Which one to buy? The lavish iPhone 6s or the cheaper iPhone 6?

With Apple pricing the iPhone 6s at a steep Rs 62,000 for the 16 GB variant in India (even if 16 GB is just not enough today), and going up to a jaw-dropping Rs 92,000 for the iPhone 6s Plus 128 GB, price-conscious Indian customers have a tough choice to make. Do the new 6s and 6s Plus justify their price tags or should prospective iPhone customers wait for prices to fall–which is unlikely to happen soon. Or should they simply go for the year-old iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which come at significantly lower prices?

For instance, the current e-commerce bonanza in India is seeing the iPhone 6 selling for as low as Rs 24,999 after discounts and an exchange offer, a massive difference as compared to the Rs 62,000 price tag on the 6s 16 GB.

Based on a little under a day of using the new iPhone 6s, here’s a quick overview of the some of the notable features of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus and how they stack up against the iPhone 6.

So I'd say according to specs the iPhone 6s is the winner... But considering the price, I'd say only the successful people... Oh I mean only the 6sful people can afford it....
So which one to buy, completely depends on your bank balance, or you could try smuggling it...

Of Course Its faster!

The A9 chip is Apple’s third-gen chip with 64-bit architecture and Apple claims CPU performance is up by close to 70 percent compared to the A8 chip powering the iPhone 6. Graphics performance is reportedly up 90 percent compared to A8. And the M9 motion coprocessor integrated into the A9 chip ensures that Siri is always on. Just say “Hey Siri” for Siri to come alive. But the iPhone 6 is no laggard either on the speed front.

Built tougher

The iPhone 6 faced Bendgate, though admittedly, it wasn’t like every second phone got bent. Apple learnt its lesson though and the 6s and 6s Plus use 7000 Series aluminium alloy, which is blended with Zinc to make it tougher. 7000 Series aluminium is used in the aerospace sector.(Well I copy-pasted that part!)

According to Unbox Therapy’s literal pressure tests, the iPhone 6S chassis is much tougher than the chassis of the 6 --- it didn’t start to bend until exposed to pressure of 80 lbs. The 6 chassis started to bend at 30 lbs of pressure. So, the 6s is clearly far tougher and better built than the 6 and hence it is slightly heavier too.

Futuristic 3D Touch

3D Touch is perhaps the coolest feature on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. The original iPhone borrowed gestures like pinch and zoom, but now has broken ahead of the pack by introducing Peek and Pop. The iPhone 6s senses how much pressure is applied to screen and it responds with subtle feedback. So not only will you see the results of a press on the screen—you will actually feel it.

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Pressing an icon brings that icon into focus while the background becomes hazy and you can select the sub-menu from the home screen itself. For instance, by pressing the camera icon, you get options like Take Selfie, Record Video, Record slo-mo or Take Photo. Conceptually, it’s a bit like clicking on the right button of a mouse. In a mailbox, it can definitely improve productivity because a push will get you a peek into an e-mail and options like Archive or marking it unread, and a further push will actually take you into that email. The Peek part gives you a look and you don’t need to click back to go back to the mailbox, thus eliminating an action and improving productivity.

Some app developers like Instagram have already started leveraging 3D Touch–no more clicking on a photo and clicking back to go back to the previous screen. It makes for a noticeable and welcome UI enhancement in games too and many, many iOS developers will leverage 3D Touch in the coming months.

From the perspective of future iPhones, 3D Touch is a big milestone on the way to an iPhone without the home button. But that’s perhaps a generation or two away. From the apps perspective 3D Touch will start making an increasing impact, but for the immediate future if your iPhone doesn’t have 3D Touch you would perhaps just miss the coolest futuristic tech on an iPhone in the recent past.

Live Photos

Falling somewhere in between a still image and a video, Live Photos–on by default–is about the iPhone 6s capturing a photo but also 1.5 seconds of video before and after with sound. Click on a Live Photo and it comes to life. File size is around twice of a regular photo but Live Photos is a superb addition and is perhaps a step towards the journey where we may not have still images shot as a still anymore but always as part of a video. You can view Live Photos on any iOS device running iOS 9, but to create one, you need an iPhone 6s. And apps like Facebook may soon enable playback of Live Photos too increasing its reach. Thanks to Apple’s market penetration, expect Live Photos to become a big trend soon.

Camera

The camera is bumped up from 8 MP on the iPhone 6 to a new 12 MP sensor with new pixel technology on the 6s. Apple claims that its new image signal processor on the iPhone 6s works with iOS 9 to provide far better pictures. Front camera has been bumped up to 5MP from 1.2 MP and includes Retina Flash for better lit selfies—the screen flashes three times brighter than usual, combined with True Tone technology to account for location colour tone and lighting. But DxOMark, an industry standard for camera and lens image quality measurements and ratings, says the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are left behind by seven Android-smartphone cameras, including the Sony Xperia Z5 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy Note 4. The reviewers are blunt, saying, “…those looking to upgrade from the iPhone 6 Plus might not find it (the camera on the 6s and 6s Plus) appreciably compelling.”

What’s great though is 4K video recording (and with optical image stabilisation on the 6s Plus). And the A9 processor makes for some deft video editing using iMovie.

