So 2gb ram, A9 14nm triple core, force touch, 7000 series Al, more efficient gsm chip, probably at least 1 extra hour battery usage, 32gb storage as standard....this will be sold like butter and beyond....i guess over 9 millions in the first weekend
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'iPhone 6s' to Support Faster Download Speeds With Improved Qualcomm LTE Modem
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According to the T-Mobile site there are currently 7 phone devices, and 3 tables that support that band, plus 2 more phones due to have software updates later this year to support it.
Me too.... I let you lot debug the 4 and got a 4S which was superb, let you lot debug the 5 and got a 5S which is superb, you're busy debugging the 6 so I'll get a 6S which will be superb....
Those are only devices that they sell. Others that include band 12 include the ALCATEL ONETOUCH IDOL 3 and many others found here: http://www.spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones.
I suppose it's hard to blame us for consumer thinking, where "it's all about me." After all, virtually every ad tells us this.
But there are excellent use cases:
Finally, a good understanding of the benefits! Sure, battery life matters too, but:
-> more speed = more capacity, which = more speed for everyone!
100Mbps+ for a single customer can be useful at times, but just as important is having usable speed (e.g. 2-3Mbps+) in a crowd.
Here in Italy, too. Current iPhones are fast enough. Some times faster than ADSL, but then you only have those 2-3 GB/month… (to have more cost a lot)
If only we could see those speeds, like ever. On ATT, all year no matter where I am at I never see faster than 18 down, 10 up.
Yes but the faster speeds allows for me to load more pages in a set amount of time.
There really needs to be that X factor to convince people to buy. Like 5s had the fingerprint reader.
I can't speak for the 3Gs since I wasn't an iPhone owner back then, but:
The 4s made the 4 (which I owned) look like a stone tablet in terms of speed. It added Siri and the ability to shoot 1080p video and resolved the issue some people were having with the antenna.
The 5s made the 5 look like... well actually the 5 did a pretty good job of being useless on its own. Apps took forever to update to the new screen size so black bars where a thing for a long time. And it could shoot panoramic photos. Wow. The 5s by comparison was a completely different phone. Touch ID. Slow motion video. Burst mode. True tone flash. Insane speed built into a rock solid piece of hardware. I'd say the biggest and best tic/toc upgrade the iPhone has seen yet.
The 6 isn't as bad as the 5 by a long shot, but beyond giving the people want they wanted in terms of two larger sizes and introducing ApplePay, a feature so far only available in the US, there's not really much to get excited about. It's a little bit faster and... um... the camera is a little bit better?
So far each s phone has not only improved upon its predecessor, it's improved upon just how much the previous s phone improved upon its predecessor. If the 6s continues this trend...
The 4s made the 4 (which I owned) look like a stone tablet in terms of speed. It added Siri and the ability to shoot 1080p video and resolved the issue some people were having with the antenna.
The 5s made the 5 look like... well actually the 5 did a pretty good job of being useless on its own. Apps took forever to update to the new screen size so black bars where a thing for a long time. And it could shoot panoramic photos. Wow. The 5s by comparison was a completely different phone. Touch ID. Slow motion video. Burst mode. True tone flash. Insane speed built into a rock solid piece of hardware. I'd say the biggest and best tic/toc upgrade the iPhone has seen yet.
The 6 isn't as bad as the 5 by a long shot, but beyond giving the people want they wanted in terms of two larger sizes and introducing ApplePay, a feature so far only available in the US, there's not really much to get excited about. It's a little bit faster and... um... the camera is a little bit better?
So far each s phone has not only improved upon its predecessor, it's improved upon just how much the previous s phone improved upon its predecessor. If the 6s continues this trend...
You could always hook your phone up to your mac and download pirated movies. But you are right ofcorse. There is very little use for this in a cellphone.
Sorry Apple, you made the 6 Plus too good. I can live fine with it for another year.
Following a report yesterday that the next-generation "iPhone 6s" will appear essentially identical to the current lineup of iPhones with a few minor internal differences, an unnamed source has shared new photos of logic board from the device with 9to5Mac, revealing an updated Qualcomm LTE chip offering faster LTE speeds and greater energy efficiency.
Specifically, the next iPhone will carry a Qualcomm MDM9635M chip -- also referred to as the "9X35" Gobi modem platform -- and it aims to give the iPhone 6s a significant increase in performance over the current 9X25 used in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
For everyday users, this gives the potential for significant increases in LTE network performance with download speeds of up to 300 Mbps, twice that of the current iPhone line. Real-world limitations of carrier support will, however, limit those speed improvements in many cases.
The new Qualcomm chip, which was announced in 2013 and came to market last year, is also more power efficient. This power efficiency combined with the possibility of a slimmer motherboard could give the iPhone 6s some improvement in battery life this year.
As shared yesterday, the iPhone 6s will appear nearly identical to the iPhone 6, which is typical for Apple's "S" generation iPhones. Apple will, however, be including a number of enhancements for the device, from the faster LTE modem to a Force Touch display and perhaps the "biggest camera jump ever."
Article Link: 'iPhone 6s' to Support Faster Download Speeds With Improved Qualcomm LTE Modem
I don't understand this logic at all. A faster speed is not going to change my usage habit. Just because I have a faster internet does not mean that I will browse Facebook 5 hours a day instead of 1 or watch 10 videos on Youtube instead of 5. My time on the phone is still limited by other things in life. I may enjoy the contents faster but that does not necessarily mean that I will consume more content.
Another way to look at this: if I am going from point A to point B, it does not matter if I drive at 60mph or 120mph, I still get to point B. I don't go further than point B when driving at 120mph because point B is my destination.
iOS9 lets developers cut off support for iOS devices without 64-bit -> significantly better apps
Lol, you don't READ the pages that you open????
You just open pages for a fixed period of time as fast as you possibly can. Immediately close them & load another page you're not interested in at all & then repeat???
Sounds really bizarre bro.
There was a study done a while back that stated faster speeds = more usage. I really don't care enough to pull it up but it is a thing apparently.
It may be true if you are going from 56kbps to LTE. Just think about it, if I am reading webpages, sure the page may download faster, but, my reading speed is still the same. If I have 10 minutes to watch Youtube videos, just because I have faster speed does not mean that I will be able to watch 20 minutes of contents. I am still limited to watching 10 minutes of video.
WHAT !, and increase the depth by .00657mm? Have you no respect for the Stick Figure People !
"Better battery life, you say? Excellent! We can make it thinner." - Ive
I've been googling to see if this modem supports band 12 with no luck whatsoever. I'm sure it probably does, though.
if your on a 30-45minute bus ride, are you going to be stuck on 1 page?
If you enjoy reading, you can easily go through 10-20 pages of articles/forums etc in 30 mins.
If you save 10secs per page load, that is an extra 3 mins you get to read one more article/page/...