Apple today unveiled the eagerly anticipated iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
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Apple seems content with the iPhone sizes they now have, and shows no signs of changing that anytime soon. Each has so many features, few people will use them all. It also comes with 3GB of RAM. However, Apple claims that the battery capacity is good enough to offer talktime of up to 14 hours on 3G, up to 11 hours HD video playback and up to 50 hours of music playback. Judging by our benchmarks, the iPhone 6s Plus shouldn’t perform better battery-wise than the Note5, but we will refrain from verdicts until we can put them against each other. 16GB is a little stingy in our eyes, as it doesn’t leave a lot of room for apps, games and media files. What they have done is still kept the iPhone 5S, which does come with a 4-inch display, and so this is still the entry-level model.
It’s likely the smaller battery size is due to multiple factors.
If you want a more pocketable and portable phone that’s easy to use in one hand, the smaller iPhone 6s wins. Apple touts 70 percent faster CPU tasks and 90 percent faster GPU tasks from the A9 compared to its previous chip. We’re hoping it will have 2GB of RAM, but there’s every possibility it may stick with 1GB like the iPhone 6.
The iPhone 6s Plus can record video in 4K, meaning Apple is catching up to Android on that score, and by default the camera will turn photos into short videos.
They also have a new, pressure-sensitive screen called 3D Touch, and a new case color, Rose Gold.
Price always plays a crucial role.
Both the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will go on sale on 25 September in the USA, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Singapore. Are the latest big phones a big deal, or are you saving your cash for next year’s models?
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