Source: Getty [1]
In addition to the new and beautiful Apple Watch [2], Apple has just announced two new phones — the 6 and 6 Plus. The company's CEO Tim Cook called it the "biggest advancement in iPhone." Here are the details:
- They're bigger: 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches wide in display size, respectively
- But thinner: 6.9mm for iPhone 6, and 7.1mm for iPhone 6 Plus
- Glass that curves around the sides
- Comes in three colors: gold, silver, black
- Better displays with Retina HD
- New buttons on the keyboard, including cut and paste keys
- Horizontal display gets two columns
- Home screen can be horizontal, too
- Double-tap feature that makes it easier to reach buttons on a big phone screen
- Display slides down so you can use it with one hand
- 50 hours of audio playback for the iPhone 6; 80 hours for the iPhone 6 Plus
- Three times faster WiFi capabilities
- Make calls over WiFi if you don't have great cellular reception
- You can make a call in the same way as you always would, and when you leave WiFi it will seamlessly transfer to your cell carrier.
- Better camera: comes with an 8MP iSight camera and an all-new sensor to take better photos
- New focus pixels technology that means faster autofocus
- Image stabilization for shaky hands
- Slow-mo video camera can do 240 frames per second
- Better battery life
- Runs on iOS8
- New payment process called Apple Pay system [3] will let you buy things using your phone
Check out all the rest of the specs here [4].
Source: Apple [5]