Quick Actions are the best thing about 3D Touch. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac
If youâre trying your best to resist an iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, do not walk into an Apple Store and try 3D Touch. Once youâve had a taste of it, your smartphone simply wonât feel complete without it.
Here are four ways in which 3D Touch makes life a lot sweeter.
When youâre lining up for a brand new iPhone on launch day, the last thing you expect to see outside the Apple Store is a whole team of people from Samsung. But thatâs exactly what iPhone 6s buyers in London were greeted by this morning.
Samsung sent a flock of people to gatecrash the iPhone 6s launch at the Apple Store on Regent Street to promote the Galaxy S6 edge and S6 edge+, and to hand out free goodies bearing Samsungâs â#NextisNewâ slogan.
Apple fans are turning out in force in Hamburg, Germany for the iPhone 6s launch. Photo: Thomas Knoop (via Twitter)
We figured tonightâs iPhone 6s launch would draw some crowds, and sure enough, they are. Fans all over the world are lining up to be the first to get their hands on Appleâs latest hardware, and we have the pictures to prove it, starting with that massive batch of Hamburgers above.
Here are crowds outside of Apple Stores from across the globe.
4K video is better on iPhone 6s Plus. Photo: Apple
If you want to record the smoothest 4K video with an iPhone, skip the 6s and go with the 6s Plus.
The two new iPhones appear to be identical in almost every way except screen size, but in a new 4K video comparing the digital stabilization of the iPhone 6s against the optical/digital stabilization on the iPhone 6s Plus, the new camera on Appleâs bigger-than-big iPhone is clearly superior.
The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus havenât gone on sale yet but Apple has already released the first bug fixes for the new smartphones.
iOS 9.0.1 with support for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus was seeded out to users this afternoon, bringing with it a number of improvements for Safari, Photos, alarms, and more. Apple released iOS 9.0.1 to the public yesterday, but it didnât include support for the companyâs newest smartphones. Once iPhone 6s and 6s Plus owners receive their devices tomorrow, theyâll likely need to run a software update to install iOS 9.0.1.
The new camera on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have already been put to the test in the fashion world, and on the baseball diamond, and now ahead of the deviceâs release tomorrow, National Geographic is showing fans what the new 12MP sensor can do when it replaces your entire camera bag.
National Geographic sent Mark Leong to the Chinese city of Sanjiang to retrace the first road trip that set the tone for his career as a professional photographer. Instead of lugging around his DSLR and suitcase of extra gear though, Leong was only allowed to shoot with the iPhone 6s Plus, which he says turned out to be âincredibly liberating.â
Take a look at some of the stunning images he captured:
The iPhone 6s has more junk in the trunk. Photo: Apple
The Pope touched down in Washington D.C. yesterday as part of hit U.S. tour, and it might totally screw up whether you get your iPhone 6s pre-order delivered on September 25th.
Selecting text on the iPhone 6s is ridiculously easy. Photo: Matthew Panzarino/Twitter
Selecting text on the iPhone 6s will be a whole lot easier thanks to the introduction of 3D Touch, which can quickly change your iOS 9 keyboard into a trackpad.
iPhone 6s owners will be able to use two levels of touch to activate the trackpad, and then a deeper push to highlight text. The trick was first discovered by Apple analyst Ben Bajarin while reviewing the upcoming smartphone. TechCrunchâs Matthew Panzarino uploaded a video this afternoon showing off the new feature and it might be the best reason yet to upgrade to the new 3D Touch iPhones.
Chipgate won't drain your battery, says Apple. Photo: Apple
Despite being sold out online, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available for walk-in purchase on September 25th, except for customers in five unlucky states.
Apple revealed in a press press release that customers in Hong Kong, China, Japan and five U.S.states wonât be able to walk-in to a local Apple Store at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, September 25th to buy the best iPhone Appleâ ever created.
Here are the five states that wonât sell you an iPhone on launch day:
Coach fashion show shot on iPhone 6s. Photo: Kevin Lu/Vogue
Apple is still preparing shipments for next weekâs public launch of the iPhone 6s, but the folks at Vogue managed to get an early unit to test out the phoneâs new picture taking skills at New York Fashion Week.
The new 12 MP camera sensor does not disappoint, according to Kevin Lu who became the first photographer to snap pictures with the new phone.Â
Hereâs what Lu had to say about the new camera after hitting the runways with it:
The iPhone 6s has more junk in the trunk. Photo: Apple
In appearance, the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus look almost identical to the handsets that preceded them. But pick them up, and even without turning the handsets on you might notice a difference: Each is about 11 percent heavier than the previous yearâs model.
Whyâd the iPhone get so chunky? Itâs all about 3D Touch.
