iPhone Guru: Apple debuts iPhone 6s + iPhone 6s Plus

Following months of rumors, Apple today officially unveiled the 4.7″-screened iPhone 6s and 5.5″-screened iPhone 6s Plus, the “S”-series sequels to last year’s hugely successful iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus — billed by Apple as the most popular iPhones ever. Preserving their predecessors’ physical sizes and glass-and-metal industrial designs, the new models have been updated with a collection of enhancements, including animated wallpapers, a rose gold color, and more.

Rose gold aluminum finish, an Apple custom 7000-series aluminum, added to the other three prior colors.
Brand new glass, billed by Apple as using a “dual ion-exchange process.”
3D Touch, force-sensing technology that adds new gestures “peek” and “pop,” which bring up modal windows and things hidden under panes. This works everywhere from the Home screen to within apps, and provides tactile feedback for touch interactions. You can open an email message with a “peek” to show a window rather than going all the way in, or press more to see the entire message in full screen. Or open the front camera directly from the Home screen rather than defaulting to the rear camera.
New Taptic Engine that’s apparently faster than the Apple Watch one, capable of running for mini-taps running 10ms and full taps at 15ms.

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As this story continues to develop, catch up on all of our prior iPhone 6s coverage here.

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