As production for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus begins ahead of its release next month, leaks have started to pour out of Apple’s supply chains on a weekly basis with pictures, physical components, digital drawings and more. The follow leaked picture, which was obtained from 9to5Mac, show the inside of the front display.
Leaked iPhone 6s front panel
In the leaked picture, we see the inside of the front panel for the iPhone 6s. The phone is rumored to adopt Force Touch technology in its display which was first debuted on the Apple Watch in April. The front panel looks very similar to the iPhone 6 front panel, down to the screw hole in the upper left corner, but there’s a couple of differences that confirm the iPhone 6s display will not be the same as the iPhone 6 display. First, the front panel in the leaked picture has metal backing, which may appear to be the LCD thermal plate, but it’s definitely not. The LCD thermal plate sits between the LCD and the rest of the components of the phone. It helps to disburse the heat, especially away from the battery. On the iPhone 6s, we see equidistant holes along the outside on the metal backing which are not present on the iPhone 6 front panel nor are they on the iPhone 6 thermal plate. In addition, the thermal plate has three holes on each side for screws to secure it to the front panel. We don’t see this in the leaked picture. All we see is the screw holes on the front panel for the thermal plate to attach itself to. Finally, the Home button extension cable comes up the left side of the thermal plate on the iPhone 6 and it’s not present in the leaked picture. This leads us to conclude the metal backing is part of the front panel and is not the LCD thermal plate, which means there’s something very different about the iPhone 6s. This is most likely the Force Touch display.
iPhone 6 front panel, credit: iFixit
The Force Touch technology appears to be sitting between the LCD and the metal backing on the phone. When the phone senses a tap or a deep press on the display, the pressure sensor will respond differently. For example, tapping on an app may open it while deep pressing may open its settings. It also has been theorized that the phone will recognize the difference between a small finger pad (i.e. the top of the finger) and a large finger pad (i.e. full finger) by also responding differently. This could lead to Apple incorporating the Touch ID sensor into the display by allowing the phone to be unlocked when a large finger pad touches the phone. Regardless of how Force Touch will work on the phone, there will be a ton of new features with iOS 9 that will be exclusive to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
The iPhone 6s is expected to be announced next month and released shortly afterwards. In addition to the Force Touch display, it will be powered by Apple’s A9 processor, have 2GB of RAM and come with a 12MP rear camera.
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