iPhone 6 Release Date is May 2014 with 8MP Cam Sensor & 5.7-Inch Screen as Confirmed Killer Features

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The iPhone 6 release date could come as early as May 2014 and most likely, Apple fans can expect a phablet-size handset with a 5.7-inch screen plus major cam improvements but with a rear sensor that dates back to the iPhone 4S.

 

Already recognised as one of the best camera phones around, the next iPhone iteration, according to fresh reports, will offer exciting shooting capabilities for 2014. However, as reported by BGR, while Apple will upgrade the cam shooter that is packed with the iPhone 6 the tech giant will continue to veer away from the megapixel war being waged by high-end Android smartphones.

 

So unlike the HTC One and Galaxy S4, from Asian tech firms HTC and Samsung respectively, the iPhone 6 is set to show off an 8MP rear cam. Note that the same configuration was introduced by Apple when the iPhone 4S first hit the market in 2011.

 

But the distinction in the 2014 serving, according to Unwired View, would be marked improvements in optical image stabilisation (OIS) and auto-focus (AF).

 

Pointing to a recently unearthed patent filing from Apple, Unwired View reported that while the iPhone 6 will seemingly in a familiar package, immense improvements on device capabilities can be expected from within.

 

"Miniature cameras are becoming increasingly common in mobile electronic devices such as smartphones. There is a constant drive to improve performance of such cameras, while still maintaining the same envelope," the same report quoted the Apple document as saying.

 

And while Apple shuns away from the camera numbers game, it appears that the company is finally willing to slug it out with giant smartphones that run on Android and Windows mobile operating system.

 

Per reports from Gotta Be Mobile, it is highly likely that while Apple will maintain its 8MP rear camera standard, the same shooter will be framed in a bigger iPhone 6 casing as sources from Asia supply chain players indicated that for the current year the upcoming iPhone will go big - boasting of a 5.7-inch screen, tops.

 

The specs were sourced from suggestions that Apple is deviating from its usual iPhone business model in 2014. It will release three iPhone versions - 2 iOS phablets with 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch screen set for May release and the iPhone 6 with an unknown screen dimension.

 

The latter is reportedly pegged for a Sept 2014 release date at the latest.

 

Yet another possibility is Apple would jump straight to a phablet-class handset and call it the iPhone 6 or iPhone Air as many reports have been suggesting. And if rumours would prove right that Foxconn and Pegatron will equally split this year's iPhone volume production, there is chance the device would debut in May 2014.

 

With the two giant Chinese device manufactures assembling the iPhone 6 in high gear, production and release calendar of the device should be met with minimal issues, Apple watchers said.

 

On release date, the iPhone 6 is also anticipated to showcase a virtually indestructible Liquidmetal casing, sapphire glass and coating, an A8 chip in 64-bit mobile computing standard and iOS 8.

 

Source: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/533863/20140111/iphone-6-release-date-confirmed-specs-features.htm#.UtF-M_RDv-s

 

[beebskadoo]

5.7 inch....that's honestly way too big.

[NickTheMajin]

This is most likely fake. 5.7in is way too big. Would prefer they stayed 4in. 

[Youbetternot]

Apple just don't know how to make their phones.

[MatheusSanzo]

I doubt that's the screen size.

[naca1227]

[TheRoss0411]

I don't believe you, i also don't care Android master race

[ViruZ_HUN]

If thats true its time for a mobile upgrade after 2 years. I am very unhappy with android. I dotn say it sbad but my samsung galaxy S3 is slow and buggy and i used iphone before and i think its better for speed.

 

So i may grab one, but first i need to talk to mom

[YellowDragon]

I still dont get the whole trend with turning a phone into a tablet, whats next adding a phone to a 15inch XL Ipad just to make people look like bigger idiots when they put them up to their ears?

 

On second thought let it happen, I would love to see how Apple spins the whole "Its The Greatest Innovation Ever approach" to something that makes people look like blithering idiots.

