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Apple iPhone 6S Plus Full Phone Specifications
iPhone 6S Plus
Product Brand: Apple
Editor's Rating:
4
4
Pros
- Large, high-quality display
- Great camera performance
- Excellent battery life
- 3D Touch functionality adds a new dimension to the user experience
- Plenty of storage options available
- Fast performance and smooth user interface
- Solid build quality
Cons
- Large size may be cumbersome for some users
- Price may be a bit steep for budget-conscious consumers
- No water resistance rating
- No headphone jack, requiring the use of adapters or Bluetooth headphones
- Older model may not support the latest software updates
Apple iPhone 6S Plus Specs and Features
The iPhone 6S Plus was released by Apple in September 2015 as the larger variant of the iPhone 6S. Here are some of its key specifications and features:
- Display: The iPhone 6S Plus features a 5.5-inch Retina HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and 3D Touch technology.
- Processor: The device is powered by Apple’s A9 chip with 64-bit architecture and an embedded M9 motion coprocessor.
- Memory and Storage: The iPhone 6S Plus comes with 2 GB of RAM and is available in three storage capacities: 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB.
- Camera: The phone features a 12-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization, true tone flash, autofocus, and 4K video recording capabilities. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for FaceTime calls and selfies.
- Connectivity: The iPhone 6S Plus supports 4G LTE cellular networks and Wi-Fi. It also includes Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS.
- Operating System: The iPhone 6S Plus was initially released with iOS 9, but it is upgradable to iOS 14.
- Design: The iPhone 6S Plus features an aluminum body with rounded edges and is available in four colors: space gray, silver, gold, and rose gold.
In addition to its impressive hardware, the iPhone 6S Plus introduced new features such as 3D Touch, Live Photos, and an improved front-facing camera.
Other related iPhone models include the iPhone 6S, which shares a similar design and features with the iPhone 6S Plus, and the iPhone 7 Plus, which was released in 2016 as the successor to the iPhone 6S Plus.
Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | Smartphone |
| Models |
A1634 (North America) A1687 (International) A1690, A1699 (China) iPhone8,2 |
| Announced | 09 September, 2015 |
| Released | 25 September, 2015 |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Predecessor | iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus |
| Successor | iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus |
| Slogan | "One powerful phone" |
| Generation | 9th |
Design
| Type <strong>Design Type</strong> called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. | Bar |
| Lenght | 158.2 mm or 6.23 inches |
| Width |
77.9 mm (millimeters) 7.79 cm (centimeters) 0.256 ft (feet) 3.067 in (inches) |
| Height |
158.2 mm (millimeters) 15.82 cm (centimeters) 0.519 ft (feet) 6.228 in (inches) |
| Thickness |
7.3 mm (millimeters) 0.73 cm (centimeters) 0.024 ft (feet) 0.287 in (inches) |
| Volume |
89.96 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 5.46 in³ (cubic inches) |
| Weight |
192 g (grams) 0.42 lbs (pounds) 6.77 oz (ounces) |
| Protection |
Glass front (Gorilla Glass) Aluminum back Aluminum frame |
| Colors |
Rose Gold Gold Silver Space Gray |
Network
| SIM <strong>SIM</strong> (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | Nano SIM |
| Number of SIM cards | 1 |
| GSM |
GSM 850 MHz GSM 900 MHz GSM 1800 MHz GSM 1900 MHz |
| CDMA |
CDMA 800 MHz CDMA 1700/2100 MHz CDMA 1900 MHz |
| CDMA2000 |
1xEV-DO Rev. A |
| UMTS (3G) |
UMTS 850 MHz UMTS 900 MHz UMTS 1700/2100 MHz UMTS 1900 MHz UMTS 2100 MHz |
| LTE (4G) |
LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38) LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE 700 MHz Class 17 LTE 800 MHz LTE 850 MHz LTE 900 MHz LTE 1800 MHz LTE 1900 MHz LTE 2100 MHz LTE 2600 MHz LTE AWS (B4) LTE 700 MHz (B12) LTE 800 MHz (B18) LTE 800 MHz (B19) LTE 800 MHz (B20) LTE 1900+ MHz (B25) LTE 800 MHz (B26) LTE 800 MHz SMR (B27) LTE 700 MHz APT (B28) LTE 700 MHz de (B29) LTE 2300 MHz (B30) |
Display
| Display Type <strong>Display Technology => </strong> A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | LCD Multi-Touch display with IPS technology |
| Size | 5.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen |
| Resolution | 1920-by-1080-pixel resolution |
