iPhone 6 Will Feature Temperature, Pressure and Humidity Sensors, Rumors Expected some Specs (389 ppi UR Display, 27% thinner, 2.6GHz A8 Chip)

The next iPhone may add a pressure, temperature and humidity sensor, that reported by Electronics analyst Sun Chang Xu on her Weibo account.

G for Games relayed the report and indicates that the intended of ''pressure'' is certainly atmospheric, not blood pressure:

According to Sun Chang Xu (news chief analyst at ESM-China), sources close to the matter have revealed that Apple will catch up in the “sensors department”, as the iPhone 6 will feature pressure, temperature and humidity sensors. Please note that the analyst is probably not referring to blood pressure (this feature is rumored to be implemented in Apple’s iWatch) but to atmospheric pressure.

iWatch rumored Apple's wearable device predicted to be include "optical sensors" to measure heart rate and oxygen levels according to previous report from the same analyst source. Android based smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the soon-to-be-released Galaxy S5 come with such sensors.

These reports and analysis are in line with Apple's recent steps, where it has been aggressively hiring individuals in the area of health sensors, and also at the level of overall health and fitness.

The new sensors could be used by the Healthbook app that is expected to come bundled with iOS 8. A new report from 9to5Mac offers a look at what users can expect from the app as well as a few renderings of the app said to be recreated from actual screenshots.

Each category of functionality is a card in the Healthbook. Cards are distinguished by a color, and the tabs can be arranged to fit user preferences. As can be seen in the above images, Healthbook has sections that can track data pertaining to bloodwork, heart rate, hydration, blood pressure, physical activity, nutrition, blood sugar, sleep, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and weight.

 Source: via MacRumors

In the beginning of this week a set of blogs and websites for Apple's fans published a new specs of iPhone 6 that relying to Sonny Dickson's tweets, Australian-based blogger, who had leaked parts of the iPhone 5s and iPad Air before it was launched last year.

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He claimed that iPhone 6 will be 0.22 inches (5.59 mm) thick, compared to iPhone 5s, which is 0.30 inches (7.6 mm) thick. It would make the iPhone 6, almost 26% thinner than its predecessor.

He claimed that iPhone 6 will come with an Ultra-Retina screen with 389 pixels per inch. iPhone 5s’ Retina Display is 326 ppi. He Also claimed that iPhone 6 will be powered by Apple A8 processor, it will run at 2.6 GHz, which would make it mutch more faster than iPhone 5s’ 1.3GHz A7 chip. And He does end by saying that “these specs could be the real thing”.

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Source: Sony Dickson