At long last, Apple has pulled the wraps off its latest generation of products at the Flint Centre in Cupertino, California, where the original Mac was revealed 30 years ago. We’re here on the ground reporting on all the action, starting with the iPhone 6.
iPhone 6 times two
Following the Android driven trend of larger mobile phone displays, Apple has released two new models, both of which are larger, and thinner, than previous iPhones.
There’s a 4.7 inch model, called the iPhone 6, and a larger 5.5 inch ‘phablet’ sized unit called the iPhone 6 Plus.
The iPhone 6’s larger screens mean that more pixels can be crammed into each. New resolutions are 1334 x 750 (326 ppi) for the iPhone 6, and full HD 1920 x 1080 (over 400ppi) for the iPhone 6 Plus.
This new size gels nicely with existing apps because it’s easy for them to ‘scale up’ to the new, more detailed screen resolutions.
From the screens we’ve seen, the scaling looks very sharp.
While many were expecting to see an ultra-hard sapphire screen coating, Apple has gone with an ion-hardened glass, and an IPS screen.
Both phones have adopted a similar design style to the iPad Air, with rounded and tapered edges, sleek, uninterrupted lines, pill-shaped volume buttons and thick antenna bands.
Also new is an embossed Apple logo, and the power button has been moved to the right-hand side of the device making it easier to reach with your thumb.
Dimensions are 138mm long x 66mm wide for the iPhone 6, and 158mm x 78mm for the 5.5 inch model. Overall, the new models are thinner than the 7.6mm of the iPhone 5, with the 6 being 6.9mm and the 6 Plus measuring 7.1mm.
Weight-wise, the iPhone 6 weighs 129 grams, with its bigger brother weighting in at 172 grams.
after reading about the cost of iphones in the USA i cannot believe people here would pay what they do in the states the 6 starts at $199 and the 6plus is $299, here they are $869 and $999 so wow how about that for a ripoff are they worth that much extra iphone devotees must think so.
If I recall, the $199 and $299 prices in America weren’t outright prices, but rather with a phone contract, so you can’t exactly compare them.
yeah i saw that looked up and saw the 6 was $649 outright for 16gig and 6plus saw the outright price cant remember it and no i know apples phones are good tech i bought the 3s outright years ago the thing that annoyed about apple is you have to use everything apple the bluetooth i had at the time couldn’t use it and i like to have the choice to use what i want to so that is why i will stick with win phones android is everywhere so it didn’t grab me so no i am not ranting at apple as such its all about choice for me.