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My guess is capacitive buttons have a lower failure rate than physical buttons. It's probably a decision born of cost.
by sudonim 15y ago
My guess is capacitive buttons have a lower failure rate than physical buttons. It's probably a decision born of cost.
- Zak 15y agoI don't doubt it. The problem is that consumers are still viewing them as a high-end feature instead of the cost-cutting measure they are, so they keep showing up in high-end products with prices that could support the superior and more costly physical buttons.
- TeMPOraL 15y agoIndeed it is. Data point: until this discussion I too believed that capacitive buttons are much more expensive and much more "high-tech" than physical buttons.
- sitkack 15y agoCapacitive buttons have always been a cost cutting feature and were billed as luxury. They can NOT suck, but the firmware has to be highly tuned.