In other words, the screen flashes like the Mac screen does when you snap a picture with its built-in camera.
The front is 5MP and back is 12, plus it has Retina Flash.
You can now shoot that ‘old’ 1080p at 120fps, and Time-Lapse now has stabilisation, and that’s on both models, not just the Plus, since it’s in software (the Plus still has real, Optical Image Stabilisation for shooting video – the 6s does not).īoth cameras are better. That means shooting at 3840 by 2160 pixels (four times higher than 1080p HD video). The cameras - That front-facing camera is now 12 megapixels, up from 8 (as it has been since the 4s), and if you want to shoot very high definition 4K video, you can – turn that on in Settings>Photos & Camera under Record Video. Exposure has been tweaked better across the board There are inner rubber seals and gaskets in the case and around connectors. This is unchanged from the 6.Īnother change Apple hasn’t even mentioned is better internal water sealing. The displays show 1334×750 pixels on the 6s (4.7 inches) and 1920×1080 on the 6s Plus (5.5 inches). It’s harder and more scratch-resistant than even the 6 glass. No, Apple insists it’s there just because it’s better glass.
There’s the new 700 Series aluminium, but also new glass, which Apple claims is not to handle the extra wear, tear and pressure of the new so-called Force Touch feature which has you now actually pressing onto the glass (of which, more later).
With so much change inside these models, they beg the question: which model cycle should you be on? Typically, people buy a new iPhone when a new ‘number model’ comes out, ie iPhone 5-6-7 – but shouldn’t that be iPhone 5s-6s-7s? Unless, of course, you’re lucky enough to be able to splash on every new iPhone that emerges.ĭifferences - The differences with the iPhone 6s start with the case. The new material offers new colours in fact I suspect the new pink one – sorry, ‘Rose Gold’ – is partly so popular because that’s the only obvious way someone else, at a glance, might notice you’ve got a 6s rather than a 6. The only clear difference to the hand is slightly more heft and a different feel thanks to the new aluminium shells (aerospace-grade 7000 Series aluminium). But it’s virtually indistinguishable (left) from the 6, and the 6s Plus is virtually indistinguishable from the 6 Plus. The new iPhone 6s adds more than usual for an intermediate model (although I doubt Apple would refer to the 6s as an ‘intermediate’). In other words: it looks the same, but it’s better.Ĭonsiderably better. There was often a tweaked version of a Mac before its model was replaced – a slightly faster CPU, more RAM out of the box and so forth. The model conundrum -Apple has introduced intermediate models of iPhone since the 3G, with the better-specced 3GS being sold alongside it – the GS of 2009 had a faster 600MHz processor (the 3G was 412MHz), better screen, better camera …Īpple has a long history of making ‘best-of-breeds’. The new cameras are great, but 3D Touch might be the best reason to get a 6s.