The Apple iPhone 6 event is tonight: here's the preview

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The Apple iPhone 6 event is tonight: here's the preview

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iPhone 6, the 4.7&quot; one

We're most certain of this one - the new iPhone 6 will have a 4.7&quot; screen and will look like a large iPod Touch. After so many leaks of various devices - both real components and even some convincing knock-offs. Last year we saw knock-offs nail the iPhone 5c design way before it came out so it won't be surprising if they nail the new design too. In fact with all the leaks aligning so perfectly, it will be more surprising if they don't.



At any rate Apple uses a design twice (original and S version) before moving no to the next one and it's right on schedule. The iPhone 5 brought a bigger, higher-res screen and now the iPhone 6 will make it even bigger. It will bump up the resolution to 960 x 1,704, 50% more pixels on the horizontal and the vertical, which will push the sharpness to the 400+ ppi range.

The new aluminum unibody is slated to be thinner - 7mm claim rumors (down from 7.6mm) but will remain light (virtually the same weight). From videos we've seen the new-found thinness will leave the camera module sticking out of the back.







Speaking of the camera, the most common rumor is of an 8MP shooter - for a fourth time in a row. When Sony uses its 20.7MP camera three times in a row we don't complain much, but 8MP is too low for a 2014 flagship, even HTC gave up on its low-resolution approach.

And there's no hint at 2160p video capture. True, it's not very useful right now but with UHD TVs becoming cheaper and cheaper Apple can't afford to wait much longer. A 128GB storage option is on the cards - it didn't pan out in previous years but this time it's quite likely and it could have easily handled the increased video storage demands.

For a while there it seemed like Apple might drop the 32GB option and go for a base 16GB model and a premium 64GB version, presumably with a single $100 price bump in between.

The chipset will naturally get upgraded - no boastful numbers, a dual-core 2GHz processor is most likely but Apple makes its own high-performance beasts and optimizes iOS specifically for them. Interestingly the new iPhone 6 might bring 2GB RAM, which might turn out more important than CPU speed.

Yet another dedicated co-processor, Phosphorus, might debut with the new chipset. It will replace the M8 and focus on collecting health-statistics.






Apple will naturally take the opportunity to increase battery capacity to 1,810mAh (supposedly) to feed the bigger screen and faster chipset. The company has the luxury to optimize for battery life more so than Android manufacturers but Sony managed to cram a 2,600mAh battery in its 4.6&quot; super mini while Samsung went with a 1,860mAh battery for the premium Galaxy Alpha.

So, what's left? Apple has steered clear of NFC, preferring its own Air Drop tech instead. Tech publications have been abuzz with talk of an Apple payment system though - turning your phone into your credit card and while the likes of Google haven't had much luck with that, Apple might pull it off. That will require NFC though.

Waterproofing is another big question - we've seen plenty of allusions to it but it will be a first for Apple. In terms of durability, there's some uncertainty if Apple will pull off the rumored sapphire glass protection for the screen or not.


iPhone 6, the 5.5&quot; one

Apple has said it won't release a phablet but it said much the same thing about small tablets before announcing the iPad mini and about increasing the smartphone scree size before debuting the iPhone 5. The iPhone 6 with a 5.5&quot; screen, the iPhone 6 Pro according to some, might take on the role of an even smaller tablet with apps that are optimized for landscape mode.



The resolution on that one will be 2,208 x 1,242 compared to 2,048 x 1,536 for the iPad Air - definitely sharper but at 16:9 aspect ratio rather than iPad's traditional 4:3. The sapphire glass protection might be exclusive to the big iPhone, leaving the 4.7&quot; model with traditional Gorilla Glass.



A separate chipset is likely for the 5.5&quot; iPhone 6 than its smaller sibling - more GPU cores almost certainly to deal with the...</p>

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