iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus

iPhone 6S in Rose Gold
Codename 12th
Brand Apple Inc.
Slogan

The Only Thing That's Changed is Everything.' Since March 2016 "One powerful phone" [1]

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Generation 9th
Compatible networks GSM, CDMA, 3G, EVDO, HSPA+, LTE, LTE Advanced
First released September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
Units sold 13 million in launch weekend
Predecessor iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
Related iPhone SE
Type
Form factor Slate
Dimensions 6S:
138.3 mm (5.44 in) H
67.1 mm (2.64 in) W
7.1 mm (0.28 in) D
6S Plus:
158.2 mm (6.23 in) H
77.9 mm (3.07 in) W
7.3 mm (0.29 in) D
Weight 6S: 143 g (5.0 oz)
6S Plus: 192 g (6.8 oz)
Operating system Original: iOS 9.0
Current: iOS 9.3.1, released March 31, 2016 (2016-03-31)
System on chip Apple A9
CPU 1.85 GHz dual-core 64-bit ARMv8-A[2][3] "Twister"
GPU PowerVR GT7600 (six-core) [4][5]
Memory 2 GB LPDDR4 RAM[6][7]
Storage 16, 64, or 128 GB SK Hynix TLC NAND connected via NVMe[8]
Battery

6S: 3.82 V 6.55 W·h (1715 mA·h) Li-Po[7][9] 150 min charge time for an average of 8h 15 min use[10]

6S Plus: 3.8 V 10.45 W·h (2750 mA·h) Li-Po[11] 165 min charge time for an average of 9h 11 min use[12]
Display 6S: 4.7 in (120 mm) Retina HD, LED-backlit IPS LCD, 1334 × 750 pixel resolution (326 ppi) with Dual Ion Exchange strengthened glass and 3D Touch
6S Plus: 5.5 in (140 mm) Retina HD, LED-backlit IPS LCD, 1920 × 1080 pixel resolution (401 ppi), 500 cd/m2 max. brightness (typical), with Dual Ion Exchange strengthened glass and 3D Touch
Rear camera Sony Exmor RS 12 MP (1.22 μm), true-tone flash, autofocus, IR filter, Burst mode, f/2.2 aperture, 4K video recording at 30 fps or 1080p at 30 or 60 fps, Slow-motion video (1080p at 120 fps and 720p at 240 fps), Timelapse with stabilization, Panorama (up to 63 megapixels), Facial recognition, Digital image stabilization, Optical image stabilization (6S Plus only)
Front camera 5 MP, Burst mode, f/2.2 aperture, Exposure control, Face detection, Auto-HDR, 720p HD video recording, Retina flash
Sound Mono speaker, 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
Connectivity

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Hearing aid compatibility M3, T4
Website www.apple.com/iphone-6s/

The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus (stylized as iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus) are smartphones designed by Apple Inc. The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are the current flagship devices of the iPhone series and were announced on September 9, 2015, at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco by Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook. The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus jointly serve as successors to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus of 2014.[14]

The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are the performance versions over their respective predecessors, featuring improved hardware specifications, including 3D Touch, a force-sensitive touchscreen; upgraded rear-facing and front-facing cameras; a faster processor; a new chassis made of a stronger 7000 series aluminum alloy;[15] second-generation fingerprint recognition Touch ID; improved LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity; and a new rose gold finish in addition to the space gray, silver, and gold finishes found on the previous models, while maintaining an identical design. The devices ship with iOS 9 preinstalled.

The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus set a new first-weekend sales record, selling 13 million models, up from 10 million for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in the previous year.[16]

History

Before the official unveiling, images of the iPhone 6S were leaked online. Although unofficial, the leaks confirmed several of the phone's features. Some of these leaked features included the iPhone 6S model that has 16 gigabyte storage, a new near-field communication processor, the new rose gold color, and fewer chips compared to the older models of the iPhone.[17]

The Apple's iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus were officially unveiled on September 9, 2015, during a press event named "Hey Siri, give us a hint."[18] at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.[14][19] Preorders for the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus started on September 12, 2015. Both devices became available in stores on September 25, 2015, starting at $199 and $299 on a two-year contract, $649 and $749 off-contract.[20]

