Overnight, Apple launched the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, which means even as we speak Apple fanboys are chugging Red Bull and frothing online over the new 3D touch feature. The launch confirmed plenty of rumours – like a new rose gold model – and hopefully put an end to Siri’s condensing shit.
The game-changing feature here is the new screen technology called 3D touch, a Force Touch / multi-touch combo that can detect how hard you’re pressing on the screen. Press it lightly to preview an image; press harder to zoom in on certain details / open apps with immediate actions (i.e. the camera app to take photos, the Facebook app to update your status) / and probably a zillion other things you’ll discover once you get your mitts on one.
Processing wise, both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are meant to be the best ~evah~ with the new A9 chip. Apple is many things but modest isn’t one of them:
Buuuuut – for a nation of selfie takers and Snapchatters – it’s all about the camera. It’s not going to disappoint. The new iSight camera has 12 megapixels (50% more than the last model) and can film 4K videos, and the FaceTime camera has been upgraded to 5-megapixels. The future, mates. It’s now.
FYI they sorted that whole ‘iPhone-6-bending-in-your-pocket‘ fiasco: the glass is the same Iron-X from the Apple Watch, and, as the same grade shit they use in the aerospace industry, is supposed to be the strongest in the world.
Pre-orders start September 12, official sales start on September 25, and if they sell out in hours like last year, you’ll probably get yours sometime in October.
iPhone 6S pricing:
16GB: $1079
64GB: $1229
128GB: 1379
iPhone 6S Plus pricing:
16GB: $1229
64GB: $1379
128: $1529
Images: Apple.
