Apple patents suggest that the Apple Watch Digital Crown will also come to the iPhone

When Apple introduced its first smartwatch, it also introduced several innovative components or functions. The Force Touch display was one of them, but it also introduced a Digital Crown that makes it easy for us to scroll through the Apple Watch interface or expand the content without having to cover the screen with our fingers. It seemed such a good idea to some competing companies that a rotating bezel was released shortly thereafter that basically does the same thing as Apple's invention. The Digital Crown is fine on the Apple Watch, but would it be? also on the iPhone?

I think that the answer that many users will give to the previous question as soon as they read it is that no, it does not make much sense considering how we use the iPhone or iPad at the moment. Also, include another Mechanic system It would be taking a step or two back in time. In part I agree with this statement, but personally it would not seem such a bad idea if, to begin with and as I have edited the original concept that heads this post, the Digital Crown replaced the sleep button that the iPhone and iPad already have. As I said, «it doesn't make much sense considering how we use the iPhone or iPad right now«.

It seems that we will have Digital Crown on the iPhone and iPad

But the above image is what I would like the Cupertino to do if they finally included the digital Crown on their mobiles and tablets. What Apple mentions in its patents is that this component originally intended for the Apple Watch It would have different uses to the one we give it in the apple smartwatch, such as:

• Control the volume.
• Lock the screen.
• Activate the touch screen.
• Take a photo.
• Change the size of the text.
• Control a 3D interface where the user could rotate a cube containing different information on each side.

Moreover, the Digital Crown of iOS devices also would provide a physical response similar to what we notice in, above all, the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus. Reading the descriptions (via Patently Apple) that Apple does, it seems that their plans are to eliminate all the buttons on iOS devices or, at most, leave only two as on the Apple Watch.

If you asked me what it would seem like for Apple to do what their latest patents suggest, I honestly wouldn't know what to answer. On the one hand and as I have read on the Internet, it would be nice to be able to slide the interface or hacer scroll without having to put your finger on the screen, and the main reason is to avoid unnecessary touches that can cause us to open unsolicited links, something that often happens to me, for example, when looking at images on Google. On the other hand, it is true that adding another mechanical system would be take two steps back, unless Apple is thinking of something really special for the iPhone Digital Crown. How do you see it?