Apple’s Fall iPhone Event To Be Held Sept. 9

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I am excited to get a iphone 6s. I am absolutely sick of android and google. Hopefully the new camera is a big jump.
This, and lollipop sucks as does my s6

I want to make the change back to Apple after being gone for... 8 years it feels like? Not since the 4s
 
I have a Note 2, and today it decided to start doing weird shit on me. I have never owned anything Apple, but I'm considering purchasing a new iPhone if it seems to be decent. I really loved my Note 2 though. I don't know what to do.
 
AMOLED display like the apple watch would be nice, but probably won't happen until iOS 10 or so when they merge the watchOS UI in.

At the very least, hoping for some nice haptic feedback with whatever they do with force touch.
 
Really thinking about the 6S+ this time around. Hmmmm. Anyone here went from 6 to 6+?

In this boat too. I didn't want the plus initially as I thought it was too big and I was worried about the chip not performing well enough with the extra pixels. But after having the 6 for a year I think I'm ready for the size increase.
 
Yes I read those rumors myself. I can't see Apple creating a stylus. I could be wrong but that just doesn't seem right. Not really Apple's style-LUS.

They've got a bunch of patents for a "smart" stylus that would work with capacitive screens. They've been pretty anti-stylus because of Jobs but the R&D is there and has been for years.

Would have to really impress me for an iPad Pro to entice.
 
I grabbed Next12 from AT&T just in case I wanted to go with the 6s. Looks like that might have paid off. Liking what I'm hearing.
 
I'm not convinced 2GB is good enough after experiencing how poorly 1GB RAM is on my 6+. It's terrible. Multitasking is nonexistent and Chrome constantly crashes.

Part of the problem is because the 6+ has an underpowered GPU for the pixels it's pushing. Remember that the phone actually renders more than 1920x1080 pixels, but scales it down to 1920x1080, this eats up CPU and GPU resources, unlike the iPhone 6. Multitasking is still very possible but you gotta work around it. I'm sure the 6S with its faster processor and hopefully 2 GB will solve all the problems the 6+ has.

I mean, part of it was the software since iOS 8.4 is leagues better than iOS 8.0 when it first released. God, I would go through tons and tons of Safari crashes or page reloads because of some error. It was so annoying. Now, it doesn't happen as often and the fact that I'm jailbroken and running other tweaks without these issues proves that part of the problem was software wise. However, 2GBs of RAM is something I still want to see since I don't want to worry about having too many apps open all at once and needing to reload often. I think that may be the defining factor on whether I upgrade to the 6S+ or not.

The 6+ was such a good phone, but Apple pretty much botched it with its underpowered specs and awful iOS 8 launch. I really ended up regretting getting it a few weeks afterwards.
 
I'm not convinced 2GB is good enough after experiencing how poorly 1GB RAM is on my 6+. It's terrible. Multitasking is nonexistent and Chrome constantly crashes.


Why would force touch be useful?
The iPad Air 2 doesn't experience that.
 
Apple introduced an iOS9 feature that auto deletes apps and frees up more storage when it is time for an OS update. That's a clear indication that Apple knows many of their customers are having space issues. By trying to 'solve' it with software they are pinching pennies for hardware profits

That could be for people even in the 32/64/128 range too. iPhone's have hit the popularity point where parents, and even grandparents have them. It's a large pool of people who don't even know how to store music/movies/data on the thing to begin with.
 
Really hoping this isn't true. 1080p is perfectly fine at 5.5 inches unless you want VR stuff, I'd rather have the battery life :/

I believe the iPhone renders at a higher resolution then down samples to 1080p, anyway.
 
The iPhone 5C caters to the budget consumer, I would imagine a no frills version with the least possible cost of inputs is to their advantage for that model. I think the 16gb limit is bullshit honestly, but from a business standpoint I can understand the reasoning, they realistically probably see a very large portion of their userbase not using storage.

