Kennedy Jones & Breanna Stewart
MC Contributors/Staff Writers
After months of anxiously waiting, the much anticipated iPhone 6s and 6s Plus has finally been revealed. Apple unveiled its newest edition to the iPhone on Sept. 9 during a live keynote event in San Francisco, Calif.
Although the phone looks exactly the same as the previous iPhone, it has undergone several major improvements. The most notable change is that the iPhone 6s now comes in rose gold. According to phonearena.com, the new color is already an early fan favorite.
Apple also announced an all new feature called the 3D touch, which determines how much pressure is being applied to the screen. The 3D touch brings about a new gesture called the “Peek and Pop”.
“Quick Action” is another new gesture. As described on the Apple website, Quick Action allows you to do the things you do most often faster and in fewer steps. You can start a message to your favorite contacts, instantly bring up the camera to snap a selfie, or immediately get directions home.
Jamarion Wright, a junior speech communications major from Jackson Miss., is anxious to get the phone in his hands.
“I plan on purchasing the new iPhone 6s. I currently have the iPhone 5, so I’m excited to get the new iPhone and experience all of the new features,” said Wright.
Zakaria Gary, a sophomore biology pre-med student from Greenwood, Miss., on the other hand, is not so interested in the phone.
“I already have the iPhone 6, so I feel like the phones are the same physically. Plus, we’re soon to get an update so the phones will basically work the same,” said Gary.
Ahead of the company’s big iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus releases, the company’s released its ninth version of its popular iOS software, for its iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch lineup.
iOS 9, the successor of iOS 8, was released to customers as a free update on Sept. 16.
According to the company’s website, the latest version of iOS touts a bevvy of new features, including better battery performance, added multi-tasking gestures for iPads, and a smarter Siri, Apple’s intelligent personal assistant.
Speaking of Siri, swiping to the right of the home screen in iOS 9 offers a brand new view, Siri Spotlight Suggestions. So now with just a swipe of the finger, your favorite contacts, apps, restaurant, shopping, and travel suggestions, along with a news feed, live within the suggested material.
In the past, adoption rates for the newest version of Apple’s on-the-go software, as with iOS 8, have been so extreme that download times, which are normally estimated at about only an hour, were stalled by as many as 12 hours, according to Yahoo! News.
Authorized Apple retailer, Nicacio Escobedo, auxiliary enterprise manager at Tiger Tech @ JSU, believes one of the reasons why people are choosing to wait to upgrade their iOS devices is because a lack of familiarity with the latest overhaul.
“iOS 8 probably had more people updating to it because people had more information about what it did and the process to update versus iOS 9” said Escobedo. “They’ve also been hearing how iOS 9 has made people devices slower, so people want to avoid that.”
Still, the recent enhancements that come with the operating system were more than enough to persuade Jackson State University junior political science major, Diamond Phillips, of Magnolia, Miss., of making the jump to iOS 9.
“I like the look and feel of it,” said Phillips. “I like how you can go back to things you were doing previously more easily now. Each update gets better.”
According to CNET.com, the iPhone 6s is expected to have record setting pre-orders surpassing the 10 million pre-orders from the previous phone.
The price of the iPhone has remained the same with the iPhone 6s starting at $199 and the iPhone 6s Plus starting at $299.
The phone became available for pre-order on September 12 and will go on sale Sept 25.