Specifications

The hardware design of iPhone 6S is nearly identical to that of iPhone 6, although the chassis is now made of a stronger aluminum first used by the Apple Watch Sport to improve its rigidity.[15] It is available in gold, silver, space gray, and new for the 6S, rose gold-color finishes.[21] iPhone 6S is powered by the Apple A9 system-on-chip, which the company stated is up to 70% faster than Apple A8, and has up to 90% better graphics performance.[21] iPhone 6S has 2 GB of RAM, more than any previous iPhone,[6] and also supports LTE Advanced.[15] The Touch ID sensor on the 6S was also updated, with the new version having improved fingerprint scanning performance over the previous version.[22]

While the capacities of their batteries are slightly lower, Apple rates iPhone 6S and 6S Plus as having the same average battery life as their respective predecessors.[23] The A9 system-on-chip was dual-sourced from TSMC and Samsung. Although it was speculated that the Samsung version had worse battery performance than the TSMC version, multiple independent tests have shown there is no appreciable difference between the two chips.[24][25] Although the device is not promoted as such, the iPhone 6S has a degree of water resistance due to a change to its internal design, which places a silicone seal around components of the logic board to prevent them from being shorted by accidental exposure to water.[26]

Their displays are the same sizes as those of the iPhone 6, coming in 4.7-inch 750p and 5.5-inch 1080p (Plus) sizes. The iPhone 6S features technology known as 3D Touch; sensors are embedded on the screen's backlight layer that measure the firmness of the user's touch input by the distance between it and the glass, allowing the device to distinguish between normal and more forceful touches. 3D Touch is combined with the Taptic Engine vibrator to provide associated haptic feedback.[27] Although it is similar, this is distinct from the Force Touch technology used on the Apple Watch and MacBook, as it is more sensitive and can recognize more levels of touch pressure than Force Touch.[28][29] Due to the hardware needed to implement 3D Touch, the iPhone 6S is heavier than its predecessor.[30]

iPhone 6S features a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera, upgraded from the 8-megapixel unit on previous models, as well as a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It can also record 4K video, as well as 1080p video at 60 frames per second.[31][32]

Another significant upgrade versus the iPhone 6 is that the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus use NVMe to interface with their flash controller which drives some SK Hynix TLC NAND flash memory, resulting in a maximum read speed of 1,840 megabytes per second.[8][33]

Software

iPhone 6S ships with iOS 9; the operating system leverages the 3D Touch hardware to allow the use of new gestures and commands, including "peeking" at content with a light touch and "popping" it into view by pressing harder,[27] and accessing context menus with links to commonly used functions within apps with harder presses on home screen icons.[27] The camera app's "Retina Flash" feature allows the display's brightness to be used as a makeshift flash on images taken with the front camera, while "Live Photos" captures a short video alongside each photo taken.[15][32]

Reception

As an S-model iPhone developing on the previous iPhone 6, reviews noted the limited number of changes. However, reviews generally concluded that the phone was improved on its predecessor, although some noted a lack of improvement in battery life. The Verge described the 6S, in particular the Plus model, as "right now the best phone on the market...There just aren't other companies that can roll out a feature like 3D Touch and make it work in a way that suggests the creation of entirely new interface paradigms, and every other phone maker needs to figure out exactly why Apple's cameras are so consistent before they can really compete." It, like several other reviews, described selling a 16GB model as 'ridiculous' and a poor choice for consumers, especially given the large picture file sizes.[34] The Guardian commented that the phone "has the potential to be the best smaller smartphone on the market, but its short battery life is deeply frustrating" and described the camera as "not leagues ahead of the competition anymore."[35]

The Register praised performance, noting that "we’re now using phones with the performance of current PCs," but described force touch as "just a glorified vibrator" and "no good...it's not binary...and you still don’t know quite what’s going to happen until you try."[36] AnandTech awarded the iPhone 6s and 6s+ its second ever Editor's Choice Gold Award for a phone based largely on the phone's performance and the addition of 3D Touch.[37] An additional topic noted by journalists around the same time has been the better rate of security updates on iPhones compared to Android phones, with 90 percent of Android phones running insecure and outdated versions.[38]

Timeline of models

IPhone SE IPhone 6S IPhone 6S IPhone 6 IPhone 6 IPhone 5S IPhone 5C IPhone 5 IPhone 4S IPhone 4 IPhone 3GS IPhone 3G IPhone (1st generation)
Sources: Apple press release library[39]

