iPhone 6s and 6s Plus: Set Your iPhone's Video-Recording Quality

To access those options, I just went to Settings> Photos & Camera> Record Video. And if you’ll note, there’s a handy-dandy approximation there (in yellow) for how much space you’ll be taking up with each configuration. So, yeah—for those of you with 16GB iPhones, it’s probably not the best idea to record 4K video, unless…

7 Tips for iOS 9 on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus

Live Photos Live Photos is a new feature included with iPhone 6s and 6s plus. Whenever you take a photo the phone also captures a couple of seconds of video on either side of the shot. When you open the image in your photo app you can press on the image and bring that picture…

iPhone 6s Plus: Best Camera and Battery Ever

Episode #148   In September I reviewed the (then) new iPhone 6s (in rose gold). I loved the new 3D Touch and Live Photos features but concluded that I wanted an iPhone with a larger screen, a better camera, and less pink, so I swapped it for a space gray iPhone 6s Plus. Like the…

iPhone 6s/6s Plus: How to Use 3D Touch

In any case, 3D Touch allows us three new features—Peek, Pop, and Quick Actions. In addition to sounding like stuff that happened that year that you went to summer camp, these abilities do different things when you press with varying levels of force on your screen. In general, a Peek is a lighter press to…

Upgrading to an iPhone 6s? Don't Forget to Backup First

Here's how to make sure you have a current backup for your iPhone if you're using iCloud: Tap Settings Tap iCloud Tap Backup Tap Backup Now Use iCloud's settings on your iPhone to force a backup and see when your last backup happened The Backup screen in iCloud's settings also shows when your last successful…

iPhone 6s Doubles RAM to 2 GB

iPhone 6s and iPad Pro get double the RAM iOS app developer Hamza Sood figured out a slick way to use Xcode to ferret out just how much RAM the new iPhones and iPad Pro pack. Xcode is the tool developers use to write iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps, and it includes a simulator for…

How to Upgrade to a New iPhone 6s or 6s Plus on Verizon

Verizon iPhone Landing Page Cash on the Barrel First up, you can buy your new iPhone outright and be done with the whole thing. If you choose the iPhone 6s, this will set you back $649 (16GB), $749 (64GB), or $849 (128GB). Going the 6s Plus route will damage your credit card at $749 (16GB),…

4 Ways to Upgrade to Apple's New iPhone 6s

Now that Apple has launched its own iPhone Upgrade Program, customers have several different options when it comes to upgrading to a new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus.  __________________________ iPhone 6s and 6s Plus pre-orders start at 12:01 AM on September 12th (early Saturday morning). Experience has shown that customers who go online at that…

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: Turning Off Reachability

It’s intended to help you use your iPhone one-handed, which I think was a reasonably good idea on Apple’s part; however, here’s what my personal experience with it has been. Actually, I think the “times I meant to use it” may even be a bit exaggerated there. So if you’re like me and just keep…

iPhone 6s Will Reportedly Have Force Touch

“Force Touch can enrich user experience due to more input methods and support of handwritten signatures, which is beneficial for expanding the commercial market,” Mr. Ming-Chi wrote in a research note first covered by AppleInsider. ForceTouch was introduced on the trackpad for Apple's new MacBook, and it's a feature of Apple Watch. It allows the…

olloCase for iPhone 6 and olloclip Lenses is Slim, Simple

For those customers who have an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus and a corresponding olloclip lens kit, it can be annoying to remove the iPhone's case and attach the lenses. olloclip has solved that problem by introducing a very nice iPhone 6/6 Plus case that needn't be removed. Plus, it's a very nice case in…

Samsung Innovation: Samsung Pay and an iPhone 6 Lookalike

Samsung has also found that no one—and I mean no one—cares for its me-too services and solution-in-search-of-problem software addons to Android. What's a shameless IP thief to do? Well, if you're Samsung, you come out with an innovative service called Samsung Pay, a mobile payment solution that will launch with the Galaxy S6 sometime this…

ExoLens is a Professional Photography Lens Kit for iPhone 6

The just released ExoLens kit for the iPhone 6 (iPhone 6 Plus in May, 2015) is a professional pair of lenses, 3x telephoto and wide angle that attach to the iPhone 6 with a sturdy lattice mount. The mount is threaded with a standard 1/4″-20 connection, ready for a tripod. The system is designed for…

Scarf iPhone 6/6 Plus Case is Thin as a Fingernail

Totallee has introduced The Scarf case for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It's as thin as a fingernail, about 0.01 inch (0.35 mm), has a see-through back that displays the Apple logo, and the textured, polypropylene, surface that provides a firm grip.  The Scarf iPhone 6/6 Plus case (white) The case is flexible and…

High iPhone 6 Demand has RBC Raising its AAPL Target to $123

RBC's Amit Daryanani thinks Apple will report shipping between 67 million and 68 million iPhones for the holiday quarter, and that the current quarter will see upwards of 50 million iPhones shipped. He also expects Apple to see more growth as more retailers and banks support Apple Pay, and when Apple Watch ships this spring.…