Apple Loop: Secret iPhone Test, iPhone 6S Pictures Leak, Radical iTunes Fix

Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes the question of the iPod Touch and the iPhone 6C, the leaked front screen of the iPhone 6S, a comparison of pocket-to-picture camera times, Apple’s solution to one writer’s Apple Music issues, T-Mobile’s free streaming offer for Apple Music, details on the subscriber numbers to Apple’s streaming music service, a solution to iTunes’ woes, IDC’s tablet market share survey, and a seven-year old MacBook finally retiring.

Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many discussions that have happened around Apple over the last seven days.




Apple iPod Touch 6th Generation, 2015 (image: Ewan Spence)

Is The iPod Touch Getting Us Ready For A Monster iPhone 6C?

Last week I reviewed Apple’s latest iPod Touch model, and the little media player has still got my attention. Maybe it’s the light weight, maybe it’s the portability, maybe it’s just cute… but it’s mostly that I’m enjoying a powerful mobile experience on a four-inch screen. I’m not alone in that feedback, and the iPod Touch has convinced me that a high-specification, high-power, iPhone 6C would be a success. The question is, will Apple release a highly specced iPhone 6C, or carry on the 5C’s servitude in the low end of the market?

While I confidently expect Apple to release an iPhone 6C, my fear is that it will be pitched as the ‘basics’ model with a limited amount of storage, and specifications that are dulled just a little bit more than the original iPhone 6. If the iPhone 6S does jump up to offer 32, 64, or 128GB of storage, the 6C could be doomed to suffer with just 16 GB.

From my time with the iPod Touch, that’s not what I want. I want the smaller screen and form factor, I want the convenience of a physically light model. I want a discreet smartphone.

If you were a cynic you might think Apple was conducting a public beta test of a four-inch, A8 powered device in full view of the world ahead of launching a four-inch, A8 powered smartphone.

Here Is The Front Of The iPhone 6S 

With Apple selling so many devices, keeping secrets once parts are in the supply chain is an almost impossible task, so it should come as no surprise that we’ll learn more about the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus as September approaches. The latest reveal comes as a result of some rather tasty pictures of the front display. Forbes’ Gordon Kelly looks at what this tell us:

…the iPhone 6S looks set to keep up the tradition of the S range and make virtually no external alterations to its predecessor. This includes the display size (4.7-inches), native resolution (1334 x 750 pixels) and Touch ID-equipped home button, though a more rigid aluminium alloyshould kill off any new bendgate talk.

Some wild speculation had claimed Apple will move to Touch ID to the back of the iPhone or even inside the screen to reduce bezel size. This sounds great in theory, but these pictures stamp on that and I’d say it’s highly unlikely we see anything similar before the iPhone 7 – at the earliest.

More details on the leaked pictures can be found here.

iPhone 6 vs Galaxy S5

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But Which Takes The Faster Picture?

For all of the snazzy software features and PowerPoint presentations, in many areas there is very little practical difference between handsets. Paul Monckton takes a look at an important aspect of smartphones – the camera – and how quickly you can take a picture with an iPhone 6 or Galaxy S6 Edge in your pocket.

The Samsung’s Quick Launch feature works directly from the home screen or from within any app. This means you can switch immediately from typing a message to shooting a photo without having to quit your current app to go looking for the camera icon. On the iPhone 6, the quickest way to reach the camera is often to lock the phone and start from there. This takes a little extra time and also leaves you with a locked phone after you’ve taken your photo, so you’ll be spending more time unlocking it again to get back to where you started.

Credited: Forbes 

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