Sometimes, there's a phone rumor so persistent, it surfaces every time a new device is about to come out. Such is the case with the iPhone and the oft-repeated claim that Apple plans to remove physical buttons from its handset.
We're still months away from the iPhone 16, but the buttonless Apple phone rumor has already emerged, just like we heard about it leading up to last fall's iPhone 15 too. Go back to 2021, in fact, and you'll find reports that the iPhone buttons' days are numbered.
