This phone was Apple’s answer to “bendgate”. It was slightly thicker, and had better performance than the iPhone 6. Looking back at these release schedules this is probably the release cycle Apple should revert to. We’re at the point now where year on year there are very little changes to devices, having an “S” variant still allows the company to release a new model to please their shareholders but also makes it clear that this is still a very similar device to the previous one. However I think moving away from this was almost certainly intentional, people want to feel like they have the latest and greatest model of phone and if just 1 year later a new product is released with a new model number they’ll be that bit more tempted to buy it!
I don’t really have much to say about the iPhone 6s, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. There was nothing wrong with it, and it did nothing special. It wasn’t a memorable phone in any way, but it served it’s purpose perfectly fine.
I do miss the days when fingerprint scanners were placed centrally on phones though, at the front at the bottom or on the rear near the cameras, I’m not fussy but as a left handed person having it integrated into the power button on the right hand side is just not practical for me. Obviously a lot of phones today have them integrated into the screen but I don’t find these as accurate or fast as the physical sensor, and they generally never play nicely with a screen protector.
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