[tobyjsullivan]

Has anybody noted that 80% of iPhones have a case?[0] For all the comments praising the physical iPhone buttons, when was the last time you actually touched one?

Apple has been building for this reality for years (see: camera hardware that juts out). This is just the next iteration.

And, yes, it sucks to be in the 20% as an Apple customer. They always design for the 80%.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/368627/us-protective-cas...

[phpisthebest]

I am not an iPhone user but do iPhone cases block the buttons?

I have always had a case on all my Android phones, and none of them blocked any of the buttons. I use buttons all the time, with a case on my phone.

[zaroth]

“Cover” is probably what OP meant - not block as in prevent the user from operating. You’re pressing the case, not the button directly.

So whether there’s a perfectly tuned click response from a physical mechanism or just haptics under the layer of plastic is kind of irrelevant.

[galleywest200]

I have never seen an iPhone case that blocks the buttons personally, so I am not sure what OP is on about. _Maybe_ an iPad case would do this.

[batmanthehorse]

I’m using an official Apple iPhone 14 case right now and it covers the buttons with other buttons which will transfer the pressure. You never touch the actual original buttons (but the silence switch is exposed).

[frosted-flakes]

But that wouldn't work with a touch-sensitive button.