My Best iPhone Hack: Turn Off Your Camera Control Button for Good. Here’s How

As a lifelong Apple fan, I was excited to finally upgrade to a newer iPhone after my beloved but worn iPhone 11 died. There’s a lot to like about the newer models, including the iPhone 16, with one major exception. One feature continually harassed me and made my phone difficult to use. Disabling this one feature has made all the difference for me to enjoy using my phone again, and it can for you, too.

Coming from an older iPhone model, I was surprised to see two new buttons on the 16: the action and camera control buttons. The action button is a small button above the volume adjusters. It was introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro models and is a customizable button that can do anything from turning your ringer on to ordering coffee from Dunkin’ to go. It’s small, demure and minds its own business. It’s the camera control button that

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