Instantaneous Touch ID

One thing I noticed was the near instantaneous working of TouchID, which integrates a fingerprint scanner into home button and does away with the need for punching in a 4-digit password. Apple made security unobtrusive with TouchID on the iPhone 5s and the 6s takes it one level higher, and it’s definitely another productivity win for Apple.

Battery Life, Won't last you Longer!

While the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus reportedly have slightly lower capacity batteries as compared to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, battery life has been reported to be the same by most reviewers and by Apple too, thanks to software enhancements. So perhaps nothing to worry about there, though bigger is always handier when it comes to battery life.

So I'd say according to specs the iPhone 6s is the winner... But considering the price, I'd say only the successful people... Oh I mean only the 6sful people can afford it....
So which one to buy, completely depends on your bank balance, or you could try smuggling it...

Well its affordable only by the 6Sful people... #TheGud1 https://t.co/qSglPth2Mg

— Bhavish Shah★ (@iamBhavish) October 15, 2015

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iPhone 6s, 6s Plus available for pre-order at over Rs 1 lakh in grey market: Reports

Apple announced its latest flagship smartphones – the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus on 9 September. India wasn’t on the initial list of countries to get the device. Neither have official launch dates for India been released.

However, it is estimated that Apple could launch the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus by Diwali to cash in on the festive season in India. Seizing the opportunity, the grey market in India has begun taking pre-orders.

According to a report in the Economic Times, a mobile store owner at Mumbai’s Heera Panna market said the price of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will be around Rs 1 lakh. Although that seems like an astronomical sum for a smartphone, the grey market would be able to command such prices only for the short duration between the US rollout and the launch in India.

The report adds that the iPhone 6s would sell at an average selling price between Rs 70,000 and Rs 80,000. The iPhone 6s Plus would selling at an average price between Rs 80,000 and Rs 90,000. The Rose Gold edition of the device seems to come at an added premium of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000.

If you believe that’s a high sum, consider that the prices rise even higher in China’s grey market. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, “The asking price for a 16 GB iPhone 6S (as the new model is expected to be called) is between 8,900 and 9,250 yuan (US$1,300-1,450) while prices for larger-screen 128 GB iPhone 6S Plus ran as high as 21,000 yuan (US$3,300).” $3300 works to approximately Rs 2,20,000!

TheNational reports that the latest iPhones would hit the UAE grey markets within 2 weeks. Quoting a retailer in Abu Dhabi, the report says, “People have been asking when we’re going to sell the iPhone 6S for at least the past 10 days. I expect we will get it a day or two after it becomes available in the UK and the US.”

The report adds that last year the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sold for a premium of over Dh 1,000 (Rs 18,000) on the retail selling price.

While reports emerge that premium smartphones continue to witness a dip in sales, the sky rocketing prices commanded by these devices in the unregulated market suggests the high level of interest in them.

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Apple’s iPhone event may be held on September 9; expect iPhone 6s models, Apple TV and iPad Pro

It is known that Apple is likely to launch its next iPhone in September, and now the latest news brings the probable dates too. Citing sources related to the matter, BuzzFeed News reveals the next Apple event, wherein the company will unveil its next-gen iPhones, is slated for the week of September 7 and the most probably on September 9.

It should be noted that the company had launched its iPhone 6 models last year on the same date. Going by the reports, Apple plans to launch the new devices dubbed iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus phablet this year. These will be the successors to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, respectively. Besides, the company is also expected to launch the iPhone 6C.

According to a previous report by Digitimes, the iPhone 6C will use a polycarbonate construction — like the colorful iPhone 5C — and will run a less potent processor. However the biggest difference is that it will boast a smaller, 4-inch display rather than the 4.7-inch screen on the current iPhone 6. The production of Apple’s larger iPad Pro was to start last year. However, it was delayed due to excessive demand for the iPhone 6 Plus.

Despite lower specifications, the new handset, expected to be unveiled in September, will reportedly have a fingerprint scanner and will support the Apple Pay digital payments platform.

An earlier report also said that Apple has secured a new patent which will give future iPhones the ability to shoot even better images and deliver high-quality colours.

According to Apple Insider, the company has been a granted a patent for a ‘digital camera with light splitter’ which will allow Apple to embed a three-sensor prism-based camera module within the chassis of a thin wireless device, like the iPhone.

Besides the iPhone 6S models, the company is also expected to launch the long-time rumoured and much talked about 12.9-inch iPad dubbed iPad Pro. The large ‘12.9-inch iPad’first hit headlines way back in 2013. Earlier this year, reports claimed that Apple will delay the start of production on the larger iPad Pro until around September due to problems involving the display panel supply.

The list of new products to be launched at the September event also includes the new Apple TV. Reports earlier this month hinted at Apple’s talks with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox ‘rapidly gaining momentum. The company had earlier planned to launch the Apple TV at WWDC. However, the plans were canned as Apple didn’t want to take away the focus from its new OS or Music streaming service.

With the new product, we may see design changes as well as internal improvements. The all-new Apple TV will bring changes to the device such as App Store, voice control with Siri, and an improved remote with a touch pad. The new box is said to be slimmer and will come improved speed.

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