References

  1. 1 2 "iPhone 6s". Apple accessdate=2 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "iPhone 6s customer receives her device early, benchmarks show a marked increase in power". iDownloadBlog. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "A9’s CPU: Twister - The Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Review". AnandTech. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "iPhone 6S Review". GSM Arena. October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Apple A9 / PowerVR GT7600". NotebookCheck. September 2015.
  6. 1 2 Cunningham, Andrew (September 14, 2015). "Xcode’s iOS simulator reports 2GB RAM for iPhone 6S, 4GB for iPad Pro". Ars Technica (Condé Nast). Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "iPhone 6s Teardown". iFixit. September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  8. 1 2 Tokar, Les (October 4, 2015). "iPhone 6S Uses NVMe Storage – Performance Determined By Capacity". The SSD Review. p. 1. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Sumram, Husain (September 9, 2015). "Apple's 3D Touch Video Confirms 1715 mAh iPhone 6s Battery". MacRumors. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ Google Nexus 5X battery life test results are out
  11. ↑ Clover, Juli (September 21, 2015). "iPhone 6s Plus Has Smaller 2750mAh Battery". MacRumors. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ iPhone 6s Plus posts excellent battery life, matches the Galaxy Note5 to the minute
  13. 1 2 "iPhone 6s specs". Apple. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  14. 1 2 Rubin, Ben Fox (September 9, 2015). "Apple unveils iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, aiming to tighten grip on high-end smartphones". CNET. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 Moynihan, Tim (September 9, 2015). "You Can't See the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus' Biggest Changes". Wired (Condé Nast). Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ Benner, Katie (September 28, 2015). "Apple iPhone 6s Breaks First-Weekend Sales Record". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Leaked images reveal the inside of Apple’s iPhone 6S". Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  18. ↑ "Apple Events – Special Event September 2015". apple.com.
  19. ↑ Tibken, Shara (August 27, 2015). "Apple will host next iPhone launch Sept. 9". CNET. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  20. ↑ Elliott, Matt (September 11, 2015). "How and when to buy the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus". CNET. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  21. 1 2 Rothman, Wilson (September 9, 2015). "Apple’s iPhone 6S vs iPhone 6: The Key Differences". Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones & Company). Retrieved September 12, 2015.
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  23. ↑ Carnoy, David (September 10, 2015). "One spec Apple didn't improve in iPhone 6S: Battery life". CNET. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  24. ↑ Cunningham, Andrew. "Consumer Reports: "No ‘Chipgate’ problems" with iPhone 6S battery life". Ars Technica. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  25. ↑ "iPhone 6s 'Chipgate' Stirs Battery Fears". PC Magazine. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  26. ↑ "Apple's Clever Tech Makes the iPhone 6s Nearly Waterproof". Wired. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  27. 1 2 3 Tyrangiel, Josh (September 9, 2015). "How Apple Built 3D Touch". Bloomberg News. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  28. ↑ McHugh, Molly (September 9, 2015). "Yes, There Is a Difference Between 3D Touch and Force Touch". Wired (Condé Nast). Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  29. ↑ Bohn, Dieter (September 9, 2015). "iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus: hands-on with 3D Touch and the new cameras". The Verge (Vox Media). Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  30. ↑ D'Orazio, Dante (September 12, 2015). "New aluminum alloy isn't to blame for iPhone 6S weight gain". The Verge (Vox Media). Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  31. ↑ Dent, Steve (September 9, 2015). "Apple's iPhone 6s camera makes a huge leap in quality". Engadget (AOL). Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  32. 1 2 Ho, Joshua (September 9, 2015). "Hands On With the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus". Anandtech (Purch, Inc.). Retrieved September 12, 2015.
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  35. ↑ Gibbs, Samuel. "iPhone 6S review: a very good phone ruined by rubbish battery life". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  36. ↑ Salinger, Tom. "iPhone 6s and 6s Plus: Harder, faster and they'll give you a buzz". The Register. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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  38. ↑ Francis, Hannah. "9-out-of-10 Android phones are insecure". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  39. ↑ Apple Inc. (2004-2016). Press Release Library. Retrieved April 6, 2016.

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