The iPhone 6 will apparently be water-resistant!
The iPhone 6 will officially be unveiled in a few hours time, but apparently there’s still a detail that hasn’t been revealed in previous reports until now. According to a source close to the Cult of Mac, the iPhone 6 will have a water-resistant body, in addition to a shatter-proof display that’s sporting sapphire glass. The same source also provided complete specs of the upcoming device, which we’ve laid down below.
- 4G LTE: all models
- Sim: Nano-SIM
- Announcement: Sept 9th
- Release: Sept 19th
- Dimensions: 137.5 x 67 x 7 mm (5.41 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
- Weight: 113 g (3.99 oz)
- TouchID: 500 dpi pixel density fingerprint sensor (Touch ID on all models)
- Display: LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 960 x 1704 pixels, 4.70 inches / 5.5 inches (~416 ppi pixel density)
- Multitouch: Yes
- Protection: Shatter proof sapphire crystal glass, oleophobic coating – water resistant
- Sound: Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm jack: Yes
- Memory Card slot: No
- Internal: 16/32/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM
- Data GPRS: Yes
- EDGE: Yes
- Speed: DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth: v4.0, A2DP
- NFC: Yes
- USB: v2.0
- Camera: Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash. Features Simultaneous video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, HDR panorama, HDR photo
- Video: 1080p@60fps
- Secondary: Yes
- OS: iOS 8
- Chipset: Apple A8
- CPU: Dual-core 2 GHz
- Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- Messaging: iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
- Browser: HTML (Safari)
- Radio: No
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Java: No
- Colors: Space Gray, White/Silver, Gold
- Battery: Non-removable Li-Po 1810 mAh battery (6.91 Wh)
Additional features:
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– AirDrop file sharing
– Siri natural language commands and dictation
– iCloud cloud service
– iCloud Keychain
– Twitter and Facebook integration
– TV-out
– Maps
– iBooks PDF reader
– Audio/video player/editor
– Organizer
– Document viewer/editor
– Photo viewer/editor
– Voice memo/dial/command
– Predictive text input
In case you missed that, yes, the iPhone 6 will have a non-removable 1810 mAh battery powering it, which is way less than we thought it would have. We’re really dreading the battery life on the device now, since it’s just a few hundred mAhs up from the battery in the iPhone 5. Considering the iPhone 6 has a bigger display, we’d hoped that the device would have more battery life.
We’ll be up and about during the official press conference later, which is set to begin at around 1 A.M. on Sept 10.