A Woman Holds A Mock iPhone 6 Plus (L) And An iPhone 5s.
A woman holds a mock iPhone 6 plus (L) and an iPhone 5s as she waits in a line, ahead of the September 19 release of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, in front of an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district September 10, 2014. Apple Inc unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Apple is yet to reveal the names of the iPhones that it is