Without a doubt, the most important new features of the just-announced iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
are their large displays. The more regularly-sized iPhone 6 will come
with a 4.7" panel, while the significantly larger iPhone 6 Plus will
feature a massive, 5.5" screen. But as you might have guessed, that's
not all there is to these new displays. Apple has practically improved
each and every aspect of its IPS LCD screens, not only on the hardware
level, but also in terms of integrating them better with the iOS
experience through some smart software features. Let take a deeper look
at the various ways that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus' screens are
going to improve user experience!
First and foremost, we have to mention that the larger displays and
higher resolutions of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus mean that users will be
able to see more of their content on the same screen. Whether you are
browsing through a webpage in Safari, reading through a long message
thread, or checking your calendar appointments, there's going to be a
bit more content displayed on the screen, compared to previous iPhones,
saving you some scrolling action.
So, it appears that the new, larger screens of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6
Plus are going to enrich the iOS user experience in a number of ways
that go beyond simply making things bigger. Apple has done tweaks and
improvements to pretty much every aspect of its mobile screens, and that
gets us pretty excited about the enhanced iOS experience that's soon
going to be rolled out to consumers - starting on September 19, when the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are going to be released.
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going to improve user experience!
Size and resolution
First
things first, the most obvious benefit users are going to get from
having a larger screen on their iPhones is that all content will appear
bigger and more comfortable to view. iOS, the mobile operating system
powering all iPhones and iPads, is designed in a smart way, so that text
and other small design elements appear large enough on mobile devices'
relatively small screen sizes. But of course, having a larger display on
your iPhone will make things even easier to read (the jump from 4" to
4.7" is quite substantial, let alone from 4" to the iPhone 6 Plus' 5.5
inches). Not only that, multimedia content like video and games will
also be way more immersive on the bigger screens of the new iPhones, so
if mobile gaming is your forte, or you tend to watch a lot of video,
chances are the iPhone 6 will significantly enhance your experience.
Since
display size has gone up with iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, a bump in resolution
was also needed, in order to preserve the legibility and clarity if the
displayed image. While the iPhone 5 and 5s had screen resolutions of
640 x 1136 pixels, the iPhone 6 brings those numbers to 750 x 1334
pixels, preserving the same pixel density of 326 ppi (pixels per inch).
Meanwhile, the iPhone 6 Plus has an even higher resolution of 1080 x
1920 pixels, delivering a pixel density of 401 ppi, meaning that things
appearing on the screen will look even sharper and clearer on Apple's
phablet. There isn't going to be much of a visible difference between
the iPhone 6's 326 ppi and the iPhone 6 Plus' 401 ppi in terms of screen
clarity - one will be able to see things a bit more clearly on the
iPhone 6 Plus, if they examine the screen very closely and carefully,
but that's rarely the case when it comes to real-life, normal usage.
iPhone 6 vs iPhone 5s content area comparison
1. Homescreen - an additional row of apps
2. Mail - more mails visible at once
3. Safari - see more of a a web page
4. Calendar - more appointments fit on screen
5. Photos - explore your content with less scrolling
Color reproduction and outdoor visibility
The
iPhone 5s had great color reproduction characteristics, but there was
still room for improvement. For example, the color temperature of the 5s
was about 7100 K, which is a bit higher than the reference point of
6500 K, resulting in colors that are slightly colder (bluish) than
needed. With the new IPS LCD screens on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple
promises improved white balance, which basically means that the color
temperature of the displays should be even closer to the reference point
this time, resulting in more true-to-life visuals. Additionally,
similarly to its predecessor, the iPhone 6 will offer about 100% sRGB
colorspace coverage, meaning that all content found on popular media
formats, plus the internet, should look exactly as intended on your
mobile's screen.
When it comes to brightness
and contrast, Apple claims that the iPhone 6 series will exhibit
"incredible brightness", but obviously, that's open for interpretation.
The iPhone 5s really had an amazing brightness output, reaching about
580 nits in bright daylight. If Apple has managed to reach similar or
even better brightness levels with the new, larger panels, that would
indeed be a great achievement. Meanwhile, the manufacturer promises a
significantly improved contrast ratio, courtesy of a non-traditional
method, which involves a process of photo alignment. The phone will be
using UV light to determine the optimal positioning of the liquid
crystals inside the display, in order to produce better contrast and
image clarity. Furthermore, in its effort to improve outdoor visibility,
Apple has also enhanced the polarizer of the screen, which will allow
it to look better when the user is viewing it through sunglasses.
Viewing
angles have also been worked on. The iPhone 6 series will feature the
so-called dual-domain pixels, which basically means that the positioning
of the RGB sub-pixels will be slightly tweaked so that brightness,
contrast, and colors don't degrade so much when the display is viewed
from an angle. Hopefully, these optimizations will benefit the iPhone 6
display's viewing angles, without compromising any other aspect of its
quality.
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| The different layers of the iPhone 6's screen |
Software optimizations improving the iOS experience on a larger screen
Aside from
that, there's going to be a new feature, called Zoom view. What it's
going to do for you is to optimize the UI in order to make elements
bigger, so that they occupy relatively the same area as they do on the
older iPhones. This way, you may not be seeing more content on the
larger screen of the iPhone 6, compared to that of the iPhone 5s, but
things will appear bigger. It'll basically be a choice between having a
larger item size and having more items on screen.
A
somewhat more intriguing new software feature will be the landscape
mode available with the Apple iPhone 6 Plus. Apple has redesigned many
of the built-in iOS applications, like Calendar, Mail, Messages, and
Stocks, so that they employ a more versatile landscape view that shows
additional options or content. It's pretty neat that Apple has taken the
time to add such features to iOS 8 - we're sure that iPhone 6 Plus
users will definitely appreciate this kind of functionality. Naturally,
this also opens new horizons for iOS app developers, who will be able to
take advantage of the larger canvas in order to produce even more
productive and advanced applications.
iPhone 6 Plus landscape mode
1. Homescreen
2. Mail
3. Calendar
4. Messages
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