Apple officially unveiled the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus during its keynote just minutes ago on September 4th. For those expecting an iPhone 7, we all knew it wasn’t happening because the “S”-series has always been an annual tradition after each year’s successful iPhone release. The 6s and the 6s plus still comes with the same screen size as their predecessors, though there are a few collection of enhancements, which includes:
- 3D Touch, force-sensing technology that adds new gestures “peek” and “pop,” which bring up modal windows and things hidden under panes.
- A9 processor promising faster graphics (“console class”), enabling games to offer all sorts of special effects and frame rates better than A8.
- M9 motion coprocessor, always on, along with always-on Siri.
- Second-generation Touch ID, twice as fast as before.
- All new 12MP iSight camera. 4K video support has been added, as well.
- New 5MP FaceTime HD camera, including “Retina Flash” (screen).
- Support for Live Photos, pictures you can save and watch animate (with sound) as you press with 3D Touch. They’re mini videos automatically created as you take pictures. But they’re not videos, a series of frame-to-frame compressed videos that work on all devices.
- Wi-Fi and LTE Advanced with “up to” 23 LTE bands, 2X faster LTE, and 2X faster Wi-Fi (866Mbps).
Most of the upgrades in the new iOS is focused on making iPhones smarter, faster, more efficient, upgraded Siri, Low power mode to save you battery, updated Spotlight search and a few other changes but the biggest change is the iPad’s new multitasking mode, which allows users to run two apps side by side, similar to the Galaxy Tabs and Windows Surface tablets.
Source: Apple
