My current space grey 6+ Is my personal best iPhone experience to date. I don't see myself upgrading for a great while as I have no issues with the functionality of these phones. These days the only time I'm motivated to upgrade is when there is a complete design change i.e. Non'S' cycles.
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Let's start tracking accuracy, ahead of the announcement.
Good on Ming for being the man in the arena. But I think we should try checking his accuracy against those of us rabble in the comments section.
(1) Force Touch - YES, obvs - the technology is in the watch and laptop
(2) There will be no new 4-inch model; - NO - 4-inch color version will remain, for certain markets and with a processor upgrade and a memory bump
(3) There will be an additional casing color, rose gold, matching the rose gold Apple Watch Edition; - YES - But it won't really be gold.
(4) The camera will have a pixel upgrade, likely to 12 MP; - Yes, but note the weasel word "likely" - upgrade will be in pixels and image sensor quality.
(5) One microphone will be added near the speaker to enhance voice quality; - This is a little out of the box. Good on Ming for taking a chance, but probably wrong.
(6) The A9 processor with upgraded 2GB LPDDR4 will be adopted; - Won't be called an A9 processor
(7) The bending issue will be improved by using different casing materials and internal mechanical design changes; - NO new materials YES design change
(8) If drop test issues can be resolved, the 5.5-inch model will have a limited number of units with sapphire cover lens; - NO sapphire front cover, ever. Sapphire isn't a viable smartphone cover for cost, breakage, and screen quality reasons.
(9) The recognition rate of Touch ID will be improved further in a bid to promote Apple Pay; (10) Gesture control support; - YES - yawn. Also, with (1), (4), (6) Standard S-cycle upgrade stuff. Faster processor, the NFC and Touch ID response rate will be improved, and the camera will be upgraded, and an upgraded version of iOS. Surprised I didn't hear eUICC or Embedded SIM.
(11) It's expected that mass production will start in mid-to-late August. Total shipments will be 80-90mn in 2015, with a 2:1 ratio of 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch models. - This is where I'll give Kuo some credit. He knows supply chain. But don't forget about the 4-inch model.
Good on Ming for being the man in the arena. But I think we should try checking his accuracy against those of us rabble in the comments section.
(1) Force Touch - YES, obvs - the technology is in the watch and laptop
(2) There will be no new 4-inch model; - NO - 4-inch color version will remain, for certain markets and with a processor upgrade and a memory bump
(3) There will be an additional casing color, rose gold, matching the rose gold Apple Watch Edition; - YES - But it won't really be gold.
(4) The camera will have a pixel upgrade, likely to 12 MP; - Yes, but note the weasel word "likely" - upgrade will be in pixels and image sensor quality.
(5) One microphone will be added near the speaker to enhance voice quality; - This is a little out of the box. Good on Ming for taking a chance, but probably wrong.
(6) The A9 processor with upgraded 2GB LPDDR4 will be adopted; - Won't be called an A9 processor
(7) The bending issue will be improved by using different casing materials and internal mechanical design changes; - NO new materials YES design change
(8) If drop test issues can be resolved, the 5.5-inch model will have a limited number of units with sapphire cover lens; - NO sapphire front cover, ever. Sapphire isn't a viable smartphone cover for cost, breakage, and screen quality reasons.
(9) The recognition rate of Touch ID will be improved further in a bid to promote Apple Pay; (10) Gesture control support; - YES - yawn. Also, with (1), (4), (6) Standard S-cycle upgrade stuff. Faster processor, the NFC and Touch ID response rate will be improved, and the camera will be upgraded, and an upgraded version of iOS. Surprised I didn't hear eUICC or Embedded SIM.
(11) It's expected that mass production will start in mid-to-late August. Total shipments will be 80-90mn in 2015, with a 2:1 ratio of 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch models. - This is where I'll give Kuo some credit. He knows supply chain. But don't forget about the 4-inch model.
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Oh good, with the rumours of a new smaller Nexus phone by LG and the Sony Xperia Z5 and this new iPhone, shutter bugs should be well happy 
Whoa, pre-empting something to get your poison in first. I don't blame you though. It's a dark, cruel world. You've got to extract what fragments of happiness you can from it.
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Uhhh RAM is used for much more than your browser. More RAM is ALWAYS a good thing.
Seems like rather easy predictions. Doubt it will be worth the upgrade from my 6 Plus. 2gb of RAM would be nice in theory, but I honestly have not run into an issue with only 1gb on my phone (unlike my iPad Air, which I upgraded to the Air 2).
How is Force Touch the main selling point?
Would Apple update iOS 9/10 so that those without an iPhone without Force Touch are missing out on features?
Would have thought an updated camera sensor would be more of a selling point. Didn't we fairly recently have rumours about using 2 camera sensors to merge together and give "dslr like" quality photos? I'd imagine that would be more of a selling point.
(And for those using a current iPhone, the 2GB would be nice (less Safari tab refreshes etc).
Would Apple update iOS 9/10 so that those without an iPhone without Force Touch are missing out on features?
Would have thought an updated camera sensor would be more of a selling point. Didn't we fairly recently have rumours about using 2 camera sensors to merge together and give "dslr like" quality photos? I'd imagine that would be more of a selling point.
(And for those using a current iPhone, the 2GB would be nice (less Safari tab refreshes etc).
I agree, but my contract will be over in two years time, by then the iPhone 7 or 7S will be launched with even more improvements. I take lot's of pictures so I will miss the 12mp but I think an upgrade over this coming version will make the improvements even better.
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I know, still sucks though.
I might just do like I did with my 3GS. Waited till iPhone 5 and then upgraded with the 6. So I might just wait till the 7 or 8, depending on how long the 6 lasts.
I've been on an upgrade cycle for all of the "S" models, this being no exception. Can't wait to buy it.
Ill pass on this one. Not ready to drop another grand on a phone.
Even though i have an upgrade available i had rather not use it.
They need an all black phone
Even though i have an upgrade available i had rather not use it.
They need an all black phone
Not enough to make it worth Apple's while, hence my point.
Honestly, if there was serious cash to be made Apple would make one. There isn't so they don't.