Apple has introduced 2 new phone models: iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6. The presentation of apple products took place at the Flint Center in Cupertino. The diagonal of the iPhone 6 is 4.7 inches, and the diagonal of the iPhone 6 Plus is 5.5 inches.
New smartphone models, unlike the previous one iPhone lines 5, have a round shape, without sharp corners. The power button has been moved from above to the right side, the volume buttons are still located on the left side. Smartphones have a new built-in sensor - a barometer, a pressure sensor.
The thickness is 6.9 mm, while the iPhone 6 Plus is 7.1 mm.
The new models are available in three colors: silver, gray and gold. The smartphones will be pre-installed with the new iOS 8 operating system.
How much will iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus cost?
In the US, the cost of a smartphone, subject to a two-year contract with an operator, will be:
IPhone 6 with 16 GB of memory - $199, 64 GB - $299, 128 GB - $399;
The iPhone 6 Plus with 16, 32 and 64 GB storage will retail for $299, $399 and $499 respectively.
In Russia, which, according to some media reports, may fall into the first group, iPhone cost 6 with a 4.7-inch display will cost 29,990 rubles for the initial configuration, and the most expensive iPhone 6 Plus model with a 5.5-inch screen and 128 GB of memory will cost from 45 to 50 thousand rubles.
iPhone 6: release date in Russia
In Russia, pre-sale of the smartphone will begin on September 26. The price of the gadget will be from 31,990 rubles to 36,990 rubles.
Apple iPhone 6
iPhone 6: characteristics of phone models
What kind of display does the new iPhone 6 models have?
Both iPhone 6 models feature the new Retina Display HD. According to Apple Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller, the display provides accurate reproduction of the sRGB color range, has an ultra-thin backlight module and improved ionized protective glass.
iPhone 6 has a resolution of 1334 x 750 pixels (that is, 326 ppi), which is HD resolution.
Permission iPhone screen 6 Plus - 1920 x 1080 pixels or Full HD.
What processor is used in the new iPhone 6?
According to Phil Schiller, " new processor 25 percent faster than its predecessor in computing and 50 percent in graphics.” Inside the new iPhones is the new generation Apple A8 processor, which contains 2 billion transistors and supports 64-bit data. The chip is made using 20 nm technology, making the new processor 13% smaller than the previous A7.
How long can iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last autonomously?
Time battery life iPhone 6 is:
14 hours talk time on 3G network,
11 hours of video playback,
Up to 10 days in standby mode.
For the iPhone 6 Plus, the same figures are 24 hours, 14 hours and 16 days, respectively.
What camera is installed in the new iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6 models?
The main camera resolution is still 8 MP, but Apple has replaced the sensor. The new photo matrix has larger pixels, which should improve the quality of photos. In addition, autofocus works faster, and the speed of high-speed shooting has doubled. The camera in the iPhone 6 Plus received optical stabilization (in the iPhone 6 there was digital stabilization).
The front camera in the new iPhones has also been improved due to a new sensor.
Pay for purchases with ApplePay
Both iPhone 6 models support new feature Apple Pay, allowing you to use them as an analogue of a payment card. To pay for a purchase with using Apple Pay, you need to bring your smartphone to the terminal, press and hold the Home key, which is equipped with a built-in Touch ID fingerprint scanner.
Apple Pay is based on NFC technology and uses a separate Secure Element chip to store personal payment data. Payment is made from a card attached to Apple account on iTunes (American Express, Mastercard and Visa).
Greetings to one and all! The first thing you need to pay attention to is that this article will not talk about the official release date of any iPhone model (you can talk about this) in general, but about each specific device in particular. After all, as you understand, devices are released almost every day and for each iPhone the date it leaves the factory will be individual.
Second important note– we will figure out how to determine not only what year the iPhone you have in your hands is, but even its release week. Well, the third thing is that there will only be several ways to find out the age of the device and by combining them, you can achieve 100% reliability of the result obtained. Let's not put things off and drag animals to different places... let's start quickly and decisively!
