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Hands-On With 3D Touch on the New iPhone 6s Plus

QquegChristian said:
As far as appeasing the pundits. I have an Apple Watch with Force Touch and I totally understand that 3D Touch has more levels of pressure sensitivity... But in the Watch's case, there just isn't anything that couldn't be done with a long press. I find it takes me just as long to finally push hard enough on the watch.

I'm guessing this is different on the phone, as you have more leverage when holding the phone and can press hard with your thumb. The watch requires you to stab the screen with your index finger if you wanted Force touch to be faster than a long press.

As far as other people saying they wish this was software based, I still believe a good deal of these features could have been done in software. The Spotify app is a great example of how long presses can mimic this kind of "peeking".

The conflict was clearly in the long press to move and delete apps.

But when it comes to 3D Touch within 3rd party apps, I'd like to see developers use long presses for older devices. This way they can put new functionality into apps and still keep them backwards compatible... As most developers won't use 3D Touch in a meaningful way until the majority of users are using a device that supports it.
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i don't get you at all. Long press takes a while and force press is instantaneous, they're not close to being the same thing at all! Making long press press have the same functions force touch (especially because there is too level of force) is a good way for mass confusion, especially when people have the same apps running on different generation of phone/tablets.
 
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bigchrisfgb said:
Has anyone else been able to get it to work on the Music app? It doesn't work on it for me.
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On the home screen or inside? On the home screen it gives me the option to listen to Beats 1 or Search

Edit: From within, I can use it, for example, on the For You screen to peek into playlists and then have the option to play, shuffle, or add to my music.
 
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rock6079 said:
On the home screen or inside? On the home screen it gives me the option to listen to Beats 1 or Search

Edit: From within, I can use it, for example, on the For You screen to peek into playlists and then have the option to play, shuffle, or add to my music.
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Yesterday it wasn't working for the music app in the home screen. It is now.
 
gijoeinla said:
Really? This 3D Touch is clearly an innovation. A changer in fact when anyone allies their "smarts" and thinks about the implications of it and how it will be used.

What are those implications? Let me "think" for you....

Say goodbye to the Home Button. My bet is its gone on iPhone 7. It's grown (for me) to become annoying now. Clearly phones with no more "home button" is a HUGE leap.. Get it? That's why this is force touch technology is critically important.
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I would like an Iphone without a Home button and maybe bigger display too but we are talking about the Iphone 6s / 6s Plus...
 
The Ipad pro is also kind of disappointing as is is not really innovative. I just saw the Samsung 12 inch pad and really nobody is interested in this. The Ipad Pro is not really that different. I was hoping for a keyboard with a trackpad for example. But as it is it is not perfect as a laptop replacement. Apple hunts the "enemies". It must be the other way I think...
 
Pfunstuff said:
3D touching to get the app switcher to activate is definitely my least favorite of the force actions so far on the 6s Plus...
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If they did the force touch on the right side of the screen, instead of the left side, it may be a bit easier with the Plus models. Or at least, have a option for such side to use it. That said, it's a breeze on the 6S.
 
gijoeinla said:
Say goodbye to the Home Button. My bet is its gone on iPhone 7. It's grown (for me) to become annoying now. Clearly phones with no more "home button" is a HUGE leap.. Get it? That's why this is force touch technology is critically important.
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I don't think the home button will be gone next year. The only way the Home Button would be removed is if they manage to fit the Touch ID fingerprint sensor under the display (which I believe is still quite a few years away).
 
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Two years from now Fandroids will be raving on about S-3D touch (*) or something like that and then exclaiming how Apple is lame and is years behind android because Samsung S-3D touch supports 1000000 degrees of pressure unlike 3D touch which only detects 1024.

(*) Samsung S-3D will only work on the back of the phone and not on the screen.
 
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jagolden said:
Pay no attention to the troll you were commenting on.

3D touch will be a "force" to be recond with (pun intended). Everyone else will be attempting to copy it and failing miserably.

And yes, the upgrade from a 4 or 5 is quite a leap!
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So everyone who has a different opinion or criticizes Apple is a troll for you?

Or do you just have to justify your new "big" "upgrade"?
 
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tumtumtum said:
Two years from now Fandroids will be raving on about S-3D touch (*) or something like that and then exclaiming how Apple is lame and is years behind android because Samsung S-3D touch supports 1000000 degrees of pressure unlike 3D touch which only detects 1024.

(*) Samsung S-3D will only work on the back of the phone and not on the screen.
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"Huawei Mate S review (hands-on): Huawei debuts first force touch touchscreen"
 
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Merlin9 said:
If they want to buy new it's okay. I am not against Iphones. But I would recommend to find a good deal with the Iphone 6/ 6 Plus
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Who cares what you recommend? The 6s has a much faster processor, much improved camera, faster LTE, faster Wifi, faster fingerprint sensor, 3D touch, and probably several other things that I'm forgetting. For all of that, it only costs an extra $100. For those of us that are not living a life of poverty, that is more than worth it for a device that you have with you 24/7.
 
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iceperson said:
3D Touch is the solution to a problem that doesn't exist...
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Have you thoroughly used it? You obviously haven't. Nice try, though. It's not neccassarily fixing a problem, but setting a foundation of how we all will be using our phones in the very near future. It will allow us to use our phones in a much more efficient way. I know some people cannot wrap their minds around it, but, that doesn't mean 3D Touch will not change the game. It will.
 
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Jmausmuc said:
To me this seems like a technology that will take a year to become useful.
Right now everything it offers is just shortcuts und a preview function, that's it.
But I expect Apple to integrate it deeper into the OS once the iPhone 7 launches and more iPhones have it. At that point, it will likely become a integral part of the navigation and really add a benefit.

Right now it's more of a very cool proof of concept to me.
The potential of this tech is really great, hope they will take advantage of it soon.
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As ridiculous as say right button mouse is just proof of concept.
Apps are being released, (taking advantage of this feature) right as I'm typing this very minute.
 
haydn! said:
I think it needs some tweeking but has massive potential. It would be good if you could customise the quick links (I don't like Beats 1).
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So shortcuts are all predefined by apple, on their own apps ofcourse? That's a huge bummer, since they love to force useless things on us.
Sure, there are a few who likes Beats 1, but the huge majority doesn't, and I can think of a hundred better shortcuts than Beats 1.

I haven't had a jailbrake in many years, maybe I'll try it this time, if they find one.


Are there any 3rd party apps that allow you to customice shortcuts?


Jaja, anyway. I'll buy one as soon as they are released, it's going to feel so good to make my iPhone 4 to my backup phone...
 
bbbb4b said:
Tried this in the store today. I was amazed. So useful (and will grow more so over time).
Hard for me to go back to my old iPhone now. Will be buying 6s in a few weeks
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What exactly was amazing about it? I haven't found it useful at all. In fact, it only seems to get in the way. For instance, trying to reorder my favorite contacts was a nightmare. Ended up face timing several people on accident because finding the pressure sweet spot to drag and drop and to reorder was frustrating. Honestly, if there's a way to disable it altogether I probably will...
 
iceperson said:
What exactly was amazing about it? I haven't found it useful at all. In fact, it only seems to get in the way. For instance, trying to reorder my favorite contacts was a nightmare. Ended up face timing several people on accident because finding the pressure sweet spot to drag and drop and to reorder was frustrating. Honestly, if there's a way to disable it altogether I probably will...
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Here ya go...

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