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I mean TVs have volume buttons but also a mute. It’s nice to be able to use volume to set a specific level but then also quickly toggle between that perfect level and silent.
It’s not something you strictly need a physical button for, but the way they implemented it on old iPhones was nice. It was a physical switch rather than a button, and it looked different in the two positions–the slider under the switch was red on one side and black on the other. (or maybe silver, i forget, but it didn’t stand out the way the red did.) So you could tell at a glance if it was muted as well without turning on the screen.
The new button seems like a step back from that to me, but if you don’t use the silencing feature then a reprogrammable button is maybe more useful to you.
I mean TVs have volume buttons but also a mute. It’s nice to be able to use volume to set a specific level but then also quickly toggle between that perfect level and silent.
It’s not something you strictly need a physical button for, but the way they implemented it on old iPhones was nice. It was a physical switch rather than a button, and it looked different in the two positions–the slider under the switch was red on one side and black on the other. (or maybe silver, i forget, but it didn’t stand out the way the red did.) So you could tell at a glance if it was muted as well without turning on the screen.
The new button seems like a step back from that to me, but if you don’t use the silencing feature then a reprogrammable button is maybe more useful to you.