Leaked iPhone 6s schematic drawings reveal slightly thicker body than iPhone 6
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Leaked schematic drawings for the iPhone 6 show Apple's next smartphone will be visually almost identical to its predecessor.
The plans show a handset that has a footprint of 138 x 67mm – exactly the same as the iPhone 6 – and a thickness of 7.1mm, 0.2mm thicker, which is the same as the larger iPhone 6 Plus.
It has also been revealed by the leak, which was first published by Engadget Japan, via a "reliable source of China", that all buttons, ports, cameras and sensors will remain in the same place for the next handset, which some speculators are calling the iPhone 7.
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The imperceptible change in thickness could be down to Apple using slightly thicker aluminium for the new iPhone, combating the "bendgate" fiasco, where iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners reported their handsets were bending when in their pockets.
Apple is following a tried-and-tested routine with the iPhone 6s where the "s" version is visually identical to its predecessor, but has a number of internal changes to make it an attractive upgrade. The biggest feature is expected to be a Force Touch display, which will measure how firmly a user is pushing on it, giving game and application developers a new way to let users interact with their software.
We expect to see Apple announce the iPhone 6s on 8 September before putting it on sale 10 days later. Although we expect reports to be fairly accurate this stage – given the phone will soon be entering mass production – some details remain hazy.
Storage is a key factor yet to be finalised, as a report claiming the iPhone 6s will offer a minimum of 32GB – double that of the iPhone 6 – was contradicted days later by the ever-reliable 9to5Mac, which claims to have iPhone 6s components in-hand, and they include a 16GB storage module.
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