Apple today unveiled the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in the same
event where the new iPad
Pro and iPad Mini 4 were launched. And as expected, a lot of the rumors
about these two phones turn out to be true especially in the case of them
sporting that force touch feature that we saw in the new MacBook.
The feature which is called 3D touch on the iPhone works the
same way as the Force touch feature on the MacBook in the sense that it
recognizes when a user applies extra force to a tap and translates it to a
certain command. It also uses a “Taptic engine” which provides real-time
feedback to users so they know what type of action they are performing and what
they can expect to see as a result of that action.
Specs-wise the new iPhones are almost identical to their
non-S counterparts with the exception of some hardware and performance upgrade
brought about by the new A9 chips with embedded M9 motion coprocessors, and the
12MP iSight camera at the back that is now capable of capturing 4K video at 30
frames per second.
The 5MP front camera also gets a new feature called the
Retina Flash which uses the handset’s display as a true-tone flash. When taking
a selfie, a special chip inside the phone raises the display’s brightness up to
3 times in order to simulate the effect of a flash resulting in a better image
taken.
The new iPhones also get LTE Advanced and new MiMO antenna
technology which boosts the device’s connectivity over Wi-Fi.
Apple is implementing the same pricing strategy it used with
the non-S iPhones
with the base iPhone 6S starting at $199 for the 16GB model on a two-year
contract and goes up to $399 for the 128GB model. Pre-orders will start on
September 12 and shipping will start on the 25th of this month
initially in select markets including US, UK, Australia, Canada, China, France,
Hong Kong, Germany and Japan.
