Apple announces the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

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Apple has taken the wraps off the iPhone 6 and its larger sibling, the iPhone 6 Plus, after months of speculation and rumors.

The iPhone 6 is the 4.7-inch variant while the iPhone 6 Plus features a big 5.5-inch screen. Both the devices will ship with iOS 8 and will be available starting September 19 in select launch markets. The smartphone was earlier rumoured to be known as iPhone 6L owing to its larger screen.


Apple also announced the smaller iPhone 6 with a 4.7-inch screen as well. The internal specifications on the Plus are slightly better than the regular version. The Retina HD screen on the iPhone 6, packs a resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels and is protected by ion-strengthened glass. The smartphone is just 6.9 mm thick.

The resolution on the iPhone 6 Plus is 1920x1080 and the thickness of the device is 7.1mm, even though it has a large overall size.

Both the newly announced iPhones feature an 8 megapixel iSight camera. Only the larger 6 Plus features optical image stabilization (with a 'floating lens' to compensate for shaking hands or other motion blur); the smaller iPhone 6 features 'digital' image stabilization which relies on software trickery to perform a similar trick. Both cameras can record 1080p video at 30fps or 60fps, and slow-motion video at 120fps or 240fps.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus feature a 64-bit Apple A8 chip built on a 20nm manufacturing process, which the company has claimed, offers 25% more CPU power and 50% more GPU power. The devices support 20 LTE bands and would work with majority of networks worldwide.

Apple says that its new devices are "the best phones ever made", and it has priced them accordingly. On a two-year contract, they will be priced as follows:

iPhone 6

$199 for 16GB
$299 for 64GB
$399 for 128GB
iPhone 6 Plus

$299 for 16GB
$399 for 64GB
$499 for 128GB
The iPhone 5s will live on, with prices starting at $99, while the iPhone 5c will remain only in its 8GB form, and will be free on a two-year plan. The new iPhones will be available in the US from September 19th, with pre-orders beginning on September 12. By the end of the year, they will be available in 115 markets worldwide.



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OPPosted:

$128 GB Phone? That is crazy! I may have too look into getting that because that has changed my mind on this.

HippieSabotagePosted:

I thiink i might be upgrading to the 6 i like it but i dont think they should of made a 6 plus too big and it doesnt look good.

tellPosted:

Watched the live stream today and the phones looked really nice, especially the 6+ but that thing is big! Don't really see why you would want that big of a screen. But that is my opinion.

AR15Posted:

I think that they did well with this phone and the price is $100 cheaper than I thought that it was going to be. They are going down in price by $100 or so since the last installment of iPhones which is always nice for the consumers.

CraigPosted:

The 5S looks a lot better than this, but the 6 has some pretty nice features.

GossipPosted:

Not a big fan of the phone itself. If they made the iPhone 6 design was based on the 5S then Id be fine with it.

EstablishPosted:

The Nexus 4 had all of this... and it was released in 2012.

nostrilPosted:

The 6+ looks nice. I like bigger phones.

I have a S3 so I might be getting this.

AchePosted:

I really don't understand why they've made the iPhone's bigger and bigger... The should be getting smaller.

The prices aren't too high, but I still think it's a little too much for something that hasn't changed much.

SIKSPosted:

This new iphone looks pretty nice, i might consider buying the plus model.


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