "coming soon within a year".

[JohnathanMorgan]

It's not about copying, it's about the best implementation and as always Apple comes late but with the most advanced tech for a capture button.

Sony or Nokia's two stage button was good but Apple's implementation is next level.