{"id":140286,"date":"2015-09-29T19:49:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T17:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=140286"},"modified":"2015-09-29T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T17:54:13","slug":"iphone-6s-south-african-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/140286-iphone-6s-south-african-launch-date.html","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 6s South African launch date"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will be available in South Africa from 16 October 2015<\/strong>, with Vodacom offering pre-orders from 9 October 2015.<\/p>\n

Apple unveiled\u00a0its new range of smartphones on 9 September, saying they would go on sale from 25 September for between $649 and $949.<\/p>\n

No pricing for South Africa has been announced yet.<\/p>\n

Vodacom and MTN have confirmed they will offer the new iPhones, while the\u00a0iStore has announced a trade-in deal<\/strong><\/a> for existing iPhone owners.<\/p>\n

Cellucity, a Vodacom reseller, has\u00a0launched pre-registrations<\/a><\/strong> for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus on its website.<\/p>\n

The specifications of the new devices are summarised in the table below.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/td>\niPhone 6s<\/td>\niPhone 6s Plus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Operating system<\/strong><\/td>\niOS 9<\/td>\niOS 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions<\/strong><\/td>\n138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm<\/td>\n158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/strong><\/td>\n143g<\/td>\n192g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/strong><\/td>\n4.7\u2033 Retina HD (1,334 x 750)<\/td>\n5.5\u2033 Retina HD (1,920 x 1,080)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rear camera<\/strong><\/td>\n12MP iSight<\/td>\n12MP iSight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Front camera<\/strong><\/td>\n5MP<\/td>\n5MP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n16\/64\/128GB<\/td>\n16\/64\/128GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Processor<\/strong><\/td>\nA9 64-bit<\/td>\nA9 64-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Network<\/strong><\/td>\nLTE \/ HSPA+<\/td>\nLTE \/ HSPA+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SIM<\/strong><\/td>\nNano-SIM<\/td>\nNano-SIM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

More iPhone news<\/h3>\n

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus hit record sales<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

iPhone 7 rumours in full swing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Apple iPhone 6S \u2013 early pricing in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

First iPhone 6s Plus bend test looks good for Apple<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next iteration of Apple\u2019s smartphone will be in South Africa soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":138258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[605,35,30912,32734],"class_list":["post-140286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-apple","tag-headline","tag-iphone-6s","tag-iphone-6s-plus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140310,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140286\/revisions\/140310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}