Since when Apple drop battery life on the new version of device? Always improved so far. You may also get NO protrude camera this year since the phone is o.2mm thicker.
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Apple Starts Early Production on Next-Generation iPhones With Force Touch
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I hope so, it's one thing that turned me off the iPad Air 2
Force Touch screens on the iPhone and iPad will be huge. Can see all sorts of applications that will be possible with that technology. Game changer...
Oddly enough, Garageband on the iPhone seems to be able to tell how hard you hit the keys. So they managed to implement something vaguely like force touch on it, even if it's not as capable as what will be in the 6s series.
Indeed, as far as I know, the current pressure sensitivity is actually based on how much the device moves while a UI element is pressed. So playing the virtual piano while holding the device elicits varying sounds, but setting it on a table (in a way that prevents rocking) and playing produces homogenous sounds.
I care more about the 6s being black. Space gray makes me angry.
Apple is starting production on its next-generation iPhones, reports Bloomberg, and the new models are equipped with Force Touch capabilities. Force Touch, first introduced with the Apple Watch, is a feature that's able to distinguish between a light tap and a harder press, enabling a range of new gestures.
The two new iPhones will retain the same 4.7 and 5.5-inch display sizes, with an exterior design that's largely unchanged. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has suggested the addition of Force Touch could make the iPhone 0.2mm thicker, but it is unclear if that rumor is accurate.
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Because the design of the new iPhones will remain the same, Bloomberg's sources believe final assembly will go smoothly, but caution that production volume could be impacted by the supply and yield of displays for the devices. Apple has been working to add Force Touch across its product lineup since unveiling the Apple Watch and has thus far incorporated the feature into the trackpads of the Retina MacBook and Retina MacBook Pro.
Apple is expected to debut its next-generation "iPhone 6s" and "iPhone 6s Plus" in September. Other rumors about the device suggest it could include an improved camera, 7000 series aluminum, and a new rose gold color option.
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There is an editing doozy in there: when I cut the picture, the quoted text disappears with it. nevertheless moving on....
Dear MacRumors Editing Team: you *MUST* be clearer in your editing. Even moreso in your lack thereof.
It is not clear, because of the way your article is structured, if you are quoting Kuo verbatim of Bloomberg verbatim.
Please start working on your editing.
To the content: this tick-tock deal with largely unchanged form factors (and souping up the engines) is really leading me to question which contract on-year I want to choose. The new form factors are always exciting (tick, well, *twitch*), but the "improvements" always sound really nice. I guess it's "a nice problem to have".
To the point on "could make the iPhone 0.2mm thicker" and "Because the design of the new iPhones will remain the same", I can only say that there is a supreme lack of appreciation for Manufacturing Engineering here. 0.2 mm means a lot. A whole new screen to integrate means a lot. These are not "small changes" (the new screen in particular). There's a lot that goes on under the hood that iFixit play down. There's a lot of engineering in there.
It seems pretty bullox to just glaze that over. Or even to glaze over that. Just my two cents.
Yeah, and apparently the antenna bands may be history as well according to that recently disclosed patent from Apple. If Apple finds a way of dropping the protruding camera lens while at the same time significantly improving the camera, we'll be in refined 's' cycle heaven.
im indifferent to force touch or flat camera or better camera. I think it's sufficient as it is.
I'd like the see 2gb ram and 32gb baseline model for the ip6+
I'd like the see 2gb ram and 32gb baseline model for the ip6+
Even nicer for people still on the 5s! But I'm only eligible for upgrade in March. I'm thinking of just waiting for the iPhone 7 and upgrading next September.
I'm really bored with my 6 months old iPhone 6..but not sure if the 6s really has anything extra to offer over 6..
Wish at least they improved the battery instead of including useless stuff like force touch.
Wish at least they improved the battery instead of including useless stuff like force touch.
wow, just wow! how could you ever be bored with anything in this magnitude of technical advancement, smartphones in general that is
....and a significant internal chassis stiffening/modification. It will be interesting to see if it does indeed end up a tad thicker with Force Touch. The Stick Figure People will go ballistic.
It will have to be gimmicky at first in order to bridge the gap between it being essential in using iOS and those not having force touch devices.
At first it will be used as an extra way to bring up the mouse of the keyboard in iOS 9, and possibly the search function.
As it stands you have to press with two fingers on the keyboard to bring up the mouse in iOS 9, I can see this changing to just a generic harder press anywhere on the screen for force touch devices.
Likewise to bring up search on the home screen.
If they're keeping the poor design, then I'll stick with my iPhone 5.
I'm actually more tempted by a '6C' if it ends up being a retooled 5S
I'm actually more tempted by a '6C' if it ends up being a retooled 5S