Mail and Messages are the best examples of how useful Peek and Pop is. It that sounds naff and pointless to you, I assure you it isn’t. Relaxing the pressure, meanwhile, sends you back to where you came.
an email, message or hyperlink) and press harder still to ‘Pop’ that into full screen. In short, press hard to ‘Peek’ at the contents of an item (e.g. The other key strand of 3D Touch is what Apple calls ‘Peek’ and ‘Pop’.
It’s a simple thing, but it makes correcting mistakes and basic editing simple and effortless. My favourite feature is pressing down on the keyboard to drag the cursor around accurately. You get the idea.Īll these little shortcuts are useful, but it’s inside apps where 3D Touch shows real dividends. The Music app will launch the Beats1 radio station the Calendar app will create a new event the Wallet app will show you your last transaction. Try it on the Maps app and you can quickly share your location or get directions home. Presented with shortcuts to specific actions.įor example, using “3D Touch” on the Camera app icon brings up shortcuts to take selfie or shoot a video. Sometimes it’s nothing, which is frustrating, but sometimes you’ll be At first, you’ll explore the home screen – pressing harder on icons to see what happens. It’s the kind of feature that demands exploration and experimentation from users and developers alike. It lets the iPhone detect different levels of pressure and trigger new actions depending on how hard you press. It’s plenty sharp enough.ģD Touch is, without question, the defining feature of the iPhone 6S’ screen. Some might argue its 326 pixels per inch (ppi) isn’t sharp enough, but that argument doesn’t hold water with me.
The screen is not the very best there is – Samsung’s OLEDs are in a different league – but it’s excellent for an LCD, even a few years on.Ĭontrast is great and colours are natural. Removing the mechanical button allowed the following iPhones to boast a water-resistance rating. Unlike on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8, the button here is a physical key that moves when you press it. Below the display is the home-button with integrated Touch ID fingerprint sensor. On the side you’ve got the power-button and volume keys, with the headphone jack and Lightning connector on the bottom. The antenna bands that snake their way around back and sides are hideously ugly, breaking up the otherwise seamless look. The phone’s design still measures up against more modern looking phones for the most part. The flat back, curved sides and large bezel around the display have become iconic traits that have stood the test of time. The fact that Apple still uses the basic iPhone 6S design for the iPhone 8 shows how much it believes in it. Related: Best iPhone Deals iPhone 6S – DesignĪll ‘S’ phones look like their forebears and the iPhone 6S is no different. We’ll have a completely new review of the iPhone 6S when iOS 12 is available to the public
When it launches later in the year iOS 12 should seriously help performance on this device.Īpple is touting faster camera performance plus boosts to everyday tasks like opening apps and the keyboard. The big boost for the iPhone is also in the works. A refurbished 64GB unit from Amazon will cost about £250 – a much fairer price. Thankfully you can find the iPhone 6S for much less outside of the Apple Store. There’s also the Honor 10 which is a similar price and again a much better buy. For a phone that is about to celebrate its third birthday that’s a big price to pay.įor £50 more you can pick up the fantastic OnePlus 6 which has the iPhone 6S beat in every single category. But, the iPhone 6S is still available, with pricing starting at £449.