The only reason they still make a 16gb option is to force an upsell to the 64gb model.
 
All I want is for them to sell unlocked iPhones on day one, same time as locked ones

Please :(

The T-Mobile ones are unlocked and SIM free. Don't know for sure since I bought it unlocked and used it on T-Mobile anyway. But my girl used it as a Verizon phone for a little bit while her phone was broken.
 
Can't wait for iOS 9 and its split screen shenanigans! Also I do wonder how big of a difference ip6s will be compared to ip6
 
The T-Mobile ones are unlocked and SIM free. Don't know for sure since I bought it unlocked and used it on T-Mobile anyway. But my girl used it as a Verizon phone for a little bit while her phone was broken.

Hm, true. T-mobile ones are always totally unlocked. Does T-mobile usually get the new iphones at launch?
 
Bro I work at Apple. As far as I know, they don't have unlocked phones until like three months after launch. At least, phones listed as "unlocked." Might be able to swing that T-mobile thing

I bought a Sim free tmobile one at launch via Apple. Worked perfectly fine on both TMobile and Verizon.
 
I bought a Sim free tmobile one at launch via Apple. Worked perfectly fine on both TMobile and Verizon.

Done and done

Edit: Actually, it looks like a T-Mobile phone actually IS different than a truly unlocked phone

T-Mobile iPhone 6 Plus (A1522):
Supported Bands: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,29
Supported LTE Networks in the US: 12 (including AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon)

Unlocked iPhone 6 Plus (A1524):
Supported Bands: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,29,38,39,40,41
Supported LTE Networks in the US: 33 (includes all from A1522 plus Sprint and others)

Makes a big difference when traveling internationally, and for resale value
 
Mobile gaming sucks right now for one reason: no buttons. Add Force Touch and voila, mobile games no longer suck.
Are you referring to the haptic feedback that force touch is supposed to bring? Because it's still unsure whether the new iPhones will have any haptic feedback at all.
 
Done and done

Edit: Actually, it looks like a T-Mobile phone actually IS different than a truly unlocked phone

T-Mobile iPhone 6 Plus (A1522):
Supported Bands: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,29
Supported LTE Networks in the US: 12 (including AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon)

Unlocked iPhone 6 Plus (A1524):
Supported Bands: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,29,38,39,40,41
Supported LTE Networks in the US: 33 (includes all from A1522 plus Sprint and others)

Makes a big difference when traveling internationally, and for resale value

Crap, I wanted to get the unlocked version Day 1. So the A1524 includes CDMA bands? I guess that's not necessary...
 
Crap, I wanted to get the unlocked version Day 1. So the A1524 includes CDMA bands? I guess that's not necessary...

Only matters if you'll ever switch to Sprint or another US CDMA carrier, since I don't think it's popular outside the US at all

Honestly, the only thing truly unlocked offers over T-Mobile is better international support and better resale value for the same cost

And yes, I do believe that truly unlocked iPhones are on about a three months delay, or have been in the past. Though I really want them to change that
 
i really don't get the decreasing battery thing. like. why. you know that size battery fits. Yes you can increase battery life via other improvements but why not keep the same size for even longer?!
They needed the space for force touch assembly and thicker casing. Battery life won't decrease because the new chips will be even more efficient. Apple doesn't care to prioritize battery life since they believe(and they probably have data supporting this) most people get a full days charge.
 
Only matters if you'll ever switch to Sprint or another US CDMA carrier, since I don't think it's popular outside the US at all

Honestly, the only thing truly unlocked offers over T-Mobile is better international support and better resale value for the same cost

And yes, I do believe that truly unlocked iPhones are on about a three months delay, or have been in the past. Though I really want them to change that

Yeah, I have only ever been on GSM carriers but I guess it would be convenient to know that my phone would work anywhere in the world. If I pay the full price, I'd like to get the full thing. Here's hoping Apple sells an unlocked version (non-Tmobile) on Day 1.
 
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