By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Gaming Discussion - Apple Reveals the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with a 4.7inch and 5.5 inch screen!

MoHasanie on 09 September 2014

Apple has announced two new, larger iPhones as it aims to meet consumer demand for larger “phablet” smartphones.

The iPhone 6 and iPhone Plus have bigger screens, fingerprint sensors and mobile wallet services for allowing smartphones to be used like contactless debit and credit cards.

The new devices are the largest iPhones with new “Retina HD” screens covered in ion-strengthen – no mention of Sapphire crystal as rumoured before the launch.

The iPhone 6 has a 4.7in screen – compared to the current 4in screen of the iPhone 5S – while the iPhone 6 Plus has a 5.5in screen.

The phones are also thinner – 6.9mm for the iPhone 6 and 7.1mm for the iPhone 6 Plus – with all-metal backs and glass that curves around the edges of the phone, marking the biggest design changes since the introduction of the iPhone 4 in 2010, reminiscent of the original iPhone, which was introduced in 2007.

The power buttons have moved from the top of the smartphone to the side, similar to most Android and Windows Phone smartphones with larger screens, making it easier to turn on and off with one hand.

Phablets and big-screened phones

Apple hopes the new iPhones will allow it to continue dominating the smartphone market, which has recently seen a trend for larger smartphones with screen sizes in excess of 5in becoming standard from manufacturers including Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and HTC.

The iPhone 6 Plus is aimed at the phablet category – a halfway house between a smartphone and a tablet – made popular by Samsung’s Galaxy Note series of smartphones.

It allows users to run software in a landscape orientation, similar to Apple’s iPad tablet computers, for greater productivity, while a double tap on the home button moves apps and content to the lower half of the screen for easy one-handed use.

Boosted battery

Both iPhones will be powered a new A8 processor that is 25% faster than the previous iPhone and 50% more power efficient for increased battery life.

Apple expects the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to both outlast the current iPhone 5S by at least an hour while browsing on Wi-Fi for example. Both new iPhones will also be able to make calls over Wi-Fi, if used on EE’s mobile phone network in the UK.

Apple has also improved the camera, fitting the new iPhones with an eight-megapixel camera using focusing technology often found in dSLR cameras, for fast and accurate photos. The iPhone 6 Plus also has optical stabilisation for removing camera shake, especially in low light situations.

The new camera can also shoot video at 240 frames per second to create super slow motion videos, double the rate of the current iPhone 5S.

Both the iPhones will be available in three colours gold, silver and space grey, with three storage variants – 16, 64 and 128GB – starting at $199 and $299 on two year mobile phone contracts in the US.

Pre-orders will be available online on 12 September to ship on the 19 September.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/09/apple-iphone-6-bigger-thinner-faster



    

NNID: FrequentFlyer54

Around the Network
Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 09 September 2014

Pretty yawn worthy tbh

Its like 1080p on the iphone 6 plus... Welcome to the 2013 guys... And the normal iphone 6 doesn't even have that

The Camera is 8mp, granted the lens is better and it does 240 fps but... No 4k then? Which every flagship android phone can do now a days

Idk how long the battery lasts but a lot of android phones have this super low powersaving mode which makes the phone only be able to use basic features such as calling but in tern, lets you have a longer battery. For example, on the Galaxy s5, if you turn on the super low powersaving mode, on 10% battery, it can last 24hours according to Samsung. (Now, 24 hours might not be 100% correct but even lasting 20 hours on 10% battery is crazy although u can only use basic phone features such as calling). And the normal phone usage lasts 20+ hours

1gb of ram vs 3gb on every android flagship phone

So.. Considering the price point of the iphones... Its pretty lolz just like all apple products



                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850

Aerys on 09 September 2014

People are still interested in this thing ?How can you continue to pay for this when you have a OnePlus One for 300$ ?

Seriously, some people like to throw money away



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

highwayuni on 09 September 2014

As someone who loves Apple products (I just bought a Macbook last week for university and I adore it and I also have an iPhone 5, iPad Air and a few iPod(s)) I am really disappointed with it.

The back design of the actual thing is horrible and the camera is STILL 8MP. iPhone pictures do look good when on the device but the S5's camera is amazing when you blow it up. I really thought that they would have upgraded the iPhone camera technology instead of cheaping out on it. It's really underwhelming.

The battery life sounds good though. 



daredevil.shark on 09 September 2014

This recent design looks great.



Around the Network
prayformojo on 09 September 2014

Looks good apart from the 1GB of RAM (way too freakin' small), 16GB HDD (again, are you kidding me? Should have been 32GB) and the price point. An extra $100.00? That's robbery.

Apart from that, it's pretty cool. Samsung has to be pissing their pants because the majority of their sales were in large part because of the screen size of their phones. Now that iPhone joined the party, there's going to a mass exodus.



prayformojo on 09 September 2014
highwayuni said:

As someone who loves Apple products (I just bought a Macbook last week for university and I adore it and I also have an iPhone 5, iPad Air and a few iPod(s)) I am really disappointed with it.

The back design of the actual thing is horrible and the camera is STILL 8MP. iPhone pictures do look good when on the device but the S5's camera is amazing when you blow it up. I really thought that they would have upgraded the iPhone camera technology instead of cheaping out on it. It's really underwhelming.

The battery life sounds good though. 

I have a feeling iPhone 6s is going to be the phone you're looking for.



MoHasanie on 09 September 2014
prayformojo said:

Looks good apart from the 1GB of RAM (was too freakin' small), 16GB HDD (again, are you kidding me? Should have been 32GB) and the price point. An extra $100.00? That's robbery.

Apart from that, it's pretty cool. Samsung has to be pissing their pants because the majority of their sales were in large part because of the screen size of their phones. Now that iPhone joined the party, there's going to a mass exodus.

Yeah. Maybe Samsung will respond with 7inch phones.



    

NNID: FrequentFlyer54

Aerys on 09 September 2014

OnePlus One : 64Gb, 3GB of Ram. 300$



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

highwayuni on 09 September 2014
prayformojo said:
highwayuni said:

As someone who loves Apple products (I just bought a Macbook last week for university and I adore it and I also have an iPhone 5, iPad Air and a few iPod(s)) I am really disappointed with it.

The back design of the actual thing is horrible and the camera is STILL 8MP. iPhone pictures do look good when on the device but the S5's camera is amazing when you blow it up. I really thought that they would have upgraded the iPhone camera technology instead of cheaping out on it. It's really underwhelming.

The battery life sounds good though. 

I have a feeling iPhone 6s is going to be the phone you're looking for.


Maybe. The quality and reliability of Apple products is what has kept me onto them but they have really been lacking in the innovation department for way too long now.