A Simple and Comprehensive Look at New iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus

At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco under "Hey Siri" title Apple has opened its annual media event, usually in recent years has dedicated to announcing its new handsets in addition to other products which mostly don't absent from surprises, despite rumors to some extend break them. Apple Watch was a new product introduced in 2014 in addition the launching of Apple Pay. This year also don't devoid from that. the speak here about a new huge tablet; 12.9'' iPad Pro, new Apple TV generation and our subject iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.

Design

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus design don't differ from previous iPhones, with the same screen size 4.7 and 5.5 inches Retena HD (1334x750) and (1920x1080) respectively, but the enclosure this time is more solid which is made from alloy 7000 series aluminum "the same grade used in the aerospace industry." And also the glass screen become more stronger by "using a special dual ion‑exchange process." Apple has also enhanced iPhone's colors by a new rose gold option addition to existing colors: space gray, silver, and gold.

M9 Chip

As for the inner component iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are powered by 64-bit Apple A9 chip and integrated M9 motion coprocessor that makes the GPU of new devices performance more faster 70 percent and 90 percent in graphics process compared to the current iPhones that conducted by Apple A8 chip with M8.

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Cameras

Since iPhone 4s the rear-facing iSight camera has been stilling at 8-Megapixel despite subsequent models have knew many improvement related with the camera and photography generally. Now, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus feature 12-Megapixel iSight cameras, with 4K video recording (3840x2160) and 5-Megapixel front-facing camera with display-based Retina Flash. Optical image stabilization now available for videos in addition to photos, the feature makes up for shakiness that camera might be faced, but remains limited to iPhone 6s Plus.

3D Touch

3D Touch has added a new interaction to iPhone screen, in addition to Multi-Touch that lets users interact through like: tap, swipe, and pinch, now iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus displays sense how deeply you press on them, accordingly, we have what is named Peek and Pop that lets you to access actionable shortcuts by light press or preview a content by a little deeper press. All that can be occur whether from a specific app such as emails, so you can Peek at a message to take a look on it, if you need press more deeper to bring the whole message with available standard options.

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While if you press on an app icon from Home screen that app will bring up a mini semi-transparent window with options that change accordingly of sort of app that you have pressed. Like when you press on the Maps app you will have: Direction Home, Mark my Location, Send My Location, Search Nearby. If you press on Messages you will get the availability to begin a new message or reach out to one of your favorite contacts, and so on for others Apple's app, this new access type method called Quick Actions.

Apple has called App developers to take advantage for Touch 3D which has been taken many years from Apple to develop it, as has been cited by Apple's heads.

Live Photos

With new 3D Touch feature iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus users can see their traditional still photos that has been taken from their new iPhones camera turn into animated photos with sound, like GIF pictures, or that are common in some social networks. To do so just press anywhere on the selected photo. This 3 seconds duration was taken from before and after the capture. It should be taken in account that space of those type of photos will be greater.

You are able to set Live Photo as your Lock screen wallpaper that also apply on Apple watch face, while you can view Live Photos on other Apple devices.

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Touch ID

Touch ID fingerprint sensor tool has also on its turn knew a change this year. iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus have a second generation of Touch ID which is more faster; up to two times compared to previous version, the birth of Touch ID fingerprint was with iPhone 5s at same occasion in 2013.

LTE and Wi-Fi

Regarding to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus communications, the devices are more faster with LTE Advanced which up to 300 Mbps and supports up to 23 LTE bands "the most in any smartphone." While Wi-Fi become now faster twice than previous reaches to 866 Mbps.

Prices and Shipment

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus start at $199 and $299 (U.S. dollars) with a two-year contract respectively. Available capacities in both are 16, 64, and 128 GB. Contract-free pricing begins at $649 on the iPhone 6s, while the larger-screened handset starts at $749.

Apple this years introduced a new iPhone Upgrade Program which allows users to obtain a new iPhone every year with AppleCare+ coverage by trade-in process after 12 monthly installments are made. The lowest premiums will be $32.41/month (iPhone 6s 16GB) and $36.58/month (iPhone 6s Plus 16GB), take a look on program for more info.

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus pre-order begun last Saturday, September 12. The lunching day will be on September 25 in the United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the United Kingdom. While other countries it will be in stages the latest range will be by the end of the year. I will mention the estimate shipment in the most countries rose to 2-3 weeks, some models in some countries went up 3-4 weeks.


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