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Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus comes with larger displays and new , thinner designs






The iPhone marque has been around to become a household name , the smartphone lineup has gone through a few display changes over the years , but today , Apple has basically gone gone through a complete metamorphosis which now allows Apple to tackle the large screen Android "problem" with their own large screen smartphones , introducing the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus , these two smartphones bring a end to the small display problem that was once the pun of many companies . The two phones ,which both share a common design format , are much thinner (see below) than the previous iPhone 5S and is much faster and sharper thanks to their improved displays and 1.3 million apps , which are now said to scale well to the new display sizes . The 2 devices are said to have GPU's that are 50% better at graphics and 20% faster thanks to its new A8 -64Bit Soc . Apple also announced a new NFC payment system called Apple Pay that works by the system of  tap-and go . The iPhone 6 and the 6 plus were launched along side the Apple Watch "smartwatch" at today's event







Apple iPhone 6  - This is the 4.7" variant of the iPhone 6 family , the phone is also the "basic" model of the duo ,which means that some features are absent . The main absent features include the omission of OIS (optical image stabilization) and a smaller 4.7" 1334 x 750 resolution IPS display . 

Display - 1334 x 750 (4.7" iPhone 6)   IPS panel 326ppi , Gorilla Glass 3 protection

OS - iOS 8 (out of the box)

Design - Unibody smartphone  138.2 x 67.1 x 6.9 mm ,129g

Connectivity - Nano sim , multi band GSM ,multi Band LTE(support for 20 LTE Bands) , LTE cat 6(150 m/bits) ,Voice over LTE (VoLTE) ,Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n,ac DLNA,Bluetooth 4.1 , GPS + Glonass ,NFC for Apple pay payments 

Processor - Apple A8 64bit Soc +Apple M8 motion processor ,20nm design 

GPU - PowerVR GX6650 ?

Ram - 1GB

Storage - 16/64/128 GB non expandable

Camera(s) - 8MP ,improved sensor micro 1.5ths , f2.2 digital image stabilization ,dual tone LED flash , Panaroma ,HDR , 1080p recording at 60fps ,Slow motion video at 120 fps 
                   - 1.2MP front facing camera ,720p recording 

Battery - 1800 mAh non removable (14hrs usage , 240 hrs standby)

Other - Available in Space Grey , Gold and Silver ,Fingerprint sensor 

Price -  Available for Pre-Order from Sep -12 , Available on the 19th , s
            Contract - 16GB ($199) ,64GB ($299) ,128GB ($399)


Apple iPhone 6 Plus - At 5.5" ,this is the largest iPhone ever made , the ip6+ , unlike its smaller iPhone 6 brother has a bigger and better display , OIS -optical image stabilization , a larger battery and a new Phablet (large screen phone ) iOS 8 interface thats just on the margin of making this phone the "ipad nano" .

Display - 1920x1080 (5.5" iPhone 6 Plus )   IPS panel 401ppi , Gorilla Glass 3 protection

OS - iOS 8 (out of the box) (Phablet interface) 

Design - Unibody smartphone  158 x 77.7 x 7.1 mm ,172g

Connectivity - Nano sim , multi band GSM ,multi Band LTE(support for 20 LTE Bands) , LTE cat 6(150 m/bits) ,Voice over LTE (VoLTE) ,Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n,ac DLNA,Bluetooth 4.1 , GPS + Glonass ,NFC for Apple pay payments 

Processor - Apple A8 64bit Soc +Apple M8 motion processor ,20nm design 

GPU - PowerVR GX6650 ?

Ram - 1GB

Storage - 16/64/128 GB non expandable

Camera(s) - 8MP ,improved sensor micro 1.5ths , f2.2 digital image stabilization ,dual tone LED flash , Panaroma ,HDR , 1080p recording at 60fps ,Slow motion video at 120 fps 
                   - 1.2MP front facing camera ,720p recording 

Battery - 2915 mAh non removable (24hrs usage , 240 hrs standby)

Other - Available in Space Grey , Gold and Silver ,Fingerprint sensor 

Price -  Available for Pre-Order from Sep -12 , Available on the 19th , s
            Contract - 16GB ($299) ,64GB ($399) ,128GB ($499)


Written By Rakitha for MasHD 

Source - TheVerge liveblog ,  Apple

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