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Apple announces iPhone 6S, with 3D Touch input and feedback

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Apple announces iPhone 6S, with 3D Touch input and feedback
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The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus exist. And "they are the most advanced smartphones in the world" says Tim Cook. Which are some pretty big words.

The big new feature? 3D Touch, which lets you push down hard or lightly on the screen to do different commands. Push down lightly on an email, for example, to see a hover-over preview. Then you can push harder to open it fully.

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You can press lightly to "peak" and hard to "pop" - two gestures that Apple hopes will become as familiar as pinch and swipe.

The screen will vibrate with a haptic motor to give you feedback on exactly what you just did. It's like the Apple Watch, basically, but a lot more sensitive and advanced.

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It should be good for gaming, says our Matt. In fact, at the announcement event for the phone, developer Pixel Toys showed off how you can push hard to zoom in while shooting in Warhammer Freeblade.

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The iPhone 6S has a powerful A9 chip, and a 12 megapixel camera (with crazy Live Photos that show the seconds before and after the image, like some Harry Potter newspaper stuff). It will cost the same as the last model and is out on September 25th in major regions.

Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer