Hi Marta,
Yes, I was just giving the default function not having read through
Scott's complete email comparing the 16e and 16.
But, here is all the things you can set the Action button to:
Silent/Ring mode
Focus
Camera, Open the camera app
Flashlight
Voice Memo
Recognize Music
Magnifier
Controls. )the comment here says Quickly access your favorite control.)
Shortcuts, (which says Open an app or run your favorite shortcut.)
Accessibility, (quickly use an accessibility feature.)
No Action.
I added the explanation where I thought it was useful in that list.
Note you can only have the action button do any one of those things.
I have a demo that I recorded on my web site for the gestures to try
and help folks learn how these work.
It is a few headings down on the demos page, link below.
https://www.turner42.com/DEMOS.html
HTH,
Richard, USA
"While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." -- John
Wesley
My web site: https://www.turner42.com
(sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c
On Mar 1, 2025, at 12:03 AM, Marda <marda.pian...@gmail.com> wrote:
But the action button can also be set up to do other things as
well, right? So if you choose not to have it function as a toggle
between ring and silent modes you can have it do shortcuts like
the accessibility shortcut or you can have it do other things like
turn on a specific focus mode, turn airplane mode on or off or
things like that. Not sure if you can make the action button put
you in the app switcher or not and I don't think you can do things
like you can with the home button like double click it for the app
switcher and tripple click it for the accessibility shortcut and
if you don't use it to toggle between silent and ring mode I'm not
sure how you'd easily do that so it doesn't seem as though it's as
versatile as the home button unless there's something I'm missing
which seems sad to me. I'm not sure I understand the rationale of
getting rid of a button that has multiple functions with one that
can only do one thing, can't be double or tripple clicked. I'm
not sure about face ID either. I've heard from some people that,
for instance, if they wear a mask (which is sometimes still
required in certain situations) it has trouble. Also, can it
really tell the difference with people like identical twins i.e.
will an identical twin get access to your iPhone because it can't
tell the difference in the face IDs?
Marda and so on.
On 2/28/2025 8:23 PM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote:
The Action button replaces the switch above the volume buttons
on the left side. Instead of a lever, it is a button that if
you hold it in it will toggle from ring mode to silent mode.
If you tap it, it tells you which mode you are in.
The action button is about half the length of the volume button.
The button on the right is the power/lock button, and if held
in, you can talk to Siri.
The 16 models that came out last fall also have a camera
button on the lower half of the right side that can be used to
take pictures and do other camera controls. It also works with
Be My Eyes for taking a picture.
The 16e does not have that camera button.
HTH,
Richard, USA
"While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible."
-- John Wesley
My web site: https://www.turner42.com
(sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c
On Feb 28, 2025, at 5:17 PM, 'Curtis Delzer' via VIPhone
<viphone@googlegroups.com>
<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I did not see this, thank you!
I do not know what that "action" button is, the right hand
button on the phone for locking, etc? thanks
On 2/28/2025 2:48 PM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote:
I don't know if you saw the article from AppleVis.com,
but here it is.
Hands On with the iPhone 16e: My First Impressions
iPhone 16e availability in the U.S. is less than 24
hours away, and ahead of the launch, I was provided a
unit for review.
Going into today, I was looking forward to sharing the
iPhone 16e with our community, especially as there has
been much anticipation and excitement on AppleVis
surrounding this phone in particular. Unboxing
podcasts are a lot of fun, especially when the
recording goes well. And I am of the opinion that as
Apple no longer sells a device with a Home Button, we
should be doing everything possible to ease the
transition for people who are still on older devices
for whatever reason. It’s a bigger deal than you might
think, especially for the everyday blind, DeafBlind,
or low vision user who really relies on that Home
Button as an anchor.
All in all, there is a lot to talk about with the
iPhone 16e, but I wasn’t going to say any of it today.
But that changed when I actually experienced the
iPhone 16e for myself.
