Opinion: Does the iPhone 6s justify an upgrade from the iPhone 6 after all? [Poll]
A few weeks prior to the launch of the iPhone 6s, I wondered whether an S model could really continue the blockbuster sales success Apple enjoyed with the iPhone 6. Based on what we knew then, it seemed like it might be a tough sell. And at the time, it seems many of you felt the same way: in our poll, only 29% of iPhone 6 owners said they would ‘definitely’ upgrade.
But my view now is that Apple may have pulled a rabbit out of the hat. The company has, I think, successfully dealt with three of my five reasons for being skeptical about the sales potential of the 6s:
- Force Touch is a techy feature, with limited mass-market appeal
- The camera improvements are nice, but the iPhone 6 camera is already great
- The iPhone 6 still feels like ‘the new iPhone’
So let’s look at each in turn, and see why I think Apple may have managed to prove me wrong …
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