Recently, Apple has officially announced the iPhone 2019 versions and said that 3D Touch has been removed, replaced with Haptic Touch. Let's take a look at what Haptic Touch is and why Apple uses it!
1. What is Haptic Touch?
Haptic Touch was introduced by Apple and equipped for the iPhone Xr last year. And the trio of versions iPhone 11 , iPhone 11 Pro , iPhone 11 Max this year is also equipped with Haptic Touch, a complete replacement for 3D Touch .
What is Haptic Touch?
Actually, Haptic Touch is an additional upgrade to the Taptic Engine (haptic feedback technology with vibrating engine).
Haptic Touch works by a mechanism that causes the device to vibrate slightly when you press or hold to view detailed information, turn on shortcuts in some positions on the screen such as notifications on the lock screen, in the notification center screen. , flash and camera shortcut keys, ...
Haptic Touch is an additional upgrade to the Taptic Engine feature
2. Why did Apple remove 3D Touch to replace it with Haptic Touch?
Haptic Touch is similar to 3D Touch. In some cases, 3D Touch will be a little bit better because it has pressure sensitivity, allowing programmers to create more options according to each pressure level on the screen.
However, 3D Touch needs the hardware sensor placed below the screen to feel the force generated from the user's finger, while the Haptic Touch does not.
That saves space behind the screen, manufacturers can take advantage of to accommodate other components (such as batteries) or develop other features.
Why did Apple remove 3D Touch to replace it with Haptic Touch?
The replacement with Haptic Touch also helps Apple save production costs and reduce product costs.
This, though not officially announced by the Apple family, but looking at the price of the iPhone Xs , iPhone Xs Max (using 3D Touch) compared to the iPhone Xr is enough to see our argument is correct (of course, also belong to many other components, not only 3D Touch hardware decides).
Haptic Touch appears on iPhone 2019 models
Finally, many users also believe that the 3D Touch feature makes them confused (not sure how much pressure to press to get the desired feature). So Haptic Touch will be more accessible during use because its operation is simpler, just long press to see the desired options.
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