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The launch of the iPhone 6s is just around the corner, and we've only seen two or three component leaks and a bunch of reports from analysts and factory sources for the pair of phones to date. In short, this year is very poor in terms of leaks, but it seems that the first more comprehensive leaks are starting to appear as the show date approaches. But the latest one is very interesting – it's not quite a leak, nor a preview of the finished phone, and it's certainly not a Chinese fake. This time we have a look at a kind of frankenstein-phone, which was created after a source fitted a leaked motherboard and display from an iPhone 6s to an iPhone 6. As it turns out, the board is functional and the device can be turned on, but instead of iOS only the gear icon is loaded here.

But this is enough proof that componenties that had escaped from the factory earlier were genuine. What is debatable is the presence of Force Touch technology in the leaked display. There is currently no way to confirm whether the display offers two levels of compression, but the metal cover of the display is no longer attached to it, but glued. The leaked motherboard also revealed some secrets, namely the new Qualcomm MDM9635 LTE modem, which will iPhone 6s to support even more LTE networks and also has a newer radio frequency receiver inside.

The new chip is made using a 28-nm process, which is a big leap from the 65-nm chip inside the iPhone 6. Additionally, in iPhone 6s no longer has a chip for operator aggregation, as its function was incorporated directly into the new receiver. Combining two chips into one and using a more advanced manufacturing process will have a positive effect on consumption. The processor is also new Apple A9, but this is a pre-production sample and no information is written on it. But the chip is roughly 10% larger compared to the A8, which may indicate that the processor will have three cores, or it may have hidden some componenties that were previously distributed in separate chips on the board.

iPhone 6s boot

*Source: MacRumors

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