The iPhone 6s was unveiled on 9 September at Apple's jam-packed special event, and became available to pre-order on 12 September. You can find out how to pre-order the iPhone 6s here. It's set to make its way into the hands of the postman onto the shelves of Apple Stores on 25 September. The iPhone 6, on the other hand, has been available for a year, and remains available to buy even though there's a newer model available.
That said, it has been limited to Silver and Space Grey (the Gold iPhone 6 is no more) and the 128GB model has been removed from the line-up. The iPhone 6s has four colour options and three storage options, which we'll talk about more below. When it comes to pricing, the iPhone 6s starts at £539 with the bigger iPhone 6s Plus model starting at £619.
The iPhone 6 is cheaper, starting at £459, with the iPhone 6 Plus now starting at £539. At first glance, you might think that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s are the same phone, but actually there's a lot that's changed both in terms of design and technical specs. First of all there's a new colour option available called Rose Gold, and so far it's proving to be a big hit.
The iPhone 6s is also available in Gold, Silver and Space Grey. It's also made out of a more durable aluminium called Series 7000, which is the same material used for the Apple Watch Sport models. This is presumably to prevent a repeat of the bendgate debacle that happened when some iPhone 6 Plus owners found that their iPhones had bent after prolonged periods of time spent in their pocket.
Aside from that, the design and build of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s is essentially the same. The new 3D Touch display (which we talk more about below) has meant a teeny tiny increase in height, width, depth and weight, but you're unlikely to notice. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s have the same screen when it comes to pixels, but very different displays when it comes to the technology behind them. What's changed is the addition of new 3D Touch technology, one of the key features of Apple's new iPhones.
3D Touch means that the display on the iPhone 6s can distinguish between a tap, a light press and a hard press, and that opens up a whole host of new navigation, interaction and gesture possibilities. You can find out more about 3D Touch and how it works here. Inside the iPhone 6s is a new, even speedier chipset made up of the A9 64-bit processor and M9 motion coprocessor.
We've yet to run benchmark tests on the new iPhone but we'll be updating this article when we have the results. Expect them to be incredible. That said, the iPhone 6's benchmark test results were already amazing thanks to the A8 and M8 chipset, so it's arguable whether you really need that extra speed. The iPhone 6 has 1GB RAM, though, and the 6s reportedly has 2GB which could make a pretty big difference, but we'll have to wait until we've spent more time with the iPhone 6s to find out.
Another improvement comes in the form of a new second-generation Touch ID fingerprint sensor. Connectivity options remain the same - you'll get 4G LTE Advanced, 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC and more with both of these iPhones. In addition to the new processor and Touch ID, Apple has also upgraded the cameras in the iPhone 6s. The iPhone 6 has an 8Mp rear-facing camera, while the iPhone 6s has a 12Mp rear-facing camera. Some of the tech behind the camera has been improved too - there's now tap to focus with Focus Pixels, for example. Video recording has gone from 1080p in the iPhone 6 to brilliant 4K video recording in the iPhone 6s. The iPhone 6s Plus also has optical image stabilisation for video.
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