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- Sep 19, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Sep 20, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Apple CEO Tim Cook: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Will Trigger 'Mother of All Upgrades'
- In a Wall Street Journal interview after the 9 September 2014 event, Tim Cook said the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus would trigger "the mother of all upgrades" and that he expects Android users to consider switching, calling the phones "appreciably better in every single way"[1]
- Cook called Apple Pay "classic Apple" and credited collaboration between hardware, software and services teams for the Apple Watch[1]
- US pricing on contract: iPhone 6 $199/$299/$399 and 6 Plus $299/$399/$499 for 16/64/128 GB; pre-orders September 12, launch September 19[1][3]
- Launch day drew long queues, starting in Australia; unsubsidised prices were $649 and $749[4]
- Apple said on 22 September it sold over 10 million units in three days, a record, and could have sold more with greater supply[3]
Notable features
- iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were the first iPhones in two new sizes: a 4.7-inch Retina HD display at 1334 x 750 (38 percent more viewing area than iPhone 5s) and a 5.5-inch one at 1920 x 1080, in an anodized aluminium unibody Apple called the thinnest iPhones ever[5]
- The iPhone 6 measures 138.1 x 67.0 x 6.9 mm and weighs 129 g with a 1,810 mAh battery; the 6 Plus is 158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1 mm and 172 g with a 2,915 mAh battery; both have 1 GB of RAM[2]
- The Apple-designed A8 chip uses a second-generation 64-bit architecture with a new image signal processor, and the M8 motion coprocessor adds a barometer that senses relative elevation[5]
- The 8 MP iSight camera gains Focus Pixels for faster autofocus and records 1080p at up to 60fps and 240fps slo-mo; optical image stabilization is exclusive to the 6 Plus; the FaceTime HD camera has a larger f/2.2 aperture[2][5]
- Apple Pay lets users pay at contactless readers with Touch ID, card data kept in a Secure Element chip; LTE reaches up to 150 Mbps across up to 20 bands, with VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling and 802.11ac Wi-Fi[5]
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- [1]90%macrumors.com/2014/09/09/tim-cook-iphone-6-plus-trigger-mother-of-upgradesmacrumors.com· Posted Jun 15, 2017· Starts Sep 19, 2014 ✓· Ends Sep 20, 2014 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per macrumors.com: "…ook stated that the company expects the launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to trigger "the mot…"
- [2]78%iPhone 6 - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 100% of score
The Wikipedia infobox gives dimensions of 138.1 x 67.0 x 6.9 mm and 129 g for the iPhone 6 and 158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1 mm and 172 g for the 6 Plus, 1,810 and 2,915 mAh batteries, 1 GB RAM and an 8 MP rear camera.
- [3]80%First Weekend iPhone Sales Top 10 Million, Set New Recordapple.com· Published Sep 22, 2014· 0% of score
Apple's[5] own newsroom release confirms the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launched on 19 September 2014 and sold over 10 million units in the following weekend - corroborating the pin's stored 19 September 2014 date, with the release itself published three days later on 22 September.
- [4]85%Mother of all upgrades: Huge crowds greet Apples new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plusmacdailynews.com· Published Sep 19, 2014· 0% of score
MacDailyNews' own coverage, published 19 September 2014, documents Apple's[3][5] iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch-day crowds worldwide, directly matching the pin's stored 19 September 2014 date and Tim Cook's 'mother of all upgrades' framing.
- [5]92%Apple Announces iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus—The Biggest Advancements in iPhone Historyapple.com· Published Sep 9, 2014· 0% of score
Apple's[3] own launch press release gives the 4.7-inch 1334 x 750 and 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 Retina HD displays, the A8 chip with 'second generation 64-bit desktop-class architecture', the M8 coprocessor with barometer, Focus Pixels, OIS on the 6 Plus, Apple Pay and LTE 'up to 150 Mbps' on 20 bands.
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