First of all the i
Phone 6s introduced a new colour option called Rose Gold. Otherwise both handsets are available in Gold, Silver & Space Grey.

The i
Phone 6s is also made out of a more durable Series 7000 aluminium. This is presumably khổng lồ prevent a repeat of the Bendgate debacle that happened when some i
Phone 6 Plus owners found that their i
Phones had bent after prolonged periods of time spent in their pocket. The problem was probably exaggerated with only a few very vocal customers affected, but it’s a problem none-the-less và certainly a good reason khổng lồ consider the 6s Plus over the 6 Plus.

Aside from that, the design and build of the i
Phone 6 và i
Phone 6s is essentially the same. There is a tiny increase in height, width, depth and weight for the 6s, but you’re unlikely khổng lồ notice.

The dimensions are as follows:

There is not a significant difference in the dimensions of the i
Phone 6 compared to lớn the 6s, or the i
Phone 6 Plus compared to lớn the 6s Plus, but there is a significant difference between the standard & the Plus models, so if you are considering moving from a 4.7in screen to a 5.5in screen it’s worth bearing in mind that there are pros và cons about the bigger screen. The bigger phone weighs more (obviously) & is a bit more awkward to hold, especially if you have small hands, in which case you’ll probably find that you can’t reach the entire screen with a single thumb. But there is a real benefit to lớn be had from the extended screen space. Once you go Plus you probably won’t go back.

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Phone 6s review | i
Phone 6s Plus đánh giá | i
Phone 6s vs i
Phone 6s Plus comparison review

i
Phone 6 vs i
Phone 6s comparison: Display

The i
Phone 6 and 6s both have a 4.7in display with a resolution of 1334 x 750 at 326ppi (pixels per inch), while the i
Phone 6 Plus và i
Phone 6s Plus have 1920 x 1080 pixel displays at 401ppi.

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The big difference is the inclusion of touch 3d on the 6s models. Touch 3d means that the display on the i
Phone 6s can distinguish between a tap, a light press and a hard press, and that opens up a whole host of new navigation, interaction & gesture possibilities. There is haptic feedback (a gentle buzz) so you know you have trigged the hard press functions.

In terms of what touch 3d actually does, here are a few examples. Hard press on an icon on your home screen & you’ll see more options. In the case of the Camera icon you’ll get shortcuts to Take Sefie, Record Video, & so on. When the i
Phone XR launched táo was able to create the same ‘hard press’ effect without 3d Touch.

The irony with cảm biến 3 chiều is that as useful as it is many i
Phone users don’t even realise that the feature is there.

You can find out more about 3 chiều Touch và how it works here. Or take a look in this video:

Where the i
Phone 6 has an 8Mp rear-facing camera, the i
Phone 6s has a 12Mp rear-facing camera.

Video recording improved from 1080p in the i
Phone 6 khổng lồ 4K video recording on the i
Phone 6s. The i
Phone 6s Plus also gained optical image stabilisation for video.

The front-facing camera also got some improvements. It can capture 5Mp photos rather than 1.2Mp, và the display became a front-facing flash lớn make selfies even better.

Some of the tech behind the camera was improved và the i
Phone 6s gained some camera related software features. For example, Live Photos arrived with the 6s. With Live Photos turned on your phone takes short videos clips rather than still photos. You can get some fun effects và it’s a good way to lớn get photos of kids who are moving all the time anyway. Later versions of the i
OS software made it possible khổng lồ create GIFs from Live Photos. Live Photos can be fun so they are probably a good reason khổng lồ get the 6s over the 6.

i
Phone 6 vs i
Phone 6s specs and hardware comparison

Inside the i
Phone 6s is the A9 64-bit processor and M9 motion coprocessor. At the time táo khuyết said the i
Phone 6s’s processor was 70 percent faster và had 90 percent better graphics performance than the A8 & M8 chipset used in the i
Phone 6.

Here’s how the benchmarks compared at the time the i
Phone 6s launched:

Modern i
Phones are considerably faster of course, but this does demonstrate that there was s significant difference between the 6 và 6s.

Another significant difference was the RAM. The i
Phone 6s was the first i
Phone to cửa hàng with 2GB RAM. The i
Phone 6 has just 1GB RAM. The extra RAM can make a big difference.

As for storage, táo apple stuck with the same 16GB, 64GB & 128GB models when the i
Phone 6s launch 2015, but in năm nhâm thìn the company introduced a 32GB version of the i
Phone 8s, lớn replace the 16GB và 64GB options.

There has never been a big difference between the price of the lower capacity và the larger capacity models so we would always advise you to lớn spend a little more to lớn get more storage (although now that we can also rely on i
Cloud for storage the on-phone storage matters less).

Another change to the i
Phone 8s was the arrival of the second-generation touch ID. This fingerprint sensor is faster và more accurate than cảm ứng ID on the i
Phone 6.

Connectivity for the four handsets are the same – they all offer 4G LTE Advanced, 802.11ac Wi
Fi, công nghệ bluetooth 4.2, và NFC.

Finally, battery life is estimated to be the same on all these handsets at up to 10 hours of internet browsing or 11 hours of clip playback. However, if you are buying second-hand you can expect the battery life lớn be less.

Note that there was a problem with the batteries in the i
Phone 6 và 6s models with táo apple criticised for slowing down older phones khổng lồ prevent shutdowns và maximise battery life. There was a program in place whereby táo khuyết would replace the batteries but that is now finished (Apple ran a không lấy phí replacement program from năm nhâm thìn to the end of 2017 & a paid for program until the end of 2018). Read more about thebattery problems here.

You can now tell if your i
Phone is being slowed down due to lớn battery degradation by checking the status in Settings > Battery > Battery Health.

For more buying advice head over lớn our i
Phone buying guide article.

Verdict: Should you get the i
Phone 6 or 6s

Back in năm ngoái when the i
Phone 8s launched it was a significant update, despite the fact that critics usually look upon s-updates as minor updates. The update bought some significant changes though, including 3d Touch, a much better camera, Live Photos, more RAM & a much faster processor.

If you were deciding between the 6 and 6s right now then we would say go for the 6s (Plus or standard) as it’s a much better phone.

But before you buy, if you are thinking about updating lớn the 6s from the i
Phone 6 or even the 5s, then we’d recommend that you find a way to lớn afford a newer phone. There are so many handsets that have launched since that you could consider, from the i
Phone 7, 7s, 8, 8s, and the i
Phone X & beyond. A lot has changed in the past five years.