GeekBar – a generally reliable Chinese site behind a series of schematic and parts leaks about upcoming Apple releases – has published new images of what they claim is a fully-assembled display for the iPhone 6s.
The three photos show the front and back views of a display unit which they claims will go into the next-gen iPhone 6s handset. This follows the leak of a purported iPhone 6s rear shell and an iPhone 6s front panel.
All of these shots have essentially proven something that every observer of Apple’s iPhone tick-tock strategy should already know: the iPhone 6s will have a virtually identical design to the iPhone 6, with the exception of small changes and updated specs.
There is, however, one seeming change in the iPhone 6s display posted by Geekbar. As AppleInsider notes, the 6s display shows major changes to the shielding used in the iPhone 6 display, which could confirm rumors that the iPhone 6s will adopt the Apple Watch’s ForceTouch technology.
You can check out the pictures on GeekBar here.
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7 responses to “Fully assembled iPhone 6s display could prove Force Touch is incoming”
Perfect, this is exactly what I wanted to hear
Is it just me or does the actual screen size look different?
Using my 6 the space between the home button and the screen seen smaller, same at the top?
exact same size display
Well, it takes a hardware change/addition to make it happen, so yes, 6s, 6s+ and above.
That sucks, I just wish it was a feature that could have been added with the update to IOS 9 but then again they usually always launch the new iPhone with features Exclusive to the newer model.
Yep, they have to have SOMETHING to draw new buyers in. They all do it, but others usually just add a lot of bloatware. :)
I’m skeptical as to whether it will have Force Touch or not. The cables connectors seem to be the same as the 6 and 6+ here. They may have integrated the protocol into each section of the digitizer (touch screen), but I doubt it.