Have you gave it a good used to it? Or it’s like a NPC? I use it for Shazaming music and I couldn’t find a better use for it. Its good honestly.
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I use it to open camera or switch to selfie mode if camera app is open. Or if the phone is upside down, activate flashlight.
But why on Earth did they leave such a useful button in such an inconvenient location? It should be much lower - either below the power button or below the volume buttons. Apple used to care about UX….
I wish I could map multiple actions to it depending on button press. IE long press opens camera and short press mutes device. If it can do that I haven’t figured it out yet.
I use it everyday to open up my bus ticket
I don’t use it at all. Pretty useless for me, but idk. They need to add more abilities like on double or triple tap maybe.
I have shortcut attached to it but I barely use it. I do not like you have hold it. Rather see option to tap it to go into action. Shortcut opens menu to pick various things.
I wish it didn’t exist, or at least wasn’t next to the volume buttons.
Get the regular 15 then
As much as I don’t like the Action Button, I’d still rather have the larger display, better processor, increased RAM, faster USB-C, larger capacity, and better camera for my needs.
My problem with the Action Button is that there’s nothing I find it useable for that isn’t either already in, or should be in, the Control Panel. Meanwhile, its placement interferes with the volume buttons.
Just got the 15 pro and the day after went on a trip to tail of the dragon where not only was I driving I also wanted to get pictures of cars passing by came in very handy having it set to cam
Been loving it as a camera button on my current vacation. Taking pics with gloves on is finally achievable.
Huh…the volume buttons already act as physical shutter buttons
If you dont remove ur gloves then How do you close the camera app after use then?
Just lock the screen with pysical power button?
Then how would he use the phone for other purposes? Like calling
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I use it for flashlight. It’s way better than fumbling on the screen at night when I need to turn it on quickly. That’s the best use I could find.
I do too, but I’m always hitting it on accident, thinking it’s the up volume. I’m recently a Motorola user, and I could just shake the phone to get the flashlight.
Sorry for dumb question - how do you set it to turn flashlight on?
Got to Settings and search for “Action button”. You will be able to choose between Flashlight (it’s called Torch), Camera and a bunch of other stuff.
I use mine to skip music
I have it set to launch Google Translate in camera mode since I live in a foreign country.
I just use it for the camera, but I can’t believe they don’t have a double/triple/long press option to set it for different things.
Use it to toggle silent, focus, flashlight, and Shazam. Surprisingly, I use it everyday and can’t imagine getting an iPhone without it.
I have the screenshot, copy to clipboard, autodelete shortcut.
I use it to turn the climate control on in my car