Apple Introduces iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus – Comparison with iPhone 5s

In the course of the expected presentation event organized by the company at the historic Flint Center in Cupertino, Apple has unveiled two new models for the next generation of smartphones: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

In the beginning, there was the iPhone, simply, this was the name of the first smartphone of the bitten apple announced seven years ago. A truly revolutionary device that has laid the foundations for a successful really hard to speculate, whose dimensions have touched the edge of popularity never seen before.

Since then every 12 months, the Californian company shall give new life to its workhorse with, in alternate years, a facelift or a completely new version.

After iPhone we then had the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS updated version; same fate for iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 which are followed iPhone 4S and iPhone 5S. News of the latest round of new smartphone has been the introduction of the iPhone 5C, characterized by a plastic shell of many different colors.

2014 years equal; tradition is then the turn of a new, really, the smartphone version of the bitten apple that has seen the light in these moments that Cupertino. On stage, they did so proudly display two different models of the iPhone, with the display wider than a usual, 4.7″ and 5.5″ length of the diagonal, respectively, for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Too, the last truly pocket-sized device then bows to the will of the market and complicates the lives of normal people (of course, course we talk about budgets.) Even iPhone 5S the resolution changes and goes from 1136×640 pixels to 1334×750 for the new iPhone 6, whereas the iPhone Plus comes with Full HD ( 1920×1080, finally a standard for Apple).

The transition from one resolution to another is in an absolutely transparent to the user in each of the three resolutions available on smartphones, starting from the current iPhone 5S and 5C, to arrive progressively at Full HD (Retina HD) iPhone 6 Plus through The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has 185% more pixels than the 5S, while iPhone 6 4.7″ 38% more than the current generation. Regarding the size, iPhone 6 is 6.8mm, while 6 plus 7.1mm., a few tenths of a millimeter less than the 5S (7.6mm).

The graphical user interface of the iPhone 6 Plus will be a hybrid between that of the Apple smartphone and the iPad, taking advantage of some features such as the division into a column some applications.

iPhone 6 Plus also leverages the visual landscape even in the home screen, like on the iPad. The keyboard is enhanced, the largest model, some shortcuts (for copy and paste) and other key accessories. To use the display with one hand, Apple has introduced a feature called ” reachability ” double-tapping the Home button, the whole screen will be lowered so that it can be achieved easily tops.

Inside we have a smartphone Apple A8 processor has two logical cores, once again compatible with 64bit instruction set. Features that will, according to widespread during the event, a performance improvement that will be around 25%, while keeping unchanged from its performance even after long operating periods, unlike other solutions in the industry.

A8 has an internal 2 billion transistors packed thanks to a 20nm manufacturing process. It is 13% smaller than A7 and is designed to work in unison with Metal, the graphical programming environment of hyper-optimized iOS 8.

In terms of autonomy should be good improvements with the model 4.7″, while it will be iPhone 6 Plus to enjoy more of the benefit incurred. A8 will be accompanied by M8, the new generation of a motion coprocessor. M8 will be able to perceive differences in altitude, and if you’re going by bike or on foot, and will also include a barometer.

SoC will support up to 20 LTE bands at the same time, more than any other smartphone according to Apple, and exploit the technologies of ” carrier aggregation ” to improve the download speed. Supported protocol also Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Wi-Fi calling, which logically should be compatible with your service provider.

The camera will use a new 8 MP sensor with pixel 1,5μ True Tone with flash and lens f / 2.2 aperture. Apple developed a chip for image processing using proprietary technologies, which allow a more effective noise reduction and other improvements that will deepen at a later time. The face detection is faster, panoramas from 43MP, 1080p video at 30 or 60fps, while you get up to a maximum of 240fps for the Slo-Mo. Only iPhone 6 Plus will have an optical image stabilizer, whereas for the model 4.7″ will be digital.

	iPhone 6	iPhone 6 Plus	iPhone 5S	iPhone 5C
Native OS	iOS 8		iOS 7
Last OS available	iOS 8		iOS 8 from 17 September
CPU	Apple A8 64-bit + M8		Apple A7 + M7 64-bit Dual-core 1.3 GHz	Apple A6 Dual-core 1.3 GHz
RAM	N/A		1 GB LPDDR3	1 GB LPDDR2
Display	4.7″ LCD IPS Retina	5.5″ LCD IPS Retina HD	4″ IPS LCD Retina
Resolution	1334×750 px	1920×1080 px	1136×640
Density of pixel	326 PPI	401 PPI	326 PPI
Storage	16/64/128 GB		16/32/64 GB	8/16 GB
Front Camera	1,2MP BSI HDR automatic Burst		1,2MP pixels from 1,9μm
Rear Camera	8MP pixel 1,5μm TrueTone LED Flash Video Full HD 60 fps HD Video 240fps Video HDR Digital image stabilization	8MP pixel 1,5μm TrueTone LED Flash Video Full HD 60 fps HD Video 240fps Video HDR Optical Stabilization	8MP pixel 1,5μm TrueTone LED Flash Video Full HD Video HD 120fps	8MP pixel 1,4μm Flash LED Full HD Video
Mobile network	Up to 150Mbps LTE (up to 20 bands)VoLTEcalls Wi-Fi		Up to LTE
Wi-Fi	802.11 b / g / n / ac		802.11 b / g / n
Bluetooth	4.0
Sensors	Accelerometer Proximity Gyroscope Ambient Light GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS Touch ID Barometer		Accelerometer Proximity Gyroscope Ambient Light GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS Touch ID	Accelerometer Proximity Gyroscope Ambient Light GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Battery	N/A	N/A	1560 mAh	1507 mAh
Dimensions	138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm	158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1 mm	123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm	124.4 x 58.6 x 8.97 mm
Weight	129 g	172 g	112 g	132 g
Prices ( Unlocked )	16 GB: $ 649 64GB: $ 749 128 GB: $ 849	16 GB: $ 749 64GB: $ 849 128 GB: $ 949	16 GB: $ 549 32GB: $ 599	8 GB: $ 450

The most visible changes are in appearance of the device. The aluminum remains the most common material used in the body but change forms, much more rounded and, of course, the dimensions, directly affected by the extent of the display.

The design is reminiscent of previous models but still offers a good degree of change, as indeed might be expected from a completely new model. We find bands in plastic that characterized the first few fragments of the frame; inserts necessary to allow better reception by antennas that are surrounded by aluminum only provided services definitely worse. The rear logo in stainless steel (no Liquidmetal).

In the front are still Sensor fingerprint recognition, more integrated into the central button to return to the home. We would have expected perhaps a less bulky frame regarding the display, in favor of smaller size in relation to the enlargement of the display.

Even the physical layout of the keys is unchanged with the key on and off in the upper part of the terminal, headphone jack and connector lightining in the frame completely opposite and keyboard volume controls and switches for selecting the mode on the spooky. Remains on the right side of the sled also for the insertion of the nano-SIM.

The operating system of dowry is obviously iOS 8, already presented at the WWDC held last June. The group will consist of Apple devices then iPhone 5C, free under contract for two years in 8GB version; iPhone 5S, starting at $ 99 in the contract; iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus which will cost $ 199 and $ 299 respectively under contract.

The two models will be available in three variants, 16GB, 64GB and 128GB, each with an increase of $ 100 on the price of the previous version. It is abandoned the 32GB model, which leaves space for the 128GB. The new devices will be available starting September 19 in the United States, and can be preordered starting this Friday.