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John William Archer

John William Archer

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Why Apple’s 3D Touch is gone?

2 min readAug 15, 2023

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My 3D Touch iPhones story

In fall 2015, I decided to wish an iPhone 6s for Christmas 2015 because the same iPhone had 3D Touch feature. After I got iPhone 6s for Christmas 2015, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone X, and iPhone XS Max were my sequel 3D Touch iPhones. I went back to 2D Touch iPhone for the first time since my iPhone 6 with my iPhone 12 Pro Max on Christmas Day 2020 since it had Haptic Touch instead of 3D Touch.

3D Touch never be available on any iPad

  • Having 3D Touch display on every new iPad model would cost Apple more money to build.
  • A new iPad’s pricing would increase if they had 3D Touch feature.

Costs

  • If 3D Touch is kept feature for every new iPhone model since iPhone 6s, then they would cost Apple more money to build!
  • New iPhone’s pricing would increase if they keep 3D Touch feature.
  • I suggest iPhone 14 Pro would start at $1,099 and iPhone 14 Pro Max would start at $1,199 at launch if they had 3D Touch.
  • Got rid of 3D Touch feature on all devices would save Apple money to build.

Haptic Touch

  • iPhone XR was the first 2D Touch iPhone to have Haptic Touch instead of 3D Touch. Haptic Touch instead of 3D Touch was expanded to high-end iPhones starting with iPhone 11 series.
  • Every “2D Touch” iPhone that runs iOS 13 or later would…

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