However, a short introduction is still necessary. Why do you need to find out all this - how old is he, dates, some numbers? Use it and that's it! However, not everything is so simple and here are a few situations when this is necessary:
- To buying an iPhone or iPad "hand-held".
- When buying a new device (not all stores are equally honest and I can sell a used one under the guise of a new one).
- Just out of curiosity.
By the way, for all checks we will use the serial number (IMEI) of the iPhone (). Which is quite convenient, because you don’t even need access to the device - when buying a used one, you can ask for it in advance, and if the gadget is still in the box, then you can do without opening it. Well, now to the main thing...
Find out what year the iPhone was produced by decoding IMEI
The serial number can tell a lot of information about the device - factory, model, etc. But we are interested in the exact release date. And here you need to find out what exactly model of the gadget it is, the type will depend on this serial number and its decoding.
If the iPhone was released before 2010 (usually iPhone 4 and younger)
For these devices, the serial number consists of 11 numbers and letters. We will only be interested in the third, fourth and fifth characters. Everything is quite simple here:
- The number that comes third in the serial number indicates the last digit of the year in which this device was manufactured.
- The fourth and fifth digits are the serial number of the week this year.
To make it more clear, example: MN81412ABC1. IN in this case, the third digit is 8, the fourth and fifth are 14. From this we conclude that this iPhone was released at the factory in 2008 in week 14 (March 31 – April 6)
After 2010 (iPhone 4S and older)
But here, everything is far from being as simple as in the previous example. Starting in 2010, Apple began releasing devices with serial numbers that were 12 characters long. And everything would be fine, but besides this, she also encrypted the release date in it, using various numbers and letters.
So, in a 12-character serial number, we are only interested in the fourth and fifth characters from the beginning:
- The 4th character means the year and half-year in which the device was released.
- The 5th character means the week of release in this very half of the year.
True, the whole “ambush” is that there are already not only numbers, but also letters. Therefore, here are the symbol and date correspondence tables for decoding.
In the first, we look at the letter that is indicated 4th from the beginning in the serial number and find out the year, as well as the six months in which your iPhone was manufactured.
Let's look at this case with an example. Here is the serial number - NPL JN DP7FDG5. The fourth letter is J, which according to our table means the 2nd half of 2012. The 5th character is the letter N, we look at the second table and see that the letter N for the 2nd half of the year corresponds to the 45th week of release. It turns out – year 2012, week 45. It’s simple!
However, if you don't trust the various tables, there are several more options to determine the age of the iPhone.
How to find out how old your iPhone is through special services
Fortunately, you don't always need to look at the serial number and use it to calculate how old your iPhone is. There are various services that will do all this work for you. Here are the most famous of them.
- You can find out the manufacturing date of your iPhone by going to this page and entering the serial number there. Perhaps this is the oldest and famous service for check. Despite the fact that everything is in a foreign language, you don’t really need to understand it - you enter the IMEI in a special form and get the result.
- The second option would be to download special program– Coconutid. Unfortunately, there is a version only for MAC OS, and this is a minus. However, it allows you to find out the date of birth not only of iOS devices, but also of MAC. Which is definitely a plus.
As you can see, you can find out the iPhone release date in different ways - either “stretch” your brains and calculate it yourself, or trust services and programs specially designed for this.
In any case, the result should be the same! If the result is different, write in the comments, we’ll figure it out together!
Finally, a few more articles that may be useful for various checks of Apple devices:
- How to find out the date and place of purchase of the gadget - read.
- Find out how to check iPhone by IMEI on the Apple website and other services.
P.S. Apple very well encrypted the date of release of the device from the assembly line in the serial number - I was tired of drawing signs without errors :) Please support with a “like” or something!;)
When buying an iPhone by hand or in a store where you are in doubt, you can always check the date iPhone activation and generally find out the production date. With this information about the iPhone, you can find out when it was activated for the first time and what warranty period remains.
