![]() The iPhone 6S's battery's size might have dropped from its predecessor's 1,810mAh to 1,715mAh, but amazingly you won't feel the cutbacks. The M9 co-processor is now always running, too, helping Siri listen out for your commands in conversation without the need for those awkward first date-like button presses.īattery life is unlikely to give you grief, though. The A9 chip offers more power than you're likely to need, taking us from firing off work emails to a serious 3D gaming session without breaking sweat. While it may lack the raw specs grunt of many of its Android rivals, what it has instead is a harmonious, efficient collaboration of hardware and software that maximises the potential of each and every component. ![]() Indeed, outside of 3D Touch, the phone toes the line of expected improvements without ever really pushing into uncharted territory. IPhone 6S Features and Performance: Incrementally yoursĪs we've come to expect from Apple's 'S'-suffixed handsets, the iPhone 6S goes through the traditional checklist of spec bumps rather than leaps: speedier A9 processor, improved connectivity options, enhanced battery life. Switching back to a standard touchscreen display leaves you feeling like you're missing something integral. After a couple of days using the 6S, those long, firm presses become second nature. There is a definite learning curve, and a fine line between a 3D-friendly screen press and a traditional long press that will set your app icons jangling, primed for deleting or relocation, but stick with it and you'll find it a winner. You can even give the 3D Touch display a firm press while tapping out a text or email and your keyboard transforms into a trackpad-style cursor. Previewing emails, checking web links from messages, viewing pop-ups of daily calendars - there's dozens of benefits. Home-screen 'Quick Actions' offer shortcuts to apps' most-used functions, but it's within the app that 3D Touch comes into its own. At the time of writing, 3D Touch features are limited to Apple's own-brand apps, but that's about to change, and the benefits are already clear to see. The benefit? Well, it puts contextual layers of information and shortcuts just a single press away rather than half a dozen. Helping add 0.2mm to the phone's waistline - new screen tech has chipped in here, too - the tougher, less flexible metal has seen the handset grow to 7.1mm thick and 143g in weight. In an apparent bid to avoid a repeat of last year's 'Bendgate' dramas, the iPhone 6S has been placed on an anti-Atkins diet, adopting a new, Apple Watch-inspired Series 7000 aluminium build. The 6S isn't without a few subtle differences, although initially they're probably not those you were hoping for: it's fatter, heavier and, well, pinker (if you go for the 'rose gold' over the gold/silver/grey colourways, that is). ![]() OK, so there's no major visual overhaul this year, but when the iPhone 6 was arguably already the best looking handset on the market, that's not necessarily a bad thing. IPhone 6S Design: Well, this looks familiar… Instead, there's a polishing of an already hugely impressive collection of components, some nice new software tweaks and the dawn of a new screen tech that you'll begin to love when you least expect it. There's no groundbreaking new look or 'how did we live without that?!' new features, but then that's not really Apple's style nowadays, as it turns into a 'greatest hits' compiler par excellence. Building on the strong foundations of last year's iPhone 6, this smaller sibling to the iPhone 6S Plus adds just enough improvements to stave off the rising Android onslaught, making the firm's best a fair amount better. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to playĪpple's iPhone 6S is very much a case of smartphone evolution, not revolution.
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