iPhone 6S review

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I struggled to find any difference between these two photos from both phones

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HDR mode doesn't yield much difference either

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In very dark scenes both phones perform brilliantly although the 6S is slightly ahead

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Arguably the iPhone 6 (below image) has performed better here

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The flash on the iPhone 6S appears a touch brighter, but it's a really small difference

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Here we have the biggest difference - the rabbit is in almost complete darkness and the iPhone 6S gets loads more light in

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Apple's been talking up the 'richness' of the panoramas with a 63MP image size... but I couldn't see any difference

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Gareth Beavis
Gareth Beavis
Formerly Global Editor in Chief

Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grew with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV.

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