The iPhone 16e is Apple’s most affordable phone at
US$599, and, to be honest, I was disappointed by the
price when it was announced. I see the iPhone 16e as
the iPhone for the everyday person, the person who
just needs an iPhone to do the basic things. And I
really was hoping Apple could get the price down to
something under $500 and make that phone available to
as many people as possible. On the other hand, the
iPhone 16e has a lot of advanced tech (a
current-generation A18 processor, Apple Intelligence,
the Action Button, an all-new Apple-designed modem,
just to name four); so the starting price is more
understandable when you consider what all you’re getting.
Concerns about price aside, I tried to approach
reviewing the iPhone 16e with an open mind. I know
what I like in an iPhone, and I also know that the
iPhone 16e is meant for a different type of user than
me. And yet, I interact with people from all walks of
life; and for many of them, all they want is a basic
iPhone. So the iPhone 16e interested me at first for
those reasons: Is this the modern iPhone for everyone?
As interested as I first was in the iPhone 16e, I
never expected that I would personally ‘like’
it—especially after only a few hours with the device.
But I do like it—a lot.
Generally, I gravitate towards the bigger phones for
their battery, speaker, and bigger ‘feel’. ‘Bigger’
has always meant ‘better’ to me. But the iPhone 16e
challenges my assumptions in a pretty big way, no pun
intended. Contrary to my expectations, I actually
really like the thing. I like the way it feels in my
hand. Picking it up, holding it while on the phone,
even sending messages with Braille Screen Input—it
feels great. And this was unexpected to say the least.
Perhaps just as unexpected and even better than the
device’s ‘hand-feel’, are the speakers. Yes, I said
‘speakers’ because both the bottom speaker and
earpiece speaker are noticeably better than my
$600-more-expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max. In my review of
the iPhone 16 Pro Max, I shared about issues with the
quality of sound output from the speakers. Other
members of the community have experienced similar issues.
I am happy to report that the sound on the iPhone 16e
has none of these issues. At higher volume, the iPhone
16e puts out a lot of bass for its size. (I remember
my iPhone 15 Pro being similar.) But, unlike my
personal iPhone 16 Pro Max, the iPhone 16e better
maintains this bass at lower volumes. There is none of
the dramatic fluctuation in bass with volume
adjustment that I see on my iPhone 16 Pro Max, and
this is a subtle—but nevertheless huge—improvement.
And it is not just the bottom speaker that is
improved; the earpiece speaker has more bass as well,
making the sound fuller and more natural. I was on a
FaceTime audio call shortly after setting up the
iPhone 16e, and I actually called the person back from
my iPhone 16 Pro Max to be sure I wasn’t just
imagining things. I wasn’t—the speaker quality is just
better. If the speakers are important to you, you will
really like the iPhone 16e.
The iPhone 16e has a 6.1-inch display, similar to
recent smaller iPhones. If you have seen an iPhone 13
or 14, or their Pro counterparts, for example, the
iPhone 16e’s size will be familiar to you. The iPhone
16e has the same A18 series processor as other iPhone
16 devices, and VoiceOver performance is as snappy as
on my iPhone 16 Pro Max.
In the iPhone 16e, Apple has tried to make the iPhone
16 experience available to more people at a lower
price. The device has a lot to like: the same series
of processor, support for Apple Intelligence, and
other key features of the iPhone 16 family—even an
Action Button. But there is no getting around the fact
that the iPhone 16e’s starting price tag of US$599 is
still way out of reach of a lot of people, which is
both unfortunate and also a lost market opportunity
for Apple. Nevertheless, everything I have seen with
the iPhone 16e so far suggests that Apple may very
well have a hit on its hands.
Watch this space.
Article from:
https://applevis.com/blog/hands-iphone-16e-my-first-impressions
Richard, USA
"While striving for perfection, let us do what is
possible." -- John Wesley
My web site: https://www.turner42.com
(sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c
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