| Display Colors <strong>Display Colors</strong> is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 24-bit (16.76 million colors) LCD |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 ratio |
| Display area | (~67.7% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Pixel Density <strong>Pixel Density (PPI)</strong> is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | 401 pixels per inch (PPI) |
| Touch Screen | Multi-touch touchscreen display |
| Display Protection <strong>Display Protection => </strong> Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. |
Ion-strengthened glass Oleophobic coating |
| Features |
Capacitive Multi-touch Scratch resistant Retina HD display Force Touch 1300:1 contrast ratio 500 cd/m² Full sRGB standard Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating LED-backlit |
Media
| Audio File Formats |
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2 M4A (MPEG-4 Audio, .m4a) MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, .mp3) WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave) Apple Lossless AAX+ AAX |
| Video File Formats |
3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp) H.263 H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video H.265 / MPEG-H Part 2 / HEVC QuickTime (.mov, .qt) MPEG-4 |
| FM Radio | No |
| Alert Types | Vibration, proprietary ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm Audio jack | 3.5mm jack, 16-bit/44.1kHz audio |
| Audio Features |
Loudspeaker Earpiece Cirrus Logic 338S00105 Cirrus Logic 338S1285 HAC (M3/T4) - Hearing Aid Compatibility |
Rear Camera
| Number of cameras | 1 |
| Sensor type | CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) |
| Main cameras |
Sony IMX315 Exmor RS 12 MP |
| Sensor size |
4.8 x 3.6 mm (millimeters) 0.24 in (inches) |
| Pixel size |
1.19 µm (micrometers) 0.001190 mm (millimeters) |
| Crop factor |
7.21 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 |
| Focal length and 35mm equivalent | 4.02 mm (millimeters) 29 mm (millimeters) *(35 mm / full frame) |
| Number of lenses | 5 |
| Flash type | Dual LED |
| Image Resolution |
4032 x 3024 pixels 12.19 MP (megapixels) |
| Video Resolution |
3840 x 2160 pixels 8.29 MP (megapixels) |
| Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
| Other features |
Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Optical image stabilization Geotagging Panorama HDR Touch focus Face detection Exposure compensation Self-timer Sensor type - RGBW Hybrid IR filter Sapphire crystal glass lens cover 1080p @ 60 fps 720p @ 240 fps |
Front/Selfie Camera
| Number of cameras | 1 |
| Main cameras |
5 MP |
| Sensor type | CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) |
| Aperture | f/2.2 |
| Focal length and 35mm equivalent | 31 mm (millimeters) |
| Image Resolution |
2560 x 1920 pixels 4.92 MP (megapixels) |
| Video Resolution |
1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels) |
| Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
| Other features |
Face unlock Retina flash HDR Exposure compensation Self-timer |
Software
| Operating System <strong>OS => </strong> Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | iOS 9, upgradable to iOS 15.5 |
| User Interface <strong>UI</strong> or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. | iPhone OS UI |
Hardware
| Chipset <strong>Chipset</strong> is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. | Apple A9 APL1022, Embedded M9 motion coprocessor |
| SoC Process Technology | 14 nm (nanometers) |
| CPU <strong>CPU</strong> (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. | Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister |
| CPU bits | 64 bit |
| CPU cores | 2 |
| CPU frequency | 1840 MHz (megahertz) |
| Level 1 cache memory (L1) |
64 KB + 64 KB (kilobytes) |
| Level 2 cache memory (L2) |
3072 KB (kilobytes) 3 MB (megabytes) |
| Level 3 cache memory (L3) |
8192 KB (kilobytes) 8 MB (megabytes) |
| GPU <strong>GPU</strong> (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics) |
| RAM (Memory) <strong>RAM</strong> (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. | 2 GB |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4 SDRAM |
| Internal Storage <strong>Internal Storage</strong> is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. | 16/32/64/128 GB TLC NAND connected via NVMe |
| Card Slot <strong>Memory Card Slot</strong> is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. | No |
| Sensors <strong>Sensors</strong> are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. |
