iPhone 6 Release Date

The Apple iPhone 6 launch date is set to September 9. iPhone 6’s major rival, the Galaxy Note 4 has been released. The Samsung Galaxy Alpha release date is set to September 12. Now, its Apple’s turn to roll out the new iPhone 6 models of 2014.

The iPhone 6 will be launched amidst the issue of a hacker gaining unauthorized access to iCloud accounts and leaking nude photos of celebrities online. The iPhone 6 launch event will take place at the Flint Center for Performing Arts which are located at Cupertino, California.

Traditionally, Apple has a habit of releasing new iPhone ten days after launching it. Hence, the expected iPhone 6 release date is September 19. In the US, the four major carriers, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will be the first ones to offer the iPhone 6.

The details on the on-contract pricing have not been disclosed yet. The iPhone Air premium phablet with sapphire display may come out with an expensive price tag. Both the handsets will be available in three color variants like grey, silver and gold

Expected Top 10 iPhone 6 Features

Here the top 10 features that we can expect from the iPhone 6:

Two New iPhone 6 Models

Rumors are rife that Apple will be rolling out two iPhone 6 models. The 4.7inch iPhone 6 would come as a replacement for the existing iPhone 5S and the 5.5inch iPhone 6 will be a new phablet model that allows Apple to compete with Android smartphones that come with 5inch and above display screen. The 5.5inch iPhone 6 is referred to as iPhone 6L and iPhone Air by various tech sites

Sapphire Crystal Display

In the previous month, rumors of iPhone 6 will adorn a sapphire display instead of the usual glass display screen.

Sapphire displays don’t come for cheap, but they are highly durable to scratch and cannot be broken easily. Rumors claim that the sapphire crystal display is more suitable for an iPhone that comes with higher specifications. This indicates that the iPhone Air phablet may feature the sapphire crystal display.

Rumors coming from some other sources claim that since Apple is facing production issues, the company won’t provide sapphire crystal displays on iPhone 6 but it may be offered on future products.

Sharper Display

iPhone models are yet to support full HD resolution. The iPhone 5S came with a display resolution of 640 x 1136 pixels. Android smartphones are offering full HD and quad HD displays to the audience, but this does not seem to bother Apple as the 4.7inch iPhone 6 is expected to feature a sharper resolution of 1704 x 960 pixels or 828 x 1472 pixels.
If the iPhone Air phablet wants to compete with the likes of LG G3, Galaxy Note 4, Sony Xperia Z3 and HTC One M8, it should come out with full HD or quad HD resolution display screen.

A8 Processor

The A8 processor is a successor chip for A7. Most of the Android smartphones have switched to quad-core processors. The new A8 processor is a 64-bit dual-core chip which can produce a processing speed of 2GHz. The A7 processor can deliver a performance of 1.3GHz.

Moreover, the iPhone 6 is also rumored to feature a Phosphorous co-processor. The iPhone 6 will feature couple of sensors like air pressure and barometer and the job of this co-processor would be able to accumulate data from this processor to the main A8 processor and then the information will be displayed on the screen to the user.

iOS 8

The all new iOS 8 will come preloaded with the iPhone 6. In appearance, the iOS 8 hardly differs from the iOS 7. However, software developers at Apple have done a great job in adding numerous features and enhancements to the new operating system.

The new iOS 8 will allow seamlessly use the iOS 8 running iPhone 6 and other iDevices with Mac OS X Yosemite. This will allow users to receive calls and read text messages through Mac. The Handoff feature will allow users to start a task one device and continue it on other device. There are other host of other features like HealthKit and HomeKit to name a few.

Storage

The iPhone 6 is heavily speculated to come out with a new internal storage option of 128GB. It is also in the news that the iPhone 6 won’t feature a 32GB variant.

Some other rumor reveals that the 4.7inch edition will feature the same old storage options like 16GB, 32GB and 64GB and the 128GB option will be exclusively available on the premium iPhone Air model.

Camera

The iPhone 6 is rumored to feature an improved camera over the 8MP camera that came on iPhone 5S. It will be sporting a new lens from Sony. However, it is not sure whether it will house a 13MP or 16MP camera. One of the major features to come equipped with is Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). The inbuilt sensors would be able to capture bright and high quality images.

Touch ID

It is highly speculated that the iPhone 6 will feature an improved Touch ID fingerprint sensor. Rumors claim that the sensor will perform more accurately and will be able to read fingerprint impressions quite quickly.

NFC

The Near Field Communication (NFC) is a feature which allows two NFC enabled devices to establish wireless communication between each other when they are touched together or brought very close to each other. It can be used to share contents, play games, making payments at groceries and so on.

Many Android smartphones come with NFC feature but none of the existing iPhones feature NFC. The forthcoming iPhone 6 is expected to feature NFC.

Battery

As far as battery life is concerned, the iPhone 6 is expected to feature a powerful battery to support the sharper display screen and the new A8 processor.

Through leaks it has been known that the 4.7inch iPhone 6 will be featuring an 1810mAh battery. The iPhone Air will house a larger battery of 2915mAh battery. Comparatively, the iPhone 5S came with a smaller battery of 1560mAh. Like the one inside iPhone 5s, the iPhone 6’s battery is going to be super thin in size

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Karen Jackson has always been passionate about technology. All the way through high-school she immersed herself in computers and web-design. Her ambitious nature helped her become a pro in Adobe Photoshop only by watching online videos and working with the program herself. This is also the program that she mostly uses in the creation of websites at her work-place. Technological innovation and gadgets that push the boundaries of what we are comfortable with have always fascinated her, so expect to see some weird gadget reviews coming from her.