As you all know, the iPhone 6s went on sale in the first countries on September 25. It will arrive in Spain, Mexico and 38 other countries on October 9. The iPhone 6s comes with interesting news, but it also comes with a price € 50 more expensive that can make us rethink your purchase. That said, in this article we will make a comparison between iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 to try to clear all your doubts.
Design and hardware
The new iPhone model is an "S" model, which means that Apple has kept the design as much as he could. The clearest evidence that we have one of the newer models is that the iPhone 6s has the letter 'S' on the back. Logically, if we decide on the rose gold model, anyone who understands the iPhone a bit will know that it is the 6s.
Apple has used 7000 series aluminum in more quantity, but that is not too noticeable beyond that it slips less in the hands. What is noticeable is when we take an iPhone 6s and then an iPhone 6. The new model has a top weight (for the 3D Touch screen), but that is something that is not noticed if we do not compare them between them. The extra tenths of a millimeter that they have both in height, width and thickness are not noticeable with the naked eye, so that we will not be able to identify whether it is one or the other model. The iPhone 6s has one more mic, but the same number of holes at the bottom.
Specifications and performance
The first thing to mention in this regard, logically, is that the iPhone 6 arrived with a 8GHz A1,4 processor and 1GB of RAM and the iPhone 6s arrived with 9GHz A1.8 processor and 2GB of RAM. Although, RAM aside, it does not seem too much, the iPhone 6s has a much higher performance than the previous model. In the benchmarks, the 6s shows a performance of 30-40% higher than the data obtained by the iPhone 6. The 2GB RAM is also noticeable and the applications practically do not restart, something that is especially noticeable in Safari.
Regarding how they move the system, logically, the iPhone 6s also works much better than the 6. Not that the 6 is bad, but the 6s does everything much faster and smoothly, while the 6 has the odd problem in iOS 9, although it is expected that this will be outlined with future updates.
Software
The first thing that comes to mind when talking about the special software of the iPhone 6s are the options of the Touch 3D. The new iPhone model features the latest generation of the pressure recognition system that was first introduced now a year ago alongside the Apple Watch, although the watch uses Force Touch (two pressure levels). With the 3D Touch we have access to two extra options at each touch. On the home screen, we can press a little harder to launch shortcuts, such as taking a selfie or recording a video with the camera or executing an action with the Workflow application. Although developers will still have to get to work to include it in their apps, there are already many applications that have already integrated it.
The limits of 3D Touch will be set by time but, for example, in games we can control the zoom of the screen or the acceleration of a vehicle, all this added to the controls that already existed. It's a whole new world of possibilities.
The iPhone 6s also has the ability to zoom in on recorded videos, Live Photos and Retina Flash (see in the next point).
Camera
One of the outstanding novelties is also the new camera. It has gone from 8 to 12 megapixel, although the size of the pixels has decreased. Apple has included a new sensor with which they promise us that the image will not only not be affected, but will also improve the quality of the images. The initial tests confirm that the quality does not lower the already good quality of the photos of the iPhone 6, to which is added the possibility of enlarging the photos without showing the pixels of the image.
The front camera has gone from 1.2 to 5 megapixel, an increase of more than 400% over the FaceTime camera of the iPhone 6. Everything else remains, but it also adds a software-based flash that they have called retina Flash, who makes use of the screen to illuminate us in low light situations.
Another novelty that comes to us from the hand of the iPhone 6s is the calls live Photos (live photos). When we take a photo and have Live Photos activated, the system will also record the moments before and after taking the capture. Once saved, we can give action to the photos from the reel. This may seem silly, but if I tell you a personal anecdote, you may change your mind: while at parties in my town, I saw my baptism godfather who is the photographer of the area. We were talking in a very festive atmosphere about his camera and I told him to take a picture of him with my brother. When I took the photo, they posed, I took it, and when they came to see it, I took another. I showed them the second photo and they both laughed saying "this is the good one." With Live Photos, all photos will be "the good one."
In addition, the iPhone 6s is capable of recording video in 4K quality. It seems like it doesn't make a lot of sense, but Apple has included the ability to do zoom on recorded videos And the higher the quality, the better it will look when we zoom in. In addition, we can record videos in slow motion in 1080p, but only at 120fps.
Should you buy an iPhone 6s?
The answer is clear to me: It depends on you. Necessary, it is not much less if we have an iPhone 6. The news is an interesting incentive, but they are a luxury without which we can live. If you have an iPhone 5s and spendable money, worth. The operation of iOS 9 in a 5s is not bad, but it works much better in the 6 and borders on the excellence in the iPhone 6s. If to all that we add the options of the 3D Touch and the new camera, the iPhone 5s is far below what the iPhone 6s offers us.
You also have to think about the price, and that is that a 6GB iPhone 16s will be € 50 more expensive than what the iPhone 6 was worth last year. In addition, if we want a model with more storage, the price increases € 110, and not € 100 as it had been until now. The decision is up to each one.
You have left the ID Touch. The one of the 6S is much faster and with wet and sweaty hands it goes perfectly. Nothing to do with the 6. One says it has the 6S of 64 G silver.
Now according to the number 6 does not work, see what marketing does, gentlemen.
You did not say where you bought it, how much it cost you…. fanboy -_-
It is not worth it at all. See the comparison of their cameras. It's all marketing. They did not know what to put, and invented the "3d touch", a huge sale of smoke.
If I have an iPhone 4 they think it is necessary to change it, I have already been with it for 5 years
I think another 5 years you can hold out without being left behind
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I think what you have to do is stop spending your money on drugs, your brain will thank you.
Hello, what are you playing or what are you doing
Ahhhhh! So with an iPhone 6 you can not zoom in the video? Really! Does anyone know if this can be "moved or denounced" Oh my God ... This is already bordering on the limit! Are they trying to fool people or what? The denouncement ... I say it, because I cannot believe that they incorporate that option in the 6s and in the 6 no, it can be done in both and that for me is deception or scam, they intend to sell the new one with that option .. And no implement it in 6? I hallucinate and a lot! Hopefully they don't have even half the sales like last year.
Hello Jose. That zoom is for the videos already recorded, not while we are recording them. I don't know if you are confused or not.
A greeting.