Touch ID fingerprint sensor Barometer Three-axis gyro Accelerometer Proximity sensor Ambient light sensor |
Connectivity
| Bluetooth Version | 4.2 |
| Bluetooth Features <strong>Bluetooth</strong> is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. |
A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) LE (Low Energy) |
| Infrared <strong>Infrared</strong> connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range. | No |
| Wi-Fi <strong>Wi-Fi</strong> is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. |
802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999) 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999) 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003) 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009) 802.11n 5GHz 802.11ac (IEEE 802.11ac) Dual band Wi-Fi Hotspot MiMO |
| USB | Lightning, USB 2.0 |
| GPS <strong>GPS</strong> The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. |
GPS A-GPS GLONASS Wi-Fi Cell ID |
| NFC <strong>NFC</strong> (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inch. | |
| HDMI <strong>HDMI</strong> (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. | No |
| Wireless Charging <strong>Wireless Charging</strong> (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. | No |
Data
| GPRS <strong>GPRS</strong> (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications (GSM), Generally, GPRS is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. | |
| EDGE <strong>EDGE</strong> (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) is a wireless network technology generally considered the next step in the 2G network offers data transfer rates up to four times faster than ordinary GSM networks, Generally, EDGE is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. | |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps |
| Web Browser <strong>Web Browser => </strong> a web browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, video and other files, The primary function of a web browser is to render HTML, the code used to design or markup webpages. | (Safari) |
Messaging
| SMS <strong>SMS</strong> (Short Messaging Service) is a text messaging service component of phone, Web, or mobile communication systems. It uses standardized communications protocols to allow mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages over the networks. | Yes (threaded view) |
| MMS <strong>MMS</strong> (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content (audio clips, video clips and images) to and from mobile phones over wireless networks using the WAP protocol. | |
| Email <strong>Email</strong> (Electronic Mail) is a system for receiving, sending, and storing electronic messages, Similar to a letter, email is text messages that may contain files, images, or other attachments sent via the internet to a recipient by using applications and software prograps. An email address is required to receive email, and that address is unique to the user. | Yes |
| IM <strong>IM</strong> (Instant Messaging) is an exchange of text messages through a software application, it enable you to create a kind of private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet. | Yes |
Battery or Power
| Battery Type <strong>Battery Type => </strong> Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer) |
| Capacity <strong>Battery Capacity</strong> is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 2750 mAh 3.82 V 6.55 W·h |
| Placement | Non-removable |
| Standby <strong>Standby Time</strong> is the total amount of time that you can leave your is fully charged, turned on and ready to send and receive calls or data transmissions before completely discharging the battery. | Up to 384 h (3G) |
| Talk Time <strong>Talk Time</strong> is the longest time that a single battery charge will last when you are constantly talking on the phone under perfect conditions, Ambient temperature and highly dependent on the cellular network environment such as the distance to the closest cell network tower. | Up to 24 h (3G) |
Prices (Prices are estimated and varies by capacity)
| Price in (USA) $ | US$299.00 |
| Price in (Bangladesh)৳ | ৳37,000 - ৳44,999 |
| Price in (Canada) | CA$2,022.00 |
| Price in (Dubai/UAE) د.إ | AED 675.00 |
| Price in (India) ₹ | ₹ 14,299 |
| Price in (Iraq) ع.د | IQD 427,680 |
| Price in (Nigeria) ₦ | N75,000 |
| Price in (Tanzania) TSh | TZS 500,000.00 |
| Price in Australia | AUD 678 |
| Price in France | FRF 2,807 |
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