As the rumors said before, Apple named the two new phones as iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, to the crowd of technology journalists, fashion media editors, analysts and investors Tuesday morning at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said the device will come in two sizes.
He also played a teaser video showing off its design, which looks just like in leaks.
“I hope you’ll agree, they’re the best phones you’ve ever seen,†Cook said. Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, then took the stage to talk specifics.
Retina HD screen
The phones feature what Apple is calling the Retina HD displays, “a new generation†of mobile display technology. It’s “ion strengthened†to make it stronger and still uses sRGB-active LCD technology.
The iPhone 6 has screen resolution of 1,334-by-750 pixels and the iPhone 6 Plus has a full HD 1,920-by-1,080 pixel resolution screen — that’s 185 percent more pixels than the iPhone 5s’s 1,136-by-640 display.
Design
All the rumors and leaks were true, this is the most leaked iPhone yet. Borrowing some cues from the iPhone 5s and harkening back to the days of the original iPhone, the iPhone 6 has a seamlessly-designed Unibody chassis that features smoothly rounded edges with the Apple logo embedded on the back.
The iPhone 6 is just 6.8mm thin while the iPhone 6 Plus measures 7.1mm in depth. By comparison, the iPhone 5s is 7.6mm thin.
