Further the volume buttons have been recessed into the iPad's body.
Not exact matches
The most welcome change (coming to all 2016 Ford Explorer models) is by
far the addition of knobs and
buttons for
volume and climate control functions.
The controller isn't quite as ergonomically placed as in those cars, and the dash - mounted
volume knob and eight preset
buttons are located
farther away from it than usual.
But this positioning is
far better than on the 2013 Kindle Fire HDX, which had its
volume and power
buttons opposite each other, on the top and bottom edges.
The Asus Transformer Prime has a microSD slot, a micro-HDMI port and a
volume rocker along its left side; a power
button on the
far left of its top edge; and a 3.5 mm headphone jack along its right side.
There is a power / standby
button,
volume rocker and dedicated camera
button on the right - hand side and that's as
far as physical
buttons go.
As
far as port, sensor, and
button placement is concerned: on the back, we have our main camera sensor and a LED flash, there's no heart - rate sensor on the A series; on the front, we have our proximity and ambient light sensors, a front - facing camera, earpiece, display, back and recent app capacitive keys, and a home
button with an integrated touch - based fingerprint sensor (A5 and A7 only); on the bottom, there's a microphone, 3.5 mm headphone jack, MicroUSB port, and the speaker grille; on the top, we have nothing other than the secondary microphone, and, just like the new GS7, there's no IR blaster on board; and the
volume buttons are located on the left side of the aluminium frame, while the power
button is located on the right side — all three
buttons are very tactile with excellent reachability and positioning.
Complicating matters a little
further is the positioning of the power and
volume buttons.
The standard up / down
volume control
buttons live
further up the right edge of the A100, but above these is the one unusual hardware treat.
In addition to these programmable
buttons, you'll find
volume control keys, a Windows
button for switching between the Windows 8 tiled interface and desktop and a power
button to the
far right.
Having the power and
volume buttons separated like this feels more comfortable for me, but if you're someone with smaller hands (again, don't buy any of these phones), then you might have trouble reaching that
far.
The back and home
buttons are obvious, and
volume rockers are always nice when wearing a pair of headphones to immerse
further into whatever content you're enjoying.
Further moving around the hardware, we have nothing but the SIM / microSD slot up top, the power
button along the right side,
volume rocker and Bixby shortcut
button on the left, and the headphone jack (woo!)
Hardware layout is identical: the right shoulder houses the
volume buttons, which sit either side of a pause / mute key, while the so - called convenience key is positioned
further down the side, just to the side of the keyboard.
The only difference here is that Samsung has smartly moved the
volume rocker and power
buttons further down toward the middle of the device, to make them easier to press when you're holding the Mega with one hand.
Flipping it back over, there is a power
button on the right spine, highlighted in orange, with a
volume rocker slightly
further down.
In addition to the unfortunate coating, the Pixel 2's power and
volume buttons are
far mushier than those of the original Pixel.
On the top of the Show are three
buttons:
Farthest to the left is a
button to activate and deactivate the Show's microphone and camera; to the right are
volume controls.
By
far the strangest thing about the G2 is that the
volume buttons and power key are on the back of the phone, just below the camera lens.
I've had power and home
buttons fail on me in the past, and if I had just listened to a bit more music, I'm sure the
volume buttons wouldn't have been very
far behind.
Then perhaps one of my biggest gripes with Android is how the
volume buttons control notification
volume by default, despite the fact that media playback
volume needs to be adjusted
far more frequently.
The
volume rocker and power
button are positioned on the right side of the device, and are a bit
further up the device than we have come to prefer.
As
far as specific design elements go, both devices are actually quite similar, with both featuring the signature Samsung home
button up front, integrated with fingerprint scanners in both cases, along with the
volume rocker and power
button found at their usual positions on the left and right respectively.
The back of the device is
far subdued by the rear camera, dual LED flash and Micromax logo.The right side of the device hosts the power
button and
volume rocker while the left side is completely flat.
There's a the
volume rocker on the left edge of the device just below the 3.5 mm headphone jack with the on / off
button on the top and on the right side a USB 2.0 port Micro HDMI port and the charging port which has a similar magnetic mechanism as the keyboard docking port but is
far more fidgety to plug in.
Complicating matters a little
further is the positioning of the power and
volume buttons.
Manufacturers will be
further allowed to program the headphones to work with specific iOS apps and control music or other audio using
volume controls and other
buttons on these headphones.
The remote has a built - in microphone in case you stray too
far from your controller, a set of three simple
buttons for navigation and a touch - capacitive channel to raise and lower the
volume.
The images
further show the SIM card tray on the left side of the handset, the power
button and
volume rocker on the right side, and a speaker grille, a micro-USB port, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack on the bottom side.
Both the power
button and
volume rocker are a little
farther down the side of the phone than you might be used to.
Key commands include the aforementioned
volume and sub level controls, a Tone
button which allows
further adjustment to treble and bass settings, a Sound Effect key with several preset choices, and a Surround key that allows movement between Auto, Surround Off, and Surround On.
Further down you'll find the
volume rocker and dedicated camera key — a two - stage shutter
button as on previous Xperias.
Befitting a speaker that's at home in the water — and hopefully
far away from your mobile device — you can control playback, skip songs and adjust the
volume with the plus (+) and minus -LRB--)
buttons on the side.
I did find the option to use the
volume buttons as a shutter keys rather more useful however, and even though the Galaxy A3 is
far from unwieldy it feels
far more natural to use the
volume keys (rather than the onscreen
button) when snapping shots in landscape orientation.
The power
button sits very close to the
volume rocker, while the slightly larger and textured Convenience Key used for shortcuts stands on its own
farther down the side.
About a finger's width up is the
volume up
button, with the
volume down
button right above it, while the power / pairing
button further up the band.
On top of the Spot are
buttons for controlling
volume and four
far - field microphones, which in my tests are able to hear my voice commands just as well as the seven - microphone arrays on Amazon's other Echo devices.
The right - hand edge of the Z3 Compact has all the device's critical
buttons: the small, circular power
button sits immediately above the
volume rocker; and
further down you'll find the dedicated two - stage camera
button.
There is a power / standby
button,
volume rocker and dedicated camera
button on the right - hand side and that's as
far as physical
buttons go.