As expected, Apple replaces 3D Touch with Haptic Touch in iPhone 11 and 11 Pro

iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max come in midnight green, space gray, silver and gold finishes.
iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max come in midnight green, space gray, silver and gold finishes.

Apple’s iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and flagship iPhone 11 Pro Max will feature Haptic Touch instead of 3D Touch.

Steven Musil for CNET:

Rumors of the demise of 3D Touch in the new iPhones have proved true. The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, which Apple unveiled Wednesday during an event on the Apple campus, will feature Haptic Touch instead of 3D Touch.

Haptic Touch is similar to 3D Touch but works when users long-press on the screen, rather than relying on the amount of pressure applied. Apple began to move away from 3D Touch with last year’s iPhone XR with Haptic Touch (its fancy term for a long-press with a slight vibration) to make room for a larger, nearly bezel-less LCD display.

MacDailyNews Take: Hopefully, Haptic Touch will be a full replacement and work everywhere 3D Touch does currently.

2 Comments

  1. I liked 3D Touch, however it was very underused by developers. One of my favorite games, Cover Fire, was a great example of what it could do. It is a FPS game and made it easier to target then shoot. It was close to a D pad. One big problem was it was not available on the iPad, so apps had a small market. The Pencil took the iPad to the next level and more useful. 3D Touch not so much. I will miss it, but full screen is better.

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