Apple wants to patent its once discarded haptic button design, known as 'Project Bongo'

We could see haptic buttons on a future iPhone after all, as Apple's previously abandoned Bongo project has surfaced in a recent patent application.
Apple's long-rumored haptic button design surfaced in a patent application. Image Credit: Apple / USPTO
In 2022, Apple came up with the idea of adding haptic volume and power buttons to more expensive iPhone models. Relative to the standard buttons used on the iPhone 14 range, the new haptic buttons would have incorporated a dedicated haptic engine