agreed! Outside of software changes, the only difference between the 6s and 6s+ will remain the camera and possibly the 6s+ getting 2GB of RAM.
the 6 is still their biggest seller, and they are not going to cripple a flagship product.
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Force Touch Could Be Exclusive to 'iPhone 6s Plus'
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agreed! Outside of software changes, the only difference between the 6s and 6s+ will remain the camera and possibly the 6s+ getting 2GB of RAM.
the 6 is still their biggest seller, and they are not going to cripple a flagship product.
Not if Force Touch just replicates existing motions. Anyway, I'm guessing that Apple sees more people buying the 6S Plus if they also get a Watch. One of the reasons for the Apple Watch is not to have to take your phone out of your pocket as often.
I'd like to see the 6S get Force Touch, but I would not be surprised if Apple makes it exclusive to the 6S Plus.
look at LG G3...and then we talk...i mean make the iphone 6 plus (5.5") more compact, to be more specific for those kids with low IQ
I've never heard of a company with (2) flagship devices. I always thought the Flagship was the top of the line with all the bells and whistles and that's generally one product.
I mean it's the first rumour and everyone is freaking out. No. 6 months isn't ages. I retract that.
?? Optical image stabliiozation??? its a phone!
I just wish Apple would shi!t-can these huge 2-hnded phones and sell a one handed phone again that is not the little step child (i.e. the pending 6c which will be probable crappy)
Agreed!
We all have lived all our lives without force touch.
Why is that so essential now and preventing anybody to buy an iPhone?
It's like toddlers throwing a tantrum for not getting a lollipop.
If Apple didn't introduce force touch, we'd still use our phones etc, as we know.
My 4S is fine, but I will move to 6s when it's out.
Can't say it's perfect, but close enough for me to upgrade.
Other than that it's waiting for whatever they'll pack in there for 7s or 8 s.
(I only like s versions)
I personally don't believe this will happen but if it does I wouldn't be surprised. Apple already gives the 6+ the landscaped homescreen and OIS. This would just be another way to differentiate.
One thing no one seems to be thinking about is Apple could intro FT on the 6S+ as a test bed to see if it beneficial. Since the 6 is selling 5 to 1 over the 6+ (I'm not sure about that number; I read it somewhere early on in the sale cycle) it's an easier way to intro new tech without adversely affecting the majority of customers. If it works in the 6S+, Apple automatically has something new for the iP7.
One thing no one seems to be thinking about is Apple could intro FT on the 6S+ as a test bed to see if it beneficial. Since the 6 is selling 5 to 1 over the 6+ (I'm not sure about that number; I read it somewhere early on in the sale cycle) it's an easier way to intro new tech without adversely affecting the majority of customers. If it works in the 6S+, Apple automatically has something new for the iP7.
I guess my point was that it just seems like the last iteration came out, but April is right about when the rumor mill gets ramped up...
THIS. As a 6 Plus owner, many apps still haven't added any extra support for landscape that makes the capability worthwhile. Even as a 6 Plus owner, I'm not even adding that capability to an app that I'm lead design/project manager for right now. The money to add something like that and test it just isn't worth it at this point, and honestly in our case I'm not sure it would add much benefit. From what I understand it seems to be more trivial if you already have a universal iPad version, which we don't.
Force touch or not, no way I'm staying with the Plus. I regret trying to stick with it past my return period. It's just too unwieldy, and the software on it has been extremely buggy for me for whatever reason (I've seen very mixed comments about this, but I seem to be in the minority with the various issues). I cannot wait to go down in size. I did want something bigger than 4", and I think 4.7" will be better. I'd prefer 5" with a reduced bezel, but whatever. I do really like the screen on the 6 Plus, so I hope they can put an @3X display in the 6S as wellalthough that is unlikely.
The thing is that the 6 Plus already has lots of advantagesadvantages that are not likely to come to the 6S: OIS is too bulky to fit into the 6S unless they make the phone thicker or have developed thinner modules since then (anyone know?). Then you have the ridiculous battery life which can't be easily matched just based on the size difference alone. Lastly you also have a sharper display, which could come to the 6S but I think they might just wait until the iPhone 7 to do true @3X on the Plus (right now it's scaled down) and on the regular 7.
So you would think that Force Touch would come to both sizes since they already have some key differences. Apple would want developers to quickly adopt the new interface interactions, especially if it could be considered a key advantage over other Android phones. The only thing that makes me wonder if the Plus only would get Force Touch is if Force Touch is the key to split-screen multitasking. People have always wondered how Apple would do that on the iPad and I think something like a Force Touch pinch-out gesture could work well. But would Apple really put split-screen multitasking on the Plus? It seems like that would be really cramped. But again, that's the only functional reason I can think of for only adding Force Touch on the Plus.
Samsung does it. Galaxy S is their flagship phone and the Note flagship phablet. Apple looks at the 6 and 6+ as a single flagship, that you can get in two sizes. Same with the new watch.
The bezels on the iPhone are huge IMO. Especially the top. They could definitely make it more compact there.
So everyone here has decided they need Force Touch now? I still think it looks like unnecessary complexity. Didn't want it on my MBP after seeing the MacBook demo; don't want it on my iPhone. (But who knows, I may be proven wrong once I actually use it.)
I don't think that's the same thing though.
When you take advantage of the latest features, you're only temporarily alienating some users who haven't bought a new device until they have.
If Apple adds a major new input feature to the 6S+ but not the 6S, you'll be alienating the customers who have bought a new device, just not the right new device, in addition to all the customers who haven't bought a new device yet.
Ming-Chi Kuo just put out a research note saying he thinks Apple will call this years iPhone iPhone 7 because this force touch technology is big enough to warrant it. His research note doesn't say it's only coming to the 6 Plus.
http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/18...change-yet-to-ios-user-interface#post_2702912
http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/18...change-yet-to-ios-user-interface#post_2702912
This don't make any sense
If they did that very few developers would add functionally to use force touch because limited user base...
If they want to introduce Force Touch as a new UI feature they need it on as many devices as they can...
If they did that very few developers would add functionally to use force touch because limited user base...
If they want to introduce Force Touch as a new UI feature they need it on as many devices as they can...