[NickTheMajin]

I still dont get the whole trend with turning a phone into a tablet, whats next adding a phone to a 15inch XL Ipad just to make people look like bigger idiots when they put them up to their ears?

 

On second thought let it happen, I would love to see how Apple spins the whole "Its The Greatest Innovation Ever approach" to something that makes people look like blithering idiots.

 

Samsung already made the idiot device =)

http://photos.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-8.0-1-2.jpg

 

Apple would never do something so idiotic. 

[YellowDragon]

Samsung already made the idiot device =)

http://photos.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-8.0-1-2.jpg

 

Apple would never do something so idiotic. 

 

You sure, I mean they came up with the ITrashcanPro.

 

Also that thing looks damn painful to hold. Tablets will never be a good productivity tool, the only people I ever see using these things are you Facebook and Instagram pros.

 

I consider my Lumnia 928 to be my upper bounds to the size of a phone.

[NickTheMajin]

You sure, I mean they came up with the ITrashcanPro.

 

Also that thing looks damn painful to hold. Tablets will never be a good productivity tool, the only people I ever see using these things are you Facebook and Instagram pros.

 

I consider my Lumnia 928 to be my upper bounds to the size of a phone.

 

I actually use my iPad for everything in University. Its 1lb and perfect for storing all my textbooks and taking notes on lecture. 

[TheSLSAMG]

I have said this before. I will say it again.

 

It's all speculation people. Take it all with a grain of rice.

[YellowDragon]

I actually use my iPad for everything in University. Its 1lb and perfect for storing all my textbooks and taking notes on lecture. 

 

Whats your major?

 

I cant use an Ipad for my Computer Science classes, might as well bring a ball and chain. I personally use an Acer chromebook flashed to Ubuntu.(fun fact about the processor is that its the same chip thats used in $500 dollar dell machines and google foots some of the costs so they can get greater market penetration. So its a steal at $199). Not one person would dare to bring a mac or ipad into class, you would get laughed out the door and told to pick up something that's not a total brick for development.

[NickTheMajin]

Whats your major?

 

I cant use an Ipad for my Computer Science classes, might as well bring a ball and chain. I personally use an Acer chromebook flashed to Ubuntu.(fun fact about the processor is that its the same chip thats used in $500 dollar dell machines and google foots some of the costs so they can get greater market penetration. So its a steal at $199). Not one person would dare to bring a mac into class, you would get laughed out the door and told to pick up something that's not a total brick for development.

 

I'm premed but I finished a computer engineering minor. In my engineering classes there were tons of kids with macs and no one said anything. I personally had a Windows laptop but no one had any trouble. 

 

Keep in mind I'm not trying to talk you into using an iPad for class, I'm just saying I've found a very good use for one in my classes. Premed is Chemistry, Molecular and Cell Bio, Anatomy, all classes that are conducive to using an iPad to study. I finished most of my difficult Math and Physics classes. I'd much rather carry the iPad than a 4-5lb laptop or 3lb ultrabook. 

[MangoJuiceStain]

That's fake as hell bro. 5.7"? lol, they don't even dare going above 4", you think they're going to make the 1.7" jump? Hell naw.

[voaz]

What the f is this bullshit

[MzCatieB]

looks ugly...

i think Apple have lost their breadcrumbs since they lost Steve... i hope they don't find the witches house

[qwertywarrior]

5 inch would have been the sweet spot

 

6.7  is in phablet territory

[Morpheus]

5.7 inch....that's honestly way too big.

lol....i'm not even gonna say it

[rashdanml]

This is most likely fake. 5.7in is way too big. Would prefer they stayed 4in. 

I'm almost tempted to downgrade to a Nexus One for my next phone. It's one of the few phones that I'd consider the perfect sweetspot for size, resolution and functionality. 

[Slinkey]

Wasn't iOS 7 just released?

[technovore]

I don't believe you, i also don't care Android master race

ololol

[Suika]

5.7" is too absurd from Apple to consider this to be fully true, especially since the original idea of the iPhone's size was that you could touch all corners with your thumb.

[Mac]

I highly doubt Apple will release another phone in May.