The iPhone 6s Plus has launched. Here's a rundown of the new features and our guide to buying the iPhone 6s Plus when it launches in the UK... tomorrow!
What's the best way to buy an iPhone 6s Plus? Pre-order, queue at an Apple Store, or wait for the rush to die down?
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 6s Plus, this year's new plus-sized iPhone, and it goes on sale in UK stores tomorrow: Friday 25 September 2015. Like its sibling the iPhone 6s, the iPhone 6s Plus comes in silver, Space Grey, gold, and the new Rose Gold.
Read on to find out more about the iPhone 6s Plus, including the iPhone 6s Plus release date, pre-order date, UK price and all of its new features.
If you're interested in the iPhone 6s, by the way, you will find more details about that phone here: iPhone 6s release date, specs, features, price.
Thinking about buying a new iPhone? Here's how the new ones compare with the old ones: iPhone buying guide: Should you buy an iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 6, 6 Plus or 5s; an older iPhone; or wait for iPhone 7?
iPhone 6s Plus: Pre-order and onsale release dates
The iPhone 6s Plus became available for pre-order on Saturday 12 September. (The iPhone 6s Plus is now sold out for pre-orders.) Those who pre-ordered will be able to collect their devices on 25 September, which is when the iPhone 6s Plus goes on sale in stores.
If you didn't pre-order (and our instructions for pre-ordering remain below), your best bet for getting an iPhone 6s Plus soon is to queue up at an Apple Store as early as you can stomach it on the morning of 25 September.
Expect to wait. We don't know how bad the queues will be this year, but in the past the flagship stores in particular have seen hundreds of eager customers lining up, many of them ending up waiting for hours after the doors opened.
If you don't fancy queueing up then it wouldn't be a bad idea to wait until the demand eases off a bit. Apple has assured us that stores will be restocked on a daily basis so you could leave it a few days (until next Tuesday, say) and try then - although we'd still recommend turning up fairly early.
If you're willing to leave it for a few months rather than days, you might be able to pick up an iPhone 6s Plus second-hand: some people are sure to be disappointed. But we wouldn't expect you to make much of a saving since there will still be plenty of demand.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus in the UK
Apple is set to open pre-orders for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus on Saturday 12 September at 8.01am. You'll be able to pre-order the new iPhone unsubsidised on Apple's online store at the prices listed below. Several carriers have announced that they'll be opening up pre-orders for the smartphone.
Pre-orders for the iPhone 6s from Apple will be available here and from the Apple Store app, which you can download here. We're not yet sure whether the pre-order will be delivery-only, or whether you'll be able to order it for an in-store pickup, but we'll update this article when we know more.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus UK: Carphone Warehouse
You can register for updates from Carphone Warehouse by clicking here. The company has confirmed that it'll begin pre-orders on 12 September, but hasn't yet specified a time.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus UK: EE
EE has confirmed that it'll ship the iPhone 6s, and has its own registration form here. Register to find out as soon as it's available to pre-order on the network.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus UK: Mobile.co.uk
Mobiles.co.uk also announced that it'll be opening pre-orders for the iPhone 6s ahead of its 25 September release, but it hasn't specified a date or a time. You can register for updates by clicking here.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus UK: O2
O2 is one of the few carriers to have confirmed that pre-orders will open on 12 September. You'll be able to pre-order all models of the iPhone 6s on O2 here.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus UK: Three
Registration has opened for the iPhone 6s over on Three's website here, but there's no pre-order information yet.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus UK: Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile has confirmed that the iPhone 6s will be available in the coming weeks, but there's no further information about it just yet.
How to pre-order iPhone 6s Plus UK: Vodfafone
Vodafone also has a registration form where you can sign up for updates (click here). The company has confirmed that it'll offer the iPhone 6s but no pricing details have been announced and there's no mention of a pre-order at the moment.
iPhone 6S Plus: design and build
Like its predecessor the iPhone 6s Plus has a 5.5in screen.
The most obvious difference is the new Rose Gold colour option, joining the gold, silver and Space Grey options already available.
Apple says that the iPhones are made with the same aluminium as the Apple Watch, called Series 7000 Aluminium. This material is designed to be more durable (hopefully preventing a repeat of Bendgate).
iPhone 6s Plus: 3D Touch
As expected the iPhone has gained a feature from the Apple Watch. You can do more than touch and swipe the screen. The touch screen is now pressure sensitive. For example you can 'Peek' by pressing lightly, or 'Pop' by pressing harder.
For example, you can 'Peek' at an email to see what it says and if you don't need to respond right away it will remain 'unread' in your emails - so no need to go into your email app and mark it as unread just because you aren't actioning it at that moment in time. If you do want to reply, you can click harder to 'Pop' to the email and action it there and then.
App icons will also become shortcuts so you can choose exactly where in that app you want to go. For example, you can take a selfie just by pressing on the Camera icon, or you can press on the Facebook icon to update your status without opening the app.
Multitasking will also benefit from 3D Touch. Just press on the screen and swipe to scroll through the apps you've got open, rather than double clicking the Home button.
3D Touch works with a taptic engine for haptic feedback you can feel, just like the Apple Watch and the trackpad on the new MacBooks.
iPhone 6s Plus: specs and hardware
The new iPhone 6S Plus, like it’s sibling the iPhone 6s, features a new A9 chip, as predicted. That chip is 80% faster than the A8, and 90% faster when it comes to graphics performance. We will be running benchmark tests on the new iPhone 6S Plus as soon as we can get our hands on one.
That A9 chip is paired with an M9 motion co-processor that collects health and fitness data to help the A9 run more efficiently and concentrate on other tasks. There is also new LTE Advanced and faster WiFi.
You’ll also find a second-generation Touch ID fingerprint sensor that's up to two times faster for all your Apple Pay needs.
The iPhone 6S Plus will be available in 16GB, 64GB and 128GB configurations.
iPhone 6s Plus: camera
The iPhone 6s Plus features a 12Mp iSight camera rathe than the 8Mp camera of its predecessors. Indeed, Apple has refused to add more pixels to the camera for years, claiming that more megapixels doesn’t mean better quality shots, which is true: more megapixels really just means the shot will take more MB of storage up. However, now Apple is happy to add more megapixels because they have also added more focus pixels for more better auto focus and added a new tech called deep trench isolation for accurate colour.
The iPhone 6S Plus's camera is capable of capturing 4K video as is the camera in the 6S.
There's also a 5Mp front-facing camera for selfies and FaceTime, and the entire display can be used as a front-facing flash.
In terms of camera software, Apple is introducing Live Photos. You can capture a photo that has an extended moment before and after you pressed the shutter button, capturing a few seconds of motion and audio for a photo that can come to life a little like something out of Harry Potter! We're slightly concerned about how much space that'll take up, though.
iPhone 6s software
The iPhone 6S Plus will run iOS 9. However it will gain a few additional features, including the ability for users to activate Siri by saying "Hey Siri" at any time, not just when the device is plugged in.
On the next page of this article: find out what we expected Apple to announce, in our roundup of the pre-launch iPhone 6s Plus rumours.
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