“You have your PRO 5, I have my PRO 6.”So starts the tale of a Meizu forums user who apparently struck gold while out to dinner. Apparently after striking up a conversation with a young man, that man decided to sell something that would seem to be a Meizu PRO 6 prototype for about $15.
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Despite their creeping commoditization, smartphones are still some of the most exciting pieces of technology you can buy today. The old joke about using such a powerful device mainly for watching cat videos is a good one, but I find myself identifying more strongly with its setup than its punchline, the bit about carrying a device “capable of accessing the entirety of knowledge known to man.”Knowledge is useless, though, without a fast ...
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Even though analysts debated if 3D Touch would be enough of a feature for Apple to be able to break more records with the iPhone 6s, it seems to have worked. 3D Touch, even though a tad confusing and inconsistent has been the only major update for the new iPhone, and sales continue to skyrocket regardless. The iPhone is actually the latest addition to other Apple products with this ...
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The Huawei Mate S was the first device that prominently featured Force Touch technology. How was it shown off? A man in a suit weighed an orange in front of hundreds of people. The iPhone 6s might literally be apples to Huawei’s oranges, having just been cut off by the Chinese OEM from premiering new tech. But Apple chose to better its ...
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Now that Apple’s brought pressure-sensitive touch input to the latest iPhones, is this about to become the must-have new feature across the industry? Apple hardly has an exclusive on the tech used to deliver such interactions, and we’ve already heard about similar systems for Android models. One rumor has suggested that Samsung could be planning to bring out such big guns for its Galaxy ...
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With 3D Touch on the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, Apple’s given its smartphone users a new way to interact with their handsets, and the ability for software to respond to varying degrees of input pressure opens the door for new contextual interactions. If you’ve used it, you already know what we’re talking about, but how do you introduce something so novel to a smartphone-using public accustom to touchscreens where finger pressure never enters into the equation? It looks like Apple may ...
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So, the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus is just about ready to ship and in a week or so, we’ll all be getting them on our doorstep. But before you go unwrapping your new device only to have it come to a dramatic force right out of the box … ahem … there’s just one loose end on 3D Touch we’re about to tie up, since we’ve tied up just about
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It’s going to happen, again and again. It has to happen. Today, Apple executives unveiled the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus at the company’s annual keynote, and just as the rumors had suggested, one of the biggest changes made to the new smartphones was the addition of Force Touch — or rather, 3D Touch. Apple went on to showcase some of the practical uses of 3D Touch, from accessing additional menus, to previewing images and emails, to creating new ways of interaction in mobile games. Of course, as is ...
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Force Touch is the “new” pressure-sensitive user interface technique that was pioneered by Apple with its Apple Watch – or was it? Before we jump into that, let’s talk about ways that we can already interact with our smartphones and wearables, and see if we can figure out where Force Touch currently fits in, and where it should fit it.TextMulti-color was considered an “advanced feature”Before we had mice to move our cursors around we had scroll-lock and tab. ...
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As we get closer to the possible announcement of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus on September 9, it’s only logical that more supply chain rumors emerge. So far we’ve heard that Apple will invest in stronger aluminum for the iPhone, but we also hear of Force Touch technology making the cut. All these technologies are likely to impact the
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The closer we get to Apple’s September 9 event, the more credible leaks get on the iPhone 6s. We’ve heard rumors teasing the iPhone 6s in a rose gold variant, and we’ve also heard rumors dismissing them. There have also been strong hints to Force Touch technology, in addition to the possibility of a sapphire display ...
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If there’s one thing that Apple is famous for, is for the phrase “thin and light.” Cupertino’s obsession over thinner ergonomics has sometimes come at a cost of functionality. We have seen the company make a few exceptions with products like the iPad, and as we’ve followed similar rumors for the iPhone 6s, today we ...
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The amount of rumors surrounding Apple’s idea of bringing Force Touch technology to the iPhone 6 are already part of our daily bread. We don’t know exactly how Apple will implement this product without fragmenting the user interface, and specially when we’re not all fond of Force Touch in the first place. Today we learn more about it’s progress and it seems full steam ahead.TPK is reportedly already entering mass production with its pressure-sensitivity modules, even though the ...
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It’s another summer here in the United States. It’s also another run up to another iPhone. And so, everyone’s simultaneously catching onto both some sick waves and the latest iPhone 6S rumor. We’re all looking for a speck of truth within a parsec of speculation. What exactly will Cupertino bring to us this time?We don’t know. We know what we want, though. I’ve compiled the team’s thoughts here and have edited them for clarity.Adam DoudThe iPhone 6S will largely be a software update, if past years are any indicator.
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Apple hasn’t necessarily re-invented te wheel with its Force Touch technology on the Apple Watch, but it did prove to be extremely useful on the new MacBook. It’s clear that the use for this technology is beneficial when used in a larger canvas, and any rumors have claimed that the next generation iPhone will be benefited by this. This is not just a software gimmick though, and today we ...
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