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iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and 4-Inch iPhone 6c Rumored for 2015 Release
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I agree with the argument for the smaller form factor & the same spec but realistically, you have to give up on battery life, which I am willing to accept. Power user will want the 6 Plus.
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Agreed,
especially since the cost difference between the 16gb and 32gb flash NANDs in 2015 are relatively negligible, when compared to the cost of the devices.
I think we'll see the following models:
iPhone 6C--essentially iPhone 6 internals, but with more power efficient version of the A8 SoC. Will look like iPhone 6 but designed around 4" display in White and Space Gray case color only. 1 GB of RAM with 32 GB mass storage only. Will use Touch ID sensor from iPhone 5S (but with better fingerprint recognition). 1.2 megapixel front camera and 5 megapixel rear camera (the same as iPad Air) to save on costs. May or may not have NFC for Apple Pay.
iPhone 6S--Looks like iPhone 6, but with new A9 SoC. White, Champagne Gold and Space Gray case colors. 2 GB RAM with 32, 64 and 128 GB mass storage. Improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor. 1.2 megapixel front camera and 8 megapixel rear camera with full optical image stabilization. Standard NFC for Apple Pay, plus additional support for pre-paid NFC payment systems such as the Japanese Osaifu-Keitai and the South Korean Olleh Touch standards.
iPhone 6S+--Looks like iPhone 6+, but with new A9 SoC. White, Champagne Gold and Space Gray case colors. 3 GB RAM with 32, 64 and 128 GB mass storage. Improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor. 1.2 megapixel front camera and 8 megapixel rear camera with full optical image stabilization. Standard NFC for Apple Pay, plus additional support for pre-paid NFC payment systems such as the Japanese Osaifu-Keitai and the South Korean Olleh Touch standards.
iPhone 6C--essentially iPhone 6 internals, but with more power efficient version of the A8 SoC. Will look like iPhone 6 but designed around 4" display in White and Space Gray case color only. 1 GB of RAM with 32 GB mass storage only. Will use Touch ID sensor from iPhone 5S (but with better fingerprint recognition). 1.2 megapixel front camera and 5 megapixel rear camera (the same as iPad Air) to save on costs. May or may not have NFC for Apple Pay.
iPhone 6S--Looks like iPhone 6, but with new A9 SoC. White, Champagne Gold and Space Gray case colors. 2 GB RAM with 32, 64 and 128 GB mass storage. Improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor. 1.2 megapixel front camera and 8 megapixel rear camera with full optical image stabilization. Standard NFC for Apple Pay, plus additional support for pre-paid NFC payment systems such as the Japanese Osaifu-Keitai and the South Korean Olleh Touch standards.
iPhone 6S+--Looks like iPhone 6+, but with new A9 SoC. White, Champagne Gold and Space Gray case colors. 3 GB RAM with 32, 64 and 128 GB mass storage. Improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor. 1.2 megapixel front camera and 8 megapixel rear camera with full optical image stabilization. Standard NFC for Apple Pay, plus additional support for pre-paid NFC payment systems such as the Japanese Osaifu-Keitai and the South Korean Olleh Touch standards.
...and the iPhone 6 has been the best selling iPhone of all time. Who's the clown again?
You don't expect Force Touch/OLED and a significantly improved camera with the 6s? If you're right, it's going to be a short iPhone 6s presentation in September with no "big" new feature to wow the crowd.
Can we all agree that we would like to get 16 MegaPixel cameras in all of them and a 4 or 8 FaceTime camera? I mean really I want a really good camera. I love the one in my 6+ I just got.... Loooooove the Slo Mo 240 FPS but a 16 MP camera just looks better and would be amazing with the Focus Pixels and low light situations found on the current iPhone 6 models...
Isn't that going to be the Applewatch+?
I don't think any smart watch can replace a smart phone.
I think the Force Touch feature may make it to the iPhone 6S and 6S+ models, depending on if Apple can incorporate them at reasonable cost. I do think an improved Touch ID sensor and going to full optical image stabilization on both the larger-screen iPhone 6S models will be a given, though; we may see a redesigned eight-megapixel rear sensor with vastly improved low-light sensitivity, too.
I've been using smartphones for 14 years, and I've never used a case, nor have I once dropped my phone. Yet every day I see people handling their phones precariously (laying them on the edge of a table that's likely to be bumped by someone; pulling their phone out of their pocket by pinching the front and back rather than hooking their finger around the edge), so it's no surprise that phones are dropped so frequently. I can't count the number of times I've seen someone loosely hold their phone and think to myself, "That phone's about to drop" a couple of seconds before it actually does.
I object to cases for aesthetic reasons, but even more so on principle: they're solving the wrong problem. Instead of protecting the phones they're dropping, people shouldn't be dropping their phones.
The iPhone 6S will not use OLED. It might incorporate an IGZO display.
OLED displays use less power with UIs that incorporate black backgrounds and darker elements. Apple's current LCD (and IGZO) technology uses less power with UIs that incorporate mostly white and brighter elements.
Overall, OLED is a more efficient display technology but it would produce worse battery life when mated with Apple's current version of iOS, which consists of white, white, and more white.
some folks still prefer phones with physical buttons. unfortunately, it doesn't matter. don't get your hope high for a "good" 4 inch iphone though. IF they update ut, it'll probably be gimped un purpose anyways. like the 5c or something.
I still hope they'll offer a full range of 6S's even if the 4 inch is A8... hopefully.
Some people do prefer phones with buttons, but thats a huge difference and not many iPhone lovers would be that way inclined, but there are a heap of iPhone users who would love a 4 inch phone.. there are heaps on Maceumours and I know there are even more out there.
Yes, hopefully the 4" size is a full spec 6S. I do plan on giving the 4.7" a try come the new year though. But if it's to painful to use, I will have no problem going back to the 4" one. Provided the specs are the same as the larger models.
I'd almost agreehowever, thinking forward, it makes sense for Apple to put the C in the 4.7 bracket (and 5s in the 4-inch bracket this time), and leave space for a flagship 4-inch:
6S+, 5.5 - high price
6S, 4.7 - medium price
6C, 4.7 - low price
5S, 4.0 - free
And THEN:
7+, 5.5 - high price
7, 4.7 - medium price
7C, 4.7 - low price
7 mini (!), 4.0 - low price
Various 6 versions: low/free
Also, I'm rooting for iPod in three sizes; Nano/Mini, 4.0 and Plus (a stretched iPhone+). This can then be followed by the iPad series (Mini, Air, Pro/Plus), and then the iTV series (20", 50", 70").
You are aware that HD is 2 megapixel and UHD/4K is about 8 megapixel...? Also, that increasing the megapixel count on a certain chip dramatically impacts low light performance?
Apple has been VERY smart to stick to 8 megapixels. Lenses, software and other sensor capabilities is way more important to image quality than the mindless "uninformed customer"-driven megapixel race.
So no OLED until Apple goes to the dark side with iOS. I'm still wondering what the star attraction of the 6s could possibly be. A dual-lens camera would be, but it doesn't look like the 6s will get that.
Both OLED and LCD can be made using IGZO and there are already such panels.
iPhone's current LCD display already uses a better technology than IGZO. IGZO is mostly for larger panels.
And what exactly would be the price point from a carrier perspective?
Would it be a iPhone 6 crammed down into a iPhone 5C sized chassis?
Would it be a iPhone 6 crammed down into a iPhone 5C sized chassis?
Assuming the 6s and 6s+ retain the present $199/$299 starting points, I would think that Apple would be looking to build a 6c (or a 6s Mini, of a 5sc) with a $99 16GB base price, ie where the 5s is right now.
If Apple is committed to offering a 'free' phone then they'll have to retain the 5c, and it wouldn't kill them to bump it up to 16GB.
It would be interesting to see if the 6 could be crammed into a 4" format without unduly compromising battery capacity.
I think Apple will end up offering three sizes of current iPhone but I don't believe it will happen this time around. I'd bet on there being no 6c, but rather a 5sc.
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I think it can, thanks to my suggestion of limiting the local mass memory storage to 32 GB and improving the technology to shrink the die size of the A8 SoC).