Personal prediction: What will we see in today's keynote?

Before you continue reading this article I must warn you, I am going to venture into what they call "predictions" to see if I can get all of them right or at least check how many hits (or if everything fails), let's do a little what Ming does -Chi Kuo from KGI, but in our way, yes, this article is about my personal predictions, At no time should you think that what I say here is confirmed (although I am going to base a lot on the rumors that we have been giving you so the shots probably do not go too far).

So combining what I expect from Apple, what logic tells me and what rumors tell us, I'm going to jump right into doing it. a list of the products that I hope to see today, and I will even add the ones that I hope not to see and an explanation of why.

I'm not going to complicate you much, without further ado let's prediction list:

iPhone 6s and 6s Plus

This is perhaps one of the things that we can exclude from the concept 'prediction', which Apple is launching two new iPhone models today It is an open secret, yes, the mystery that torments us all is ... What will they have again? Well, these are my predictions.

Force Touch screen

One of the main novelties of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus is going to be a new way of interacting with our smartphone, add one more dimension to our touch screen It will allow us to interact with our device in a much more productive way, and I am not exaggerating, we are even talking about 2 new dimensions of interaction thanks to Force Touch technology (or 3D Touch according to rumors, something that I see all the sense in the world since the dimension that we add to the screens would be the third).

This new technology that has been vulgarly copied by Huawei (if copying can be considered in a desperate attempt to get the market's attention) will be a before and after in the smartphone industry (How long will Samsung take to get something similar?), With what Apple presents more tools that are given to developers, users of current iPhones will see how their productivity and interaction capacity is eclipsed by the advancement of the technology, remember these words and save yourself the hate until after a while, you will see how it is a point that will make a difference.

Improved performance

You will think, well, yes, it is logical to think that the performance of the new iPhones will improve, But what sense would it make? But the question is, how is it going to improve this performance?

Let's see, my prediction based on rumors and Apple's trajectory with iOS 9 is that new devices will see the number of chips inside them reduced, this will increase the efficiency of the device by doing the same or more at a lower cost, the A9 chip will also focus on improving performance, but will focus more on improving efficiency, we have reached a point where the processor of our iPhone can with what they throw at it, 64-bit architecture presented alongside the A7 has allowed Apple not to follow the trend of other companies By adding more and more logic cores and increasing the processor clock frequency to achieve enviable performance, Apple has been able to fulfill its mission of providing greater fluidity and power without reaching the exaggerated consumption of Android terminals with more than 3.000mAh. battery, eight-core processors exceeding 2 GHz and adding amounts of RAM hitherto unthinkable in a smartphone (and that some exceed the amount of RAM that many home computers have).

I think that the A9 chip is going to stay in the dual-core model, although I give Apple a margin up to a maximum of 4 cores, maybe they will continue what they did with the iPad Air 2 and the new iPhones have 3 logical cores Or perhaps they even do like Intel and its HyperThreading that tricks the system so that for each logical core there are two virtual cores, making tasks to be carried out with greater efficiency and equal energy consumption, taking much more advantage of the potential of these processors.

On the other hand we will also see an increase in RAM, of this I am sure, the amount that I dare to say is what we all think, 2 GB, I think if Apple waited last year and kept 1GB of RAM on the iPhone 6 it was (in addition to other reasons) to wait for the LPDDR4 technology, which will allow you to double the amount of RAM without compromising battery consumption by having higher read / write speeds and higher bandwidth.

The GPU will become a new generation called PowerVR Series 7XT (that of the iPad Air 2 is from the 6XT series), according to its manufacturer Imagination Technologies this new generation improves performance by 60% over the previous one, but the percentages seem invented, or at least until you see how they double the number of processing cores of the previous GPU, this improvement, unlike the CPU, can generate higher performance graphics processing reducing energy consumption In the long term and accelerating the speed at which our GPU performs its tasks, if you don't have enough proof of the power of the new GPUs, you just have to see how Imagination Technologies defines to what extent they can be powerful.

If Apple follows its line from last year (PowerVR GT6450) we will surely see this year a GPU between the PowerVR GT7400 and the GT 7600, Undoubtedly equating their potential to that of a PS3 sounds fantastic, but we will see to what extent that is real, and obviously no matter how much power they have, we must take into account that they are optimized for reasonable consumption (unlike consoles, that remain plugged into the current).

