Flint building in his hometown in Cupertino, where the first Macintosh and iMac were first proposed, Apple today introduced its new iPhones: the iPhone. 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
According to CEO Tim Cook is “the greatest advance in the history of the iPhone,” and it can sometimes have a point: there are a lot of new features and improvements under the hood of these devices
Let’s start with it. beginning: the iPhone 6 is a 4.7 inch model, the iPhone 6 Plus measures 5.5 inches in diagonal. Both come in black, silver and gold, and both with a memory size of 16, 64, or 128 GB. As you can see the 32 GB option disappeared, although prices (not yet known in Europe) so to see remained unchanged. More gigabytes for your money so.
The units have an HD retina display, which corresponds to a resolution of 1334 x 750 pixels for the iPhone 6, and 1920 x 1080 pixels for the Plus. The advantage of the new screen, according to Apple? Higher brightness, deeper blacks, better viewing angles, and sharper text. This screen is also curved to the sides of the device increases, which looks both very handsome and useful for all swipe gestures from the side of your screen
The housing also got a nice facelift incidentally.: the sides are now completed and the power button is now on the side. The unit has also become a lot thinner, the iPhone 6 is only 6.9 mm thick, the Plus ticking down to 7.1 mm
Bigger screen, other interface .
The iPhone 6 Plus has a larger screen, and the user interface has been corrected accordingly. There sneak some elements of the iPad version of iOS in the new device: as the Plus have a horizontal (landscape) homescreen and also in some bundled Apple apps – messages, weather, stock, mail came by in the demo – Now you get a side view
The keyboard also got you into that landscape mode some additional keys, including separate buttons for copy and paste
In order to make use of the larger unit with one hand easily Apple introduced in iOS 7 (the current incarnation of the OS) the side swipe to go back and forward, for example in Safari . Premeditated added whole,
Also it added an extra option called reachability .: Double tap the home button and the entire UI display comes down so you can get to the top buttons. Handy if you do not have your hands free.
Apps that are not (yet) adapted to the larger screen of the Plus automatically scales up to what Apple describes as a “desktop class scaler”. On the first slides the results looked good, but the actual quality is obviously seen.
Under the Hood
Design has always been a big part of the Apple have experience, but what counts is what is inside that handsome housing. Also there were two iPhones a boost.
First, Apple’s 64 bit A8 chip, introduced the successor to the A7. Two billion transistors, 13% smaller than its predecessor, a 20% faster CPU and 50% faster graphics:. These chip means business
According to Schiller got that chip also called sustained performance , that way the iPhone at full power can operate without being.
The demo that followed was at once the power of the new chip and the games support the new Metal-engine transfer and the demo game Vain Glory succeeded smashingly. About the actual gameplay, we obviously can not say anything, but the graphics and framerate without exaggerating (previous generation) console level – the images would be so may come from an Xbox 360. On the textures and shading you could see that it was a mobile game, but a very good one.
the battery would also has improved, especially in the larger model. Apple promises 24 hours of 3G talk time for the iPhone 6 Plus, and 14 hours for the smaller unit.
The M8 chip on the previous event was announced was equally emphasized here again. The M8 is the “motion coprocessor” for fitness applications: with a combination of various sensors that chip must be the difference between walking, cycling and walking can make, but also to estimate distances you have traveled. By using a built-in barometer use your iPhone can now estimate height so that the Health app eg monitors how many steps you’ve been up to on a day
You can also call
The iPhone remains a phone, so there was also a few things added to facilitate that. calls First, the LTE was taken in hand: which now has a speed of 150 megabits per second. The iPhone has a whopping 20 above LTE bands, which benefits should come.
Major renovation: the iPhone does now Volte, short for Voice over LTE, a technology that greatly improves the quality of voice calls. For now, it is not yet supported in our area, although there are already running pilot projects.
The wifi was a speed boost and switch to ac standard with 802.11 ac. Residents of the United Kingdom and the United States – at least if they are customers of the right phone provider – can at the launch of the device even enjoy calls over wifi. How fast and how far this function will be expanded is not yet clear, although Schiller claimed to be with different providers in different countries.
Camera
to negotiating good habit got the necessary extra power it. Finally the camera The new 8 MP iSight received include a completely redesigned sensor, which has its effect on performance.
This would allow the focus pixels in which sensor phase detection autofocus must support, a feature which is the better SLRs causes the autofocus quickly responds. When the iPhone that should produce a hefty profit: according to Apple, the iPhone 6 (Plus) almost two times faster focus
Further consequences of this new sensor:. Noise reduction was improved, panoramas can now up to 43 megapixels large and the face (including smile detection and avoidance of closed eyes) works faster. The sensor and lens are not the only elements that make for great photos; also contributes, moreover, the image signal processor in the A8 chip to this.
Extra good news for all photography enthusiasts with an unsteady hand: Apple finally adds image stabilization to its iPhone cameras. However, it is a “digital” (read: software) variant in the iPhone 6; Who wants to optical stabilization, find that only in the iPhone 6 Plus. For selfieliefhebbers is now the front camera equipped with a burst mode.
Video can be recorded from now in 1080p and at 30 or 60 fps. Even when filming you can use the image stabilizer, and a continuous automatic autofocus.
Availability
two new iPhones (and some new covers in silicone or leather) will be available from 19 September in America, including iOS 8; Apple promises a release before the end of this year in 115 other countries, where Belgium and the Netherlands undoubtedly belong. European prices and exact release date at this time not yet published, but we will keep you informed.
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