Android phone makers are wasting no time in copying the iPhone 16 camera button

Date:
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:39:35 +0000

Description:
The Oppo Find X8 will have its own dedicated camera button, just like the iPhone 16 models.

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As our iPhone 16 review will tell you, all four models in Apple's 2024 iPhone series added a new Camera Control button, a touch-capacitive cut-out for easy camera settings access and now Android phone makers are adding versions of their own.

In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo (via Android Authority ), Oppo product manager Zhou Yibao confirmed that the upcoming Oppo Find X8 (due
later this month) would have its own pressure-sensitive button for managing camera controls and zoom.

Of course, there's no mention of the iPhone 16 in the post and Yibao insists that the button design was locked in way back in November last year, with the intention of giving users more photography options (the button works underwater, for example).

We may never know exactly what inspired Oppo to add a camera button of its own, but it's worth mentioning that the introduction of a button on Apple's phones has long been rumored . This isn't something that would've surprised Oppo in September. Something borrowed You can adjust zoom and take snaps with the iPhone 16 Camera Control (Image credit: Apple)

There's a long history of Android phones borrowing from the iPhone, and vice versa. You might remember when the iPhone X launched in 2017 with its distinctive display notch, a whole host of Android phones quickly followed
the same design path.

In the other direction, there's no doubt that the additional customization options added to iOS 18 this year are very similar to what's already possible in the Android operating system. Apple isn't above borrowing a few ideas either.

Ultimately, as long as the best phones continue to get better across the board, we don't mind too much which handset introduced which feature first
as long as we don't end up with a situation where every phone looks and works the same.

And we should also note that all iPhones and most Android phones have a 'camera button' of sorts already: if you haven't discovered this trick yet, with the default camera app open on Android or iOS, you can tap either of the volume buttons to snap a picture. You might also like iPhone 16 designers explain why the Camera Control was added The Oppo Find X7 Ultra is the first phone with two periscope cameras How the iPhone 16's new Camera Control has captured my attention



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