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Posted on 09/09/2014 10:58:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
Apple unveiled the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, an update of its flagship smartphone with larger screens.
“Today we are launching the biggest advancement in the history of the iPhone,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the start of the company’s press event in Cupertino, Calif., where Apple is headquartered.
The iPhone 6 will feature a larger 4.7 inch retina HD screen, while the 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus model also will be offered. The full 1080p HD screen features no borders with glass that covers the entire surface and curves around the edges of the thinner device.
A new camera protrudes a bit out the back. While it has a new sensor, the camera is still 8 megapixels. However, the new camera does a better job of recognizing faces in scenes, and delivers better focus, especially in low light conditions, with the iPhone 6 including digital image stabilization, while the iPhone 6 Plus has optical image stabilization.
An improved video camera also enables slow motion video to be captured at 120 fps or 240 fps.
The iPhone 6 screen will boast over 1 million pixels, the iPhone 6 Plus over 2 million pixels.
The handsets, with faster Wi-Fi built in, also feature a new A8 chip, which makes graphics 84 times faster than the original iPhone. The devices also are 50% more energy efficient, although battery life remains about the same as the more recent iPhone5s. The iPhone 6 Plus, however, features a longer battery, given its larger size.
Still, the A8 chip marks an improvement over previous iPhones, given that it’s 25% faster when it comes to processing power and boasts 50% faster graphics.
Calls can now also be made via Wi-Fi when cell conditions are poor.
Pricing for the iPhone 6 starts at $199 and goes to $399. The iPhone 6 Plus will start at $299, with the highest priced at $499.
The devices, which become available Sept. 19, will come in gold, silver and space gray.
The iPhone 5 continues to perform well for Apple.
The smartphone, introduced in 2012, is still its most popular handset with a 27% share, followed closely by last year’s iPhone 5S, at 25%, according to research firm Localytics.
Yet the update to the iPhone, first launched in 2007, is important to Apple since it represents over half of the company’s revenue.
Analysts already anticipate that the new iPhone 6 models will sell more than 75 million handsets by the end of the year.
While the iPhone essentially created the smartphone revolution, Apple has faced some stiff competition recently from Samsung with its Galaxy line of devices. Amazon, however, has struggled with its Amazon Fire Phone, which the company recently discounted by $200 to 99 cents in order to boost sales.
Apple live streamed the reveal of its new devices and software here from the Flint Performing Arts Center in Cupertino, Calif.
“Today, we have some amazing products to share with you and we think at the end of the day you will agree that this too is a very key day for Apple,” Cook said.
No sapphire screen because apple did not have enough children working in the sapphire mines of Burma.
The watch was a bigger announcement than the phone, as the phone announcement pretty much just confirmed what had been long-rumored. I hope this trend of ever-increasing size stops at some point, because even with large hands, I’m having trouble with single-handed operation on these things.
It’s the non-hardware stuff that’s really important here, though. The new payments system (admittedly, relying on NFC hardware) with buy-in from major banks and retailers, the ability for developers to securely include extensions in other apps, etc., set the stage for a big leap forward on the software side. We’ll only really see the full extent of that after to iOS8 release and time for developers to take full advantage of the new features.
Sapphire is now made in factories.................
lolz
“Apple fan boys must be in ecstasy today, their dead god just drop new mana from heaven!
The reality is, apple is over priced and underpowered. It’s the product for form over function!
But I will admit, it’s really pretty!”
Apple phones are right around the same price as the flagship Samsung phones. One thing I didn’t see mentioned in this thread is that the storage now goes 16/64/128 GB instead of 16/32/64. The NFC payment technology will also be a killer app, as this will bring widespread adoption.
Apple phones are masterpieces of best-of-breed technologies. The sum is greater than the parts. Apple also has a software optimization advantage in targeting such a narrow set of hardware.
Finally, iPhones are the largest selling smartphones, and with a 98% satisfaction rating - the highest of any smartphone - Apple is clearly doing a lot of things right. I see a 6 Plus in my near-immediate future.
“And so, Apple fans mocked the large Samsung phones for years as being unacceptable until Apple has deemed it to be acceptable.”
... there’s “larger” and then there is “BIG!!!!”
Every time I see someone with a huge phone that cries out for it’s own wheeled carrier, I shake my head.
I don’t think anyone knows what the “right” size is yet for tablets or phones. They’re all trying to introduce products and see what is favored.
“Virtually everything we look at has the time one it, including the phone we keep on us at all times. Why WEAR something that displays the time?”
People wear watches for reasons other than telling time. They will pay a lot of money for those reasons.
I know how you could get that way, just finished “Reconquista” a few days ago. Makes me glad the only phone I have is a truly stupid one that is rarely turned on and not carred with me.
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[ Very soon thousands of morons will start standing in line 24 hrs (or more) prior to the release date in hopes of buying a phone that has a few new geegaws on it and that by obtaining one they can be considered ubercool.
It’s no wonder this country is so screwed. ]
Tech one-upmanship has become an opiate for SOME of the masses...
....But not many people.
I’m talking about your average, every day user that really has no need for a watch anymore. In 50 years, the concept of a watch will be somewhat of a novelty item. To me, they already are.(haven’t worn one since I was a child)
Drive a nail in a 2 x 4 and it still makes a call!
I actually bought the iPad because I loved my iPhone 3 but just couldn’t see it well enough so....iPad. The larger iPhone 6 seems like the perfect solution. I carry my iPad around alot. 2 in 1!! Lol
Both cars have Bluetooth that automatically connects tommy phone any almost everywhere else I use the speaker anyway. I think it’s the perfect solution to carrying 2 devices around....which I do alot.
“Dumb Bastards”
—Mom, CEO of MomCorp, purveyor of the EyePhone (now with the Twit Worm) and the new improved EyePhone2.
I want that....iPhone 6 Plus!
No.
That's Impossible.
Apple products are always the Most Innovative and Amazing Thing Ever.
Always.
Buy one ... it will cure BO, halitosis, and zits. It will make you Trendy! And Hip! And With It!!!
Pay no attention to those Koreans!
BWAHAHAHAHAhahahahahaha!
but I like their dramas
That book in particular is enough to turn anybody into a technophobe ...
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