How to check iPhone activation date
You can check the activation date without having account and binding to Apple ID. In order to find out the date you need to perform only two steps: find out the serial iPhone number and check the serial number on the official Apple website. Learn more about how and where to find out the serial number and where to enter the serial number on the Apple website.
Step 1 - Find out the iPhone serial number
- Enter the Settings app.
- Go to the "General" section
- Next, enter the “About this device” subsection.
- Scroll down and find the item “Serial number” press and hold until the message “Copy” appears
| General Settings | "About this device" | Serial number |
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Step 2 - Enter your serial number on Apple.com
- Open Safari browser (or any other browser)
- Enter in address bar: apple.com
- Next in top menu go to the “Support” section
- Then in this section you need to scroll down a little and follow the link: “Check service eligibility for your product”
- You will be taken to the “Check service eligibility” page on which there will be a field for entering the serial number:
- Press and hold on the field, the message “Paste” (previously saved serial number) will appear.
- Next, you need to enter the captcha (code in the image) and click on the “Continue” button.
- In the item with a green checkbox “Right to service and repair” the date of expiration of the warranty service will be indicated, subtract one year from this date and get the iPhone activation date
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After completing these steps, you can get to the page you need to check by serial number, where you will find out the activation date. To speed up the transition to desired page check just follow the link https://checkcoverage.apple.com/ru/
It should be noted that this method suitable for those who check an iPhone that is still under warranty, or a completely new one, to make sure that it is really new and your activation is its first activation.
How to find out the production date of your iPhone
It is also possible to find out when your iPhone (or other iOS devices). There are three options to find out the iPhone production date:
- Compare the iPhone serial number with the iPhone production code table
- Go to www.chipmunk.nl and enter the iPhone serial number and check the production date online.
- Use the program for Mac Coconut Battery that shows or MacBook.
How to find out the production date of an iPhone by serial number
To find out the manufacturing date of your iPhone, you first need to find out its serial number, you can find it:
- on the iPhone box;
- in iPhone settings.
If the box is not preserved, the most reliable and reliable way find out the serial number in the settings. we have already shown in detail at the beginning of our article.
- Look at the 4th character in Table 1, there should be a letter that indicates the year of production.
- Look at the 5th character in table 2, shows the week of production.
So, having looked at the 4th symbol of your serial number in the first table, we move on to the second table.
| Symbol | Production week number | Symbol | Production week number | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st half (January-June) | 2nd half (July-December) | 1st half (January-June) | 2nd half (July-December) | ||
| 1 | 1 | 27 | J | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | 2 | 28 | K | 16 | 42 |
| 3 | 3 | 29 | L | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | 4 | 30 | M | 18 | 44 |
| 5 | 5 | 31 | N | 19 | 45 |
| 6 | 6 | 32 | P | 20 | 46 |
| 7 | 7 | 33 | Q | 21 | 47 |
| 8 | 8 | 34 | R | 22 | 48 |
| 9 | 9 | 35 | T | 23 | 49 |
| WITH | 10 | 36 | V | 24 | 50 |
| D | 11 | 37 | W | 25 | 51 |
| F | 12 | 38 | X | 26 | 52 |
| G | 13 | 39 | Y | 53 | |
| H | 14 | 40 | |||
How to find out iPhone production date online
If you do not want to search by table, you can use online service to find out the production date, as well as confirm the information that you calculated from the production table.
As we know, Apple releases new version iPhone every year and Apple never deviates from this principle. But a phrase like “once a year” is a bit vague, don’t you think? Therefore, now I propose to understand the exact release date of absolutely each and every iPhone from the company. I think that it will be very interesting for all of us to understand what the time interval is between the presentation of the iPhone and its release, so to speak, around the world, and of course it will be interesting to know this in particular about Russia.
To make everything easier for you to understand, this information presented in table form. To make everything clearer and simpler for you, here are some explanations:
- When we talk about the start of sales in Russia, we mean official sales of certified devices.
- When it comes to the start of sales in the world, the concept of the world means the so-called “first wave,” that is, the countries in which devices appear first.