FullHD and 2K screens

If you did not find out yesterday, we show you today, yesterday afternoon rumors came to us from China stating a resolution increase in the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, if you want to go into more details on the subject you can visit the article we publish, here the only thing I am going to say is that the resolutions we are talking about would be the following (in detail).

• iPhone 6s 4'7 inches with FullHD resolution 1920 x 1080p and pixel density of 488 ppi.
• 6s iPhone Plus 5'5 inches with 2K resolution 2,208 × 1242p and pixel density of 460 ppi.

Without a doubt, this would greatly delight the fans of the company who have been waiting for competent resolutions in the current market and who are looking for the highest possible level of detail on their screens without reaching the savagery of Sony and its Xperia Z5 with 4K panel.

Materials and resistance

It is almost certain that the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will come based on the same metal with which the Apple Watch is made, I am talking about the Aluminum 7000, a material used in aeronautics and that supports up to three times more weight than current of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus before reaching their flex point, this will help Apple reduce the few bendgate cases that gave them so many problems and also reduce the number of iPhones that end up in repair due to drops.

On the other hand, it has been said for 3 years that the iPhone is going to make the leap to the screen of sapphire crystal, last year was going to be the chosen one, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were going to be equipped with a screen with a very high resistance to being scratched, the same material that is currently present in the Touch ID button and in the lens of the camera.

However, whether by not throwing ourselves back into an empty pool or for whatever reason, we have stopped hearing rumors about this material, when last year it was even confirmed that Apple planned to introduce this type of screens and that for That led GT Advenced Technologies to bankruptcy (because after tests and trials they could not meet the quality that Apple demanded of them, although I rather think that they were other reasons since the owners sold their shares just before the Apple's keynote where the fiasco that would consequently affect said company causing a drop in its market value was going to be "not announced").

My prediction and my hope are different, it could be said that they are two variables of different value or of opposite value, my hope tells me that I hope the new iPhones come to renew the entire body by also changing the material of their screens, my intuition however tells me that due to the lack of rumors and the disappearance of GT Advanced as a supplier of said material, the new iPhones will not come with this material on screen...

If we add to that a rumor that ran recently stating that the camera lenses of the new iPhone were going to lose their sapphire crystal, then you will tell me what hopes there are. However, we must never give up hope at all and perhaps Apple has kept this a true secret to avoid being played another trick like the one GT Advanced did and this afternoon it may surprise us by finally incorporating this long-awaited material, everything will be seen today.

Cameras

The latest rumors suggest that it will be the biggest breakthrough ever in an iPhone cameraAlthough this rumor has been gaining strength for several years now, will this be the good time?

Everything indicates that Apple will improve the front (FaceTime) and rear (iSight) cameras by raising the resolution of its sensor to 5 and 12 megapixels respectively, but that's not all, there is also talk of the possibility of incorporating a new lens to the objective and improvements in the sensor beyond the resolution as well as a software-based front flash.

My intuition tells me that the cameras will effectively raise the resolution and will effectively also gain improvements internally, things like a greater angle of view on the front camera (for those famous selfies), front panorama, slow motion on the front camera and even improvements in low light conditions, the latter leads me to a rumor that has been gaining strength, the aforementioned software-based frontal flash, and that is that if this "novelty" is implemented it would be somewhat shameless (although it would not be the first time) since it does not you can reserve such a basic and useful function at the same time to the latest models without having any excuse, and this time the hardware limitations are not, so one of two, or the camera application in iOS 9 hides improvements for all devices that are not going to reveal us until this afternoon, or this flash that is being talked about is more than a simple screen flash (which is also an option, but which would be booed by fans and members of the press if it were reserved for that model).

I personally give my vote of confidence to the camera app with news, even if these are only a software flash, but it is available to everyone.

Extras

As an extra I will say what we all expect, a Enhanced TouchID for the new iPhones that allows a lower failure rate when reading and may even be launched fully and make the new iPhone waterproof thanks to the solution that HZO offers, but the latter already it's more a wish of mine than a prediction or a rumor.

Availability and prices

I bet and wish for a situation similar to the current one, I would like the iPhone 5c and the more expensive models of iPhone 5s to be removed from the catalog and the 5GB 16s relocated as an input terminal, lowering the price of an iPhone 6 of 16 GB up to € 599, the 6 from 64 to € 699 and the 128 GB models will be eliminated, leaving the 6s as exclusive with that capacity.

