iPhone 6 countdown: 7 days to go as leaks swirl around and around

Christian de Looper, Tech Times 02 September 2014, 05:09 pm

If there is one truth at this point, seven days out from the official debut of the iPhone 6, it's that Apple's newest smartphone is going to be more feature rich and a sharper display.

One of the most credible rumors is that the device will have a much better resolution. Apple has not changed the screen resolution since the iPhone 5 was released, at that point the display went from 960 x 640 to 1136 x 640.

The beta version for iOS 8 includes some code that seems to suggest that Apple will once again offer an improved resolution. iOS 8 reportedly can load images at triple retina, rather than double retina like iOS 7. This essentially means the iPhone 6's display will be both larger and sharper than the iPhone 5s.

Double retina refers to the fact that each point in the iOS interface is represented by two pixels, so a 2x2 square is made up of four pixels. In triple retina, a 3x3 square would be made up of nine pixels.

While the quality of the display is set to be upgraded, the material that the display is made of is also rumored to be getting an upgrade. The iPhone 6 will reportedly do away with the Corning Gorilla Glass it has been using on the iPhone 4s and moving toward using glass-based on sapphire. This is said to be much stronger than Gorilla Glass, which is great news for those who are prone to dropping their device.

The display is not the only feature to be upgraded. Apple is reportedly adding a number of new options related to Apple's much talked about HealthKit platform, which will be a hub for medical data on the iPhone.

Another prominent feature will be found in iMessage, which will allow users to take and make calls directly from a Mac or an iPad. This connectivity means that users won't have to have their phone on them at all times.

Feld and Volk, a luxury modified iPhone vendor, has even managed to build a prototype from parts that it has acquired. According to Feld and Volk, the a variant of the device will have 16 GB of storage, and the device will have NFC capabilities, which is said by some to revolutionize mobile payments.