The competitors to the Samsung Galaxy S6/Galaxy S6 Edge/Galaxy S6 Edge+/ Galaxy Note 5 have been revealed: the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus!
The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are 90% faster in terms of graphics and 70% faster in terms of CPU power compared to the previous iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus.
The new 12MP rear-facing camera and 5MP front-facing camera are huge upgrades over the 8MP/1.2MP cameras of the iPhone 6, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5, iPhone 4s and iPhone 4. Seriously, this is the FIRST time Apple has actually upgraded the camera hardware in like 5 years.
Very importantly also, the battery life is rumored to be about 2X that of the iPhone 6.
I think this represents the biggest hardware upgrade that Apple has ever done. The iPhone 6 was just a form factor change from the iPhone 5s. The iPhone 6s is a HUGE upgrade over the iPhone 6 in terms of hardware.
The specs themselves should be taken with a grain of salt. For example, the 12MP camera on the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, despite having a relatively lower resolution compared to most new phones, will be one of the best cameras on the market, 100%. To be honest, 16MP is probably the maximum MP count anyone would need. >16MP is overkill and many phone cameras with high MP counts usually have poor sensor quality. Currently, the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge/Note 5/S6 Edge+ have the best cameras in the smartphone market to date. The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will probably come near or match the image quality of these cameras. Also, the 2K Super AMOLED displays of the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge/Note 5/Galaxy S6 Edge+ lineup are still the best displays on the market according to DisplayMate. Not sure if the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus can beat them, and most likely they can't because the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus lack the 2K resolution. However, they will undoubtedly be of much higher quality compared to the last generation iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
One thing is for sure though, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will be the smoothest phones (in terms of speed and performance) on the market. iOS has Android beat when it comes to software optimization, at least for now. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have some lag that I noticed, especially with Google Maps and Internet web browsing. The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus should solve these issues with the superior A9 processor which utilizes 14nm architecture. The new DDR4 RAM modules will also be a huge boost to bootup speeds, app launch speeds and overall performance.
Eh, we'll see what Google has in store for Nexus series that and everything from Music, TV, and Movies for me is on Android.
Not to get to OT but was disappointed with the unveiling of the Apple TV thought it was supposed to appeal to cord cutters etc. Saw no evidence of that. TV networks must be really hesitant about it.
just cracked the screen on my HTC one M7 and will be keeping on eye on the 6S. Other phones I'm keeping an eye on will be the: oneplus two, xperia z5 and the new nexus 5!
Premium phones under 5 inches are so rare these days and that just might be enough to convert myself to my first iphone.
On September 10 2015 09:35 CorsairHero wrote: just cracked the screen on my HTC one M7 and will be keeping on eye on the 6S. Other phones I'm keeping an eye on will be the: oneplus two, xperia z5 and the new nexus 5!
Premium phones under 5 inches are so rare these days and that just might be enough to convert myself to my first iphone.
Honestly, out of the options you've listed, the iPhone 6s would be the best choice.
If it has to be Android, the Nexus 5X seems to be most promising, along with the Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge/Note 5/S6 Edge+.
Thousands of iPhone 6 users claim they have been left holding almost worthless phones because Apple’s latest operating system permanently disables the handset if it detects that a repair has been carried out by a non-Apple technician.
Relatively few people outside the tech world are aware of the so-called “error 53” problem, but if it happens to you you’ll know about it. And according to one specialist journalist, it “will kill your iPhone”.
The issue appears to affect handsets where the home button, which has touch ID fingerprint recognition built-in, has been repaired by a “non-official” company or individual. It has also reportedly affected customers whose phone has been damaged but who have been able to carry on using it without the need for a repair.
But the problem only comes to light when the latest version of Apple’s iPhone software, iOS 9, is installed. Indeed, the phone may have been working perfectly for weeks or months since a repair or being damaged.
After installation a growing number of people have watched in horror as their phone, which may well have cost them £500-plus, is rendered useless. Any photos or other data held on the handset is lost – and irretrievable.
Tech experts claim Apple knows all about the problem but has done nothing to warn users that their phone will be “bricked” (ie, rendered as technologically useful as a brick) if they install the iOS upgrade.
Wow, that's huge. I loved my iPhone 4s but I quit Apple all together when my wifi button turned gray after a iOs update. I'm not into conspiracies but boy, that was too strange.
Yeah the new mobile phone market kind of died for me after nothing has changed with them of note in the last 12-18 months. There is a million different phones to get and my Samsung S5 of 2 years old does nothing less than the new S7 released 1 month ago.
My Iphone 5S almost shat it self terminally today. Wouldn't even do a factory reset. It's now wiped but I don't have high hopes it's not the hardware. My 4S fried itself after an update on a hot day. Next phone will be a cheap older one that is not apple.
On March 22 2016 05:29 Pandemona wrote: Yeah the new mobile phone market kind of died for me after nothing has changed with them of note in the last 12-18 months. There is a million different phones to get and my Samsung S5 of 2 years old does nothing less than the new S7 released 1 month ago.
Oh well TT
Yeah, not sure what else a phone could do now or in the near future that is so radically better or different anymore. I suspect that phone replacement cycles will lengthen dramatically and eventually come to mirror that of computers (i.e. 3-4 years or more).
I've got an iPhone 6S, love it, but probably won't replace it for a good long time.
I would imagine an insane amount of R&D would be going into Smartwatch technology to somehow and one day replace the cell phone. Instead all it does it offer email, music, texts, and calls (I think). WHat about real time maps, voice commands, and even something radical like bloodless glucose testing or something?
Two years, four years, 13 years, 18 years—with bad news piling up for Apple investors, the historical analogies keep getting stretched back further and further.
Apple shares dropped to $91.85 in mid-day trading on Friday, the lowest they’ve been in nearly two years. The decline also brings the tech giants share to a level they first hit in 2012, meaning all the gains the stock has made in the past four years have been wiped out. The shares recovered a bit during the day and closed at $92.72, still down 0.6% on the day.
Two other business lines, Mac computers and iPad tablets, are also shrinking. And while debate rages over how characterize the performance of Apple’s Watch, no one sees it as replacing the iPhone as the next hit product out of its Cupertino, Calif. headquarters.
In retrospect, much of the iPhone’s growth came in spurts from Apple entering key new markets. In the last two years, the addition of larger iPhone screens and gaining direct access to customers through a partnership with China Mobile, the biggest wireless carrier in the world, goosed sales to extreme levels.
There may not be another untapped market left. The company has targeted India, where its market share is low, but investors are skeptical because of the fractured retailing system for phones there and the extreme poverty in that country.
But another big part of Apple’s current struggles are less numerical and more psychological. As the stock price was rising, Apple triggered alarm bells that have signaled peaks for the stock prices of other large companies over the decades. Apple became the most highly valued public company, was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average index, and set about building a massive–and massively expensive–grand headquarters.
Most recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook and his team have struggled to maintain their credibility with investors. One sore spot was Cook’s recent push to get investors to focus more on the company’s growing services revenue from app sales, movie downloads, and iCloud storage. That may be a legitimate yardstick for Apple, but with all those service revenue still dependent on declining iPhone sales, Cook’s efforts reminded many of similar efforts by other companies with shrinking hardware revenues in the past, like Xerox, to emphasize service revenue.
Removing the ubiquitous and amazing headphone jack, how revolutionary! The answer to a question literally no one asked. Are they trying to send everyone to android or what?