So the prices of the iPhone 6s would be the following:

• iPhone 6s: 16GB - € 699 / 64GB - € 799/128 GB € 899
• 6s iPhone Plus: 16GB - € 799 / 64GB - € 899 / 128GB € 999

Regarding availability, I doubt that Spain is among the first batch of countries, despite this I venture to say that it will be between the third week of September (from 18) and the first of October.

AppleTV4

The rumors about the Apple TV have not been left out either, and that is found evidence about an SDK to create apps for this device that would mean the appearance of a long-awaited AppStore for this device and a better processor to be able to run all the apps that are developed for it (supposedly the A8 or some variant of it).

A new console

The new Apple TV 4 comes with desire and after Apple has been preparing the ground since last year, this time what has been rumored the strongest is the use of this device as a home console, including an A8 or A8X chip could give this device enough potential to move more than decent games, that while nothing guarantees a rivalry with big-name consoles like the PS3 or the XBox, the latest chips from Imagination Technologies could indicate otherwise.

In addition to this there is also a supposed command similar to the concept of wii remote that would come loaded with sensors with a touch panel, this command would facilitate our browsing experience and allow us to take control of the video games that can be released for this platform.

If to this you add the capacity of the new Apple TV to connect to Bluetooth controllers We are facing a real threat to mid-range consoles (consoles of previous generations), yes, everything would be left in the hands of the developers and the titles that they release, since in a device of these characteristics a Candy would not make any sense Crush Saga, however if an Angry Birds or a Modern Combat, an Asphalt or games like Hearthstone and others.

Without a doubt, I prefer an Apple TV with the ability to play, however success would be more in the medium / long term Because competing with titles like Call of duty, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Skyrim and others is aiming very high in such a short time.

A new multimedia center

A renewed Apple TV and with a processor like the A8 could perfectly come from the hand of Netflix and his arrival in Spain, the opening an AppStore and the increase in resources in this device could mean its crowning as a new home multimedia center, in the hands of Apple is to provide it with good storage capacity, 4K video playback and access to services such as Apple Music, the rest will come alone.

A ring to govern them all

I could not miss the opportunity to use that phrase, as it is already known, the new Apple TV will come to be the control center of our home, for this our virtual assistant will be in charge Siri and the HomeKit API, we can take complete control of our home connected both inside and outside the home, perhaps it is one of the reasons why Siri is present in the poster of the keynote.

Price and Availability

We could see price variations in these devices that would be around between the 149 and 199 €, depending on the capacity, which I would dare say will be between 32 and 64 GB, although the rumors affirm that they will be 8 and 16GB (rumors that would accompany the one that eliminates the 4K support of these devices).

iPads, guests to be confirmed

Talking to you about an iPad Pro right now would be silly, you have been reading about this topic for weeks, that is why I am going to jump directly to the predictions, if anyone wants more details about this new iPad they can read our article (one of them).

iPad Pro and iPad Mini 4

I'll be honestI think there is or will there be an iPad Pro? Yes, I have no doubt, or at least I think so. Do I think it will be presented today? I highly doubt it, Apple has today between 2 and 3 iPhone to present (if the missing iPhone 6c appears) and a completely renewed Apple TV, it has to announce iOS and OS X things (related to betas) and numbers to start, too has to talk about WatchOS 2 and maybe new straps for the Apple Watch, honestly, Tim Cook is an out of series, but he can not with so much product in a couple of hours, my opinion or prediction is that this iPad Pro and the rumored iPad Mini 4 (which would be a reduced version of the Air 2) will be presented in an October keynote, especially when they are devices that will give a lot to talk about.

Conclusion

Today we'll see new iPhone and new Apple TV, software news and many figures, we will talk about Apple Music and Beats 1, we will talk about the Apple Watch and perhaps new straps, but I think we will not talk about new iPads (for now), however that is not bad, the products that Today they are going to present they are going to mark a before and after at Apple, so without further ado I leave you with the hyping waiting for the keynote this afternoon and I remind you that you can follow it live with us, meanwhile you can give Siri a conversation to see if something escapes him.

But before you go, what about you? What do you hope to see this afternoon at the keynote? Leave us your best predictions in the comments, imagine what or what you write comes true (it is not worth asking Mr. Cook).