They’re here! Right on cue, Apple has taken the wraps off the iPhone 6 and the gigantic iPhone 6 Plus live on stage at the Flint Center.
Calling the pair “the biggest advancement in the history of iPhone”, Apple boss Tim Cook announced the new iPhones on sacred ground for Apple, the same venue the original Macintosh and the iMac were both launched.
It’s a fitting site: both devices look phenomenal. The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is just 6.8mm thin. The star of the show however has to be the eagerly awaited iPhone 6 Plus, the phablet-sized Apple smartphone fans with big paws have been waiting seven long years for. The 7.1mm thin iPhone 6 Plus meanwhile packs in a vast 5.5-inch 1080p display which Apple has tailored its iOS software to fit, making use of the extra screen space to show more text on screen, more icons and even a dual pane mode in landscape. Running a different keyboard, it’s a halfway house between an iPhone and an iPad mini, and it looks like a real Samsung Galaxy S and Note competitor.
Both devices are powered by Apple’s new 64-bit A8 chip so should run blazingly fast, and Apple claims you’re looking at CPU improvements of up to 25% compared to last year’s models, so even the latest games should run without a hitch. ac Wi-Fi also means faster wireless internet on last year’s models, and that’s all without a hitch in battery life either – in fact, the iPhone 6 Plus’ large size provides a major step up in stamina away from the mains, handling up to 12 hours of non-stop web browsing or 80 hours of audio (compared to the iPhone 6’ 50).
Both blowers are also equipped with an eight megapixel camera on the back, with a new sensor and rapid focusing, as well as panorama software to muster up 43 megapixel scenic vistas and 240fps slow mo video clips. On top of that, the iPhone 6 Plus packs in optical image stabilisation (unlike the 6) for better low light performance.
As you’d expect, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus come running iOS 8 out of the box. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will ship in black, gold and silver, with both models offering a 128GB option for the first time – good news for tune hoarders. UK launch date is set for 19 September, with pre-orders opening on the 12th: the iPhone 6 starts at £539 unlocked for the 16GB model, running to £699 for the 128GB edition, while the iPhone 6 Plus starts at £619 for 16GB and stretches to £789 for the 128GB model.
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