The iPhone 6s Plus might be hard to find on launch day. Photo: Apple
Shipping dates for the iPhone 6s Plus have already slipped to 3 â 4 weeks on Appleâs website, and it appears that the low supply may be due to production problems with its bigger than big display.
In a new note to investors, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that one of Appleâs suppliers of the backlight display module is experiencing issues creating the new 3D Touch display, which could make the new iPhone hard to find in stores on launch day.
Order your iPhone 6s now and you won't have to wait weeks for delivery. Photo: Apple
If you havenât already pre-ordered your new iPhone 6s, youâve still got a great chance of getting one on launch day â unless you want a Rose Gold model.
The new color option has become the first to sell out completely in many markets, but the Silver, Gold, and Space Gray are still widely available for delivery and personal pickup on Friday, September 25.
Weâre all pretty excited about the upcoming release of the iPhone 6s, Appleâs latest and shiniest hardware. And it seems that some people are so excited about the new phone that it makes them forget a bunch of things â like what an original iPhone looks like.
Kimmel sent an interviewer out on the street, where he presented passersby with the original, 2007 iPhone, told them it was a demo version of the 6s, and asked them how the ânewâ phone looks to them. You can see the cringeworthy results in the video below.
The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are by far the biggest âSâ upgrades so far, with new 3D Touch displays, faster A9 processors, improved Touch ID, and the best iSight cameras yet. But are those things worth the upgrade fee?
Join us in this weekâs Friday Night Fight between Cult of Android and Cult of Mac as we battle it out over whether you should spend your hard-earned cash on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
Preorders of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are set to open tonight at 12:01 a.m. Pacific. Appleâs certainly made a ton of improvements to the preorder process over the years, but as the Apple Watch recently taught us, taking an extra few minutes to get your preorder in could cause your shipment to be delayed.
Demand for the new iPhone 6s is expected to be greater than ever, so weâve compiled a handy guide to help you get the iPhone you want and get back to sleep before Appleâs servers get absolutely crushed.
You know how McDonaldâs (allegedly) has a secret menu? Plenty of people have heard about it, some use it frequently and bask in its glory, but most just stick to the regular menu.
That seems an awful lot like how 3D Touch could pan out.
Just two days after Apple unveiled its new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, Samsung already has an ad that taunts them for their lack of wireless charging, while simultaneously promoting the new Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+.
All Apple's saying is that the iPhone 6s will be the most amazing, dynamic, life-changing thing you've ever seen. Photo: Apple
We get that yesterdayâs Apple event was a marketing thing, which is why every presentation began with whoever was onstage telling us how âthrilled,â âexcitedâ or âreally happyâ they were to be there. And the exaggeration just continued from those intros.
Here are some of the most outlandish and enthusiastically subjective lines that came from the stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Weâve organized them by speaker so you can see who âwonâ this verbal arms race of canned excitement.
The iPad Pro goes on sale November 11th. Photo: Apple
Apple rolled out one drool-worthy new gadget after another Wednesday.
The iPad Pro? Want.
A Hermes Apple Watch? Gotta have.
The new Apple TV? Gimme!
If youâre like me, youâll want one of everything Tim Cook and crew showed off in Appleâs September showcase. But if you get one of everything, it is going to cost you.
Force Touch was only the beginning. 3D Touch was incredibly difficult to engineer. Photo: Apple
Making an iPhone is complex, for sure. Creating the hardware and software that rules our daily lives has been an ongoing, iterative process since 2007, when Steve Jobs revealed the first one.
Since then and on up to the newly announced iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, the iPhone itself has improved bit by bit while still wowing consumers as better enough to upgrade to.
âYou canât just say, âHere it is. It does the same thing 5 percent better than last year,â says senior vice president of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller in an interview over at Bloomberg. âNobody cares.â
In a device thatâs the essence of complexity, refined, the new 3D Touch was super tricky to make, as the in-depth interview explains.
Only the iPhone 6s comes in gold now. Photo: Apple
Apple announced that itâs dropping the price on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s this morning, but what it didnât tell fans is that if you want a gold iPhone, the only way to get one is to upgrade to the newest model.
Apple removed the option to purchase the gold finish on the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 from its website today. Both devices have come in gold since they were introduced, but now it looks like Apple wants to force anyone who wants their iPhone to shine like gold to upgrade to the latest and greatest model.
Hereâs the updated list of iPhone models and their color options:
iPhone 6s has arrived. Photo: AppleiPhone 6s has arrived. Photo: Apple
Despite being identical to their predecessors, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are much-improved in almost every way. But do they have the specifications they need to take on the latest Android-powered smartphones weâve already seen this year?
Find out in our comparison below, which compares Appleâs next-generation iPhones with rivals like the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, the Moto X Style and Moto X Play, Sonyâs new Xperia Z5, and more.