iPhone 6s is 0.2mm thicker than iPhone 6, leaked industrial design diagram indicates

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Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6s should measureĀ 7.1mm deep, a 0.2 millimeter increase versus the current-generation iPhone 6, which measures 6.9mm deep. If true, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s will haveĀ the exact same thickness as the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, according to a purported schematicĀ leaked Monday toĀ Engadget Japan byĀ a reliable source in the Chinese supply chain.

KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said that an imperceptible increase in thickness was necessary to accommodateĀ Apple’s implementation of force sensing on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus’s screen.

The schematic also suggests a slightly wider and about 0.15mm taller handset versus the existing iPhone 6 generation. TheĀ imperceptible change in thicknessĀ gives hope that existing cases will be compatible with the new iPhones.

TheĀ leaked diagram reveals that the design of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will beĀ barely different than that of Apple’s current iPhones, including the protruding camera lens and the antenna linesĀ on the back.

The next-generation iPhones should offerĀ the same storage options as Apple’s current iPhone lineup. The devices willĀ be reportedlyĀ made from aĀ 60 percent strongerĀ Series 7000 aluminum that Apple developedĀ for the Apple Watch Sport.

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A supply chain report this weekend claimed that Protek Ā has begun hiring up to 40,000 workersĀ on behalf of Pegatron, which was commissioned alongside Foxconn to assemble the new iPhones,Ā with volume manufacturing expected to ramp up this month.

BloombergĀ originally reported that Apple had recently begunĀ early production of the forthcoming iPhone models. The new handsets should go on sale in September.

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are rumored to offer up to twice as fast 4G LTE download speeds viaĀ an updated Qualcomm baseband modem, in addition toĀ improved NFC, faster Touch ID fingerprint scanning, aĀ force-sensing screen, a faster and more power efficient, TSMC-built ā€œA9ā€ processor withĀ 2GB of RAMĀ and other perks.

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Most importantly, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are said to offerĀ ā€the biggest camera jump everā€ in the handset’s history with a five-megapixel camera on the front and a twelve-megapixel shooter out the back with 4K video capture and improved low-light photography viaĀ an extra white sub-pixel alongside the conventional RGB sub-pixels.

A sketchy reportĀ byĀ theĀ Chinese blog FengĀ claimsĀ the forthcoming iPhones could come outfitted with a sharper, higher-resolution Retina screen:Ā a Full HD screen on the iPhone 6s model matching the Full HD display of the present-generation 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, with the iPhone 6s Plus reportedly gainingĀ an ultra-sharp 2K Retina screen.

Source: Engadget Japan