There have always been many jokes about the "inspiration" that Asian firms tend to take from other products, but for some time now they simply don't mince their words. We now have proof of this with really, which is already showing a phone that has not yet been announced that would include a camera button similar to that seen recently in the iPhone 16. This is all we know for now.
A dedicated button for a new realme
Been Chase Xu, Vice President and CMO of really, the person in charge of showing "the novelty" in a video distributed on the famous weibo network. In the recording It can be seen how the manager shows a smartphone that is as yet unknown that includes a dedicated side button for the camera in the style of the iPhone 16 - if you click on this link, you will be able to access the video.
Xu explains that this button uses the same technology as Apple on its popular new touch key, which is responsible for opening the camera app instantly, and can also be used to control various aspects of image capture, including the zoom function, of course.
In the same way, our protagonist clarifies that the terminal that shows It is not the next top of the range of the house (the realme gt7 pro), so we understand that this long-awaited model will not have it, being a button that we will see later, in future devices in the catalogue.
Either way, Camera Control might be here to stay and that means that We're gonna have it even in the soupIn fact, we already know of some other brands like OPPO or Nubia whose upcoming smartphones will also feature it. Get ready.
Camera Control: Useful but not at all original
With the presentation of the new iPhone 16, Apple has introduced a new button that looks like it could be the next "notch" in technology. It is the Camera Control, a touch-type key that works with technology haptic and that allows the management of various functionalities in capturing images with the Apple phone.
The novelty looks Attractive And, being signed by Apple, we have no doubt that it will be incredibly well implemented both in terms of performance and the tactile experience for the user.
What is also fair to say is that it is by no means revolutionary. You have to go back to the wonderful Nokia phones to find that the Finns were already betting on something similar at the time, for example in their Lumia 1020, as this user on X rightly remembers:
– The iPhone 16 is the first phone with a dedicated shutter button, more than 40MPx and a large sensor, 1/1.28 inches
The Nokia Lumia 1020 from September 2013
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Then came other devices (for example, some Sony Xperias), proving that this was an idea that could take off, especially among the photography loversAnd while it is clear that there will be considerable improvements from one button to another at an experiential level - there are too many years in between - it is also fair to recognize the Caesar what is Caesar's: Apple He has not invented the wheel and the dedicated camera button, while attractive, is far from new…