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What we don't know of 6S

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lancastor

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Still two weeks to find out these things:

- speed and feel of TouchID 2

- speakers quality (better, louder)?

- cellular reception (better, same or bader)?

- feeling of weight increase (20 grams more on 6S plus). Does it feel much heavier?
 
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robE89 said:
Ram is 2GB, confirmed by apple support.
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Which we hope is accurate. I feel sure that it is, but I would like documented confirmation.

One thing I wonder is how 3D touch will affect battery usage.

And another -- how mature will this initial 3D effort be? After a few months, will people be longing for the 7 for a better 3D experience? Sometimes I think I may be better off to upgrade my 4S to the 6, save that $100, and let 3D mature a couple of cycles.
 
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I agree with both of you...but it's all we have at this moment and i don't think we will have a 100% confirmation until a teardown of the devices, it's just silly that apple tv to have 2gb and iphones to still have 1gb, doesn't make any sense.

@Broadus: that's what i was thinking too...so hard to make a decision.
 
Broadus said:
Which we hope is accurate. I feel sure that it is, but I would like documented confirmation.

One thing I wonder is how 3D touch will affect battery usage.

And another -- how mature will this initial 3D effort be? After a few months, will people be longing for the 7 for a better 3D experience? Sometimes I think I may be better off to upgrade my 4S to the 6, save that $100, and let 3D mature a couple of cycles.
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3D Touch is something that can be made better through iOS updates and less to do with a new phone like a 7 or 7s. Sure hardware could be improved, but mostly the experience and the function of what it can do will be through iOS updates.

Also it shouldn't effect battery all too much really, at least because of almost everything inside the 6s and 6s+ plus has been updated and are far more efficient. So what's saved gets pumped into new features and makes the overall life expectancy unchanged from the current 6 and 6+, maybe even better depending on use.
 
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lagwagon said:
3D Touch is something that can be made better through iOS updates and less to do with a new phone like a 7 or 7s. Sure hardware could be improved, but mostly the experience and the function of what it can do will be through iOS updates.

Also it shouldn't effect battery all too much really, at least because of almost everything inside the 6s and 6s+ plus has been updated and are far more efficient. So what's saved gets pumped into new features and makes the overall life expectancy unchanged from the current 6 and 6+, maybe even better depending on use.
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Hope ur right. There's a lot of good competition now.
 
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lagwagon said:
3D Touch is something that can be made better through iOS updates and less to do with a new phone like a 7 or 7s. Sure hardware could be improved, but mostly the experience and the function of what it can do will be through iOS updates.

Also it shouldn't effect battery all too much really, at least because of almost everything inside the 6s and 6s+ plus has been updated and are far more efficient. So what's saved gets pumped into new features and makes the overall life expectancy unchanged from the current 6 and 6+, maybe even better depending on use.
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Something I'm really curious about and no one has mentioned this....the way we currently use our iPhones and swipe tap scroll etc...will the 3D action activate in error for a lot of users who may hold down or swipe or press too hard and the phone thinks you want to activate a force touch when you really don't and you will be getting these pop ups asking for actions when the user is just taping like usual. I guess we will soon find out.
 
Orangeman13 said:
Can the 3D be turned off?
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Good question if it's in settings or not. We are use our phones differently some push harder than others so I think there will be a new learning curve at first but will not take long to get use to.
 
It was mentioned in the event that Touch ID is twice as fast as the previous generation. On apple's site both phones are heavier than their older generation counterparts, probably due to the thicker aluminium and the taptic engine.
 
I totally understand now why they added low power button in iOS 9 because with the new haptic controller they had to reduce the size of the battery due to space for the controller so this low power button (supposedly to give you an extra hr of battery) is the trade off.
 
Broadus said:
Which we hope is accurate. I feel sure that it is, but I would like documented confirmation.

One thing I wonder is how 3D touch will affect battery usage.

And another -- how mature will this initial 3D effort be? After a few months, will people be longing for the 7 for a better 3D experience? Sometimes I think I may be better off to upgrade my 4S to the 6, save that $100, and let 3D mature a couple of cycles.
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Of course. The 6s has cool features but rest assured the 7 will have more appealing enhancements ;-)
 
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