Release dates for all iPhone models
| Model devices |
date presentations |
Start date sales in the world |
Start date sales in Russia |
| iPhone 2G | 09.01.2007 | 29.06.2007 | NO |
| iPhone 3G | 10.06.2008 | 11.07.2008 | 03.10.2008 |
| iPhone 3GS | 08.06.2009 | 19.06.2009 | 05.03.2010 |
| iPhone 4 | 07.06.2010 | 24.06.2010 | 22.09.2010 |
| iPhone 4S | 04.10.2011 | 14.10.2011 | 16.12.2011 |
| iPhone 5 | 19.09.2012 | 21.09.2012 | 14.12.2012 |
| iPhone 5S, 5C | 10.09.2013 | 20.09.2013 | 25.10.2013 |
| iPhone 6 (Plus) | 09.09.2014 | 19.09.2014 | 26.09.2014 |
| iPhone 6S (Plus) | 09.09.2015 | 25.09.2015 | 09.10.2015 |
| iPhone SE | 21.03.2016 | 31.03.2016 | 05.04.2016 |
| iPhone 7 (Plus) | 07.09.2016 | 16.09.2016 | 23.09.2016 |
If you remember, the iPhone began to be sold only with 3G models; 2G models were never sold in Russia. This is discussed in a little more detail here.
We can also see increased loyalty towards our country from Apple. An indicator of this is the reduction in the release time of devices in our country compared to each previous year. And by the time the sixth iPhone was released, they had reached their peak, so to speak. After all, by this moment the difference in the output of devices in the world and in our country was only a week! If this is difficult for you to understand, then think about the fact that the iPhone 3GS was released in our country after a period of approximately nine months! The most interesting thing is that at this moment almost the whole world was waiting for the fourth iPhone.
And judging by all this, one might even think that our country would be among the first three countries to receive the iPhone this year. But due to some criteria, which I think even you can guess, this did not happen. These are the criteria:
- Quite low buyer activity.
- Considerable instability of the dollar exchange rate.
- High prices for this very device.
If we talk about the iPhone seventh model, then our country has entered the second “wave of sales,” so to speak. In Russia, a new device from Apple will appear not much, not much later than in the so-called “first wave” countries, just a week later. And this is good, because, given this pace, next year we can get into the top three.
Every year Apple presents new model iPhone, which is sure to have a couple of interesting features. Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the start of sales of the first iPhone. So we decided to remember how it was until today.
And at the same time we want find out from you: Which of these iPhones was your first?
Go, Let's get nostalgic.
1. iPhone (2007)
The first iPhone was innovative in its own right. Restrained design, a minimum of elements on the body, a strict front panel.
Remember what smartphones looked like before the appearance of the iPhone: protruding antennas, joysticks, a bunch of buttons under the screen (sometimes even above it), styluses, a sliding qwerty keyboard and indecent thickness. Now look at the windows of any electronics store. Most devices are very similar to what Steve Jobs demonstrated on January 9, 2007.
The company showed what Apple smartphones would look like in the next few years, and subsequently followed the laid down principle.
What was upsetting: Unfortunately, there are no minuses, iPhone first generation did not receive a number of functions that competitors had (3G support, video recording, multitasking, etc.), the operating system was closed to the user, there were many Apple restrictions(you cannot transfer pictures and music to other users, limited support for data formats, download files only through iTunes).
The big problem was that the headphone jack was too deep, which did not allow the use of many 3.5 mm headsets.
2. iPhone 3G (2008)
The smartphone began to acquire functions, primarily due to the update of the mobile operating system. In iOS 2.0 we saw App Store. From that time third party developers got the opportunity to earn money from us by releasing applications for the iPhone. Tim Cook reported on more than 2 million applications in the store.
And with the release of the iPhone 3G, we saw support for UMTS, HSDPA, A-GPS and different body colors (black and white).
What was upsetting: plastic case and its low wear resistance. In just a few months back panel It was covered in scratches, cracks appeared near the cable connector, and pieces even broke off during active use.
3. iPhone 3GS (2009)
In 2009, we first learned that Apple wasn't going to update the design every year. After that, in odd-numbered years, “eski” began to be released with last year’s design, but new hardware.
The model was remembered for the appearance of a camera with autofocus and the ability to shoot video. For the first time, the iPhone received a digital compass. Among the software innovations, multitasking and voice control(Voice Control).
What was upsetting: old design.
4. iPhone 4 (2010)
With this model we learned about a high pixel density screen - Retina Display. After holding such a device in my hands for 5 minutes, I didn’t want to use previous generation screens. Until now, a pixel density of over 300 per inch is considered the standard. The technology began to be used not only in the iPhone, it appeared on Apple tablets and computers.
The device is also memorable for its front camera, LED flash and gyroscope.
What was upsetting: antennagate was a big failure for Apple. With a certain grip, the iPhone 4 lost the network and this was widespread. Jobs and company had to apologize and hastily “invent” bumpers.
5. iPhone 4s (2011)
The main innovation of the last smartphone released under Jobs (the event was hosted by Tim Cook, and Steve died the day after the presentation) was voice assistant Siri.
Then the feature seemed unsuitable for use. Later, Siri learned a number of commands, learned several poems and jokes, and even mastered the Russian language.
The iPhone itself was able to distribute the Internet via Wi-Fi, shoot Full-HD video, and broadcast images via AirPlay. The developers also combined GSM and CDMA models in one device.
What was upsetting: Lack of Russian language support in Siri.
6. iPhone 5 (2012)
In 2012, we learned that Apple could produce a device with a screen diagonal larger than 3.5 inches. The 30-pin connector is retired, replaced by Lightning, which is with us to this day.
With this model, many first learned about the nano-Sim format (remember how you cut your cards with scissors?) and the EarPods headset.
What was upsetting: strange paint on the back panel that quickly peeled off.
7. iPhone 5s (2013)
This device has a Touch ID fingerprint scanner. It's hard to imagine how much time these sensors save us every day. Instead of entering a long password, simply use your finger.
iPhone 5s was the first Apple smartphone to be released in gold.
We will not consider the iPhone 5c model. Apple went for an experiment that was never repeated; the device had no innovations, but was only a cheaper product a copy of the iPhone 5 in a colored plastic case.
What was upsetting: 64-bit processor and 32-bit applications, the App Store was not ready for the release of a model with a new processor. Until developers adapted programs and games, many 32-bit applications performed worse on the iPhone 5s than on the iPhone 5.
8. iPhone 6/6 Plus (2014)
In 2014, we saw the first “shovels” from Apple. Two years later we got used to this size of the smartphone, but then it was too much.
Slim body powerful filling, a camera with Full HD shooting at 60 frames per second and optical stabilization (in the Plus model).
What was upsetting: We haven't forgotten Apple's advertising with the ideal screen size for a smartphone. And for the first time we saw iPhones being bent en masse.
9. iPhone 6s/6s Plus (2015)
Last year's new products include a pressure-sensitive screen with 3D Touch and software innovations associated with the use of this technology. There was also a new color “rose gold”.
What was upsetting: too little innovation and software features of dubious benefit (“live” photos, pop-up menus).
There was also a “tuned” iPhone 5S with a clever name "SE"(who forgot), but the model can hardly be called innovative. The device did not bring anything new to the line, although it became the most powerful 4-inch smartphone on the market.
10. iPhone 7/7 Plus (2016)
This year, the iPhone stopped being afraid of water, began to use battery power more wisely, and began to produce stereo sound. A rather controversial decision was the abandonment of the 3.5 mm jack. Now headphones are only Bluetooth or Lightning.
And in the line there are as many as 5 body colors, this has not happened since the iPhone 5c.
What was upsetting: practically unchanged design and scratchy “black onyx”, which is impossible to buy.
Now try to remember how you reacted to the innovations of each model when it appeared. No one ran headlong for the iPhone just because it had 3G or LTE support, front camera or flashes, Siri or big screen. At the time these features appeared, many people thought they were unnecessary, but now we use them several times a day.