iPhone 6s: More Than Live Up To The Hype

The next-gen iPhone does more than live up to the hype. T3 presents a guide to the smartphone we've all been waiting for

- Gareth Beavis, Rob Carney, James Peckham

It’s undeniable. With every new iPhone comes a wave of excitement. Apple just knows how to do phones – and hype. While it may not have a radical new design – let’s be honest, it looks pretty much the same as last year’s iPhone 6 – there are a number of exciting new features and improvements to the iPhone 6s that should have you contemplating that new phone you just bought with some regret. These include 3D Touch, a new way of interacting with your favourite apps, and Live Photos, a feature that gives you the ability to capture short moving images. Th ere’s also glorious 4K video and a new internal architecture that gives your phone more power.

Here, T3 brings you the ultimate guide to the iPhone 6s, covering everything from the subtleties in design through to those new features and improvements. We even look at how the 6s compares to our top Android phone, the Galaxy S6 Edge. Read on to meet the next generation of smartphone…

Super-smooth looks  

The iPhone 6S is almost identical in appearance to last year’s 6, but are there any differences?

As with all of the ‘s’ updates so far, there’s no major overhaul of the iPhone chassis design with the 6s. The power button, volume keys, speaker and silence switch are all in the same place as last year’s model. In fact, you can hardly notice any real difference. There is a slight increase in thickness (the 6s is 7.1mm thick, as opposed to the 6.9mm of the 6) and the phone is a little heavier at 143g. However, these tweaks are so subtle you’ll forget them when you start using the phone.