iOS 9 leaks and iPhone 6s Specs, Launch date, New features

Latest news from Apple campus at Cupertino that this week’s Apple Loop looks at the launch dates for the iPhone 6S and the potential feature list, what elements the camera needs, updates to the Apple Watch and MacBook Pro 15-inch, a lightning connector enabled strap for the Apple Watch aand the death of Apple TV.

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.

Will the iPhone 6S Arrive Early?

The question of Will the iPhone 6s arrives early than the Sept expected date? is answered by various reports on China’s UDN (Unreal Developer Network) with the suggestion that a late July launch could be on the cards. The China's UDN claims that the new models are set to arrive in July. This would be two months ahead of the usual September appearance for new iPhones. UDN says the reason for this is higher than expected yields of key components – something usually cited as a challenge most years. On the back of this it is alleged Apple is significantly ramping up component orders.

iOS 9 Leaks

The rumoured leaks and information around iOS 9 - expected to be announced at Apple’s WWDC later this summer. The details are wide, but let’s start with the visual look and the new font that will be used:

In the iOS9, Apple plans to change the system-wide font of iOS 8. The shift will see it ditch the skinny Helvetica Neue introduced in iOS 7 (and widely criticised for prioritising style over readability) in favour of ‘San Francisco’.

San Francisco is used on the Apple Watch and was developed by Apple “specifically for legibility”. As simple as this shift may sound, it is actually hugely complex to implement. The change in character dimensions affects every element of the UI and creates a lot of work for third party app developers. As such 9to5Mac warns that the shift may be postponed.

Phone 6S Features confirmed

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Citi Research has backed up the leaked feature list on Apple’s iPhone 6S handset.

The company has confirmed that 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone's will again be huge hits for Apple. These will be powered by the latest A9 processor backed by 2GB of ram. Kuo believes 80-90m units will be shifted in 2015 alone and Citi echos this citing a 34% growth in shipments over the iPhone 6, which itself achieved 50% growth over the iPhone 5s. Ming-Chi-Kuo also hinted that the iPhone 6 will have 12MP camera and a two lens system.