July 10, 2014

iPhone 6: A new haptic technology?

According to new rumors from China, one of the arms of the iPhone 6 could well be in his vibrator ... 
If one believes the many rumors about the iPhone 6, it should not only enjoy a larger screen and could pick several interesting innovations. Program, including references to a scratch-resistant and unbreakable sapphire screen, wireless charging, NFC or an optical stabilization on a camera with improved sensor. And this is not all, since the Chinese site Laoyaoba indicates that the new smartphone to the bitten apple could benefit from a new technology for haptic feedback. 
Haptic feedback, many of you have probably already encountered, it is these little vibrations that you "confirm" that you have touched your touch screen or, for example, on Android, you have reached the end a list. Although many users do not appreciate these vibrations that accompany each of their strikes on a virtual keyboard, others can not do without it and consider having an appreciable return, as far as was the sensation of pressing a key when phones had yet. 
Towards a more immersive touch interface 
According to the source site Laoyaoba, embedded technology Apple would still be a little further than this simple back pressure and thus propose different types of vibrations through several scenarios or applications depending on the area that would be pressed screen. Ultimately, applications could certainly take advantage of this technology to provide a more immersive user interface. For G for Games, this novelty might be closer to what the company offers Redux with "Bulldog", the fourth generation of its techno haptic feedback, since the latter is able to provide three levels of response depending on the hardness with wherein the user presses the screen. 
As could be expected, the source says that says this technology would have a higher than conventional engines vibrations so far used by Apple cost. For example, in comparison with an iPhone 5s whose engine costs around 60 cents (U.S. dollars), the new engine used cost 2-3 times more expensive.