Taptic AF: Nintendo and Apple are forcing the future of tactile feedbackApple's iPhone 7 made haptics exciting. Now Nintendo's Switch Joy-Con is making it fun. So, what happens next?
Rene Ritchie has been covering Apple and the personal technology industry for almost a decade. Editorial director for Mobile Nations, analyst for iMore, video and podcast host, you can follow him on Snapchat, Instagram, or Twitter @reneritchie.
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From the moment I first held an iPhone 7 at the September Apple event, I knew the Taptic Engine was something special.
Apple's second generation haptic feedback motor for iPhone — the one the headphone jack, in part, gave its life space for — is a substantial improvement over the previous one.
Where before you could press firmly on your iPhone 6s display to trigger 3D Touch and get a reassuring "thump" in response, with iPhone 7 you get a broader, deeper, more sophisticated range of responses.
Some of them are delightfully subtle: Spin through a date or time picker and you ...
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Taptic AF: Nintendo and Apple are forcing the future of tactile feedback
