Apple’s next iPhone, the rumored iPhone 6S, might be made available in a vibrant color option along with the Force Touch technology that has also been integrated into the upcoming Apple Watch and MacBook.
According to supply chain sources who have spoken to the Wall Street Journal, the Force Touch technology allows a touch screen to identify the difference between a light tap and a hard press. As a result, users can have access to various types of controls and gestures.
Apple refers to the Force Touch technology as "the most significant new sensing capability since Multi-Touch." Such form of technology is different from haptic feedback in such a way that Force Touch can be deemed as an input system while the vibrations from haptic feedback are recognized as an output system. For example, the latter enables a device to communicate with its user as to whether a certain option is being appropriately selected.
Although the touch technology is expected to be one of the more innovative changes to the new iPhone, certain features are likely to be retained.
For instance, it is possible that Apple can choose to retain either the 4.7-inch or the 5.5-inch plus model; the company is also expected to use the current screen resolutions for the new iPhone.
Another interesting speculation is the possibility of the upcoming iPhone to have a new color option. Aside from the traditional choices of space gray, silver and gold, Apple is reportedly considering the color pink for the phone’s case. The company previously came up with a similar addition two years ago when the iPhone 5S was released with a gold option.
All in all, these rumored features remain unconfirmed as Apple is expected to test its technologies multiple times before incorporating them into the final production of the iPhone.
One of the more popular examples is the iPhone 6 which was first rumored to sport a sapphire glass screen. In contrast, when it was released in September, the phone’s display came with the ‘Ion-X’ glass. Later on, it was announced that GT Advanced Technologies, Apple’s supplier, was incapable of generating the demand for sapphire as indicated in the contract between the two parties.
Further announcements regarding Apple’s new smartphone are yet to be made as mass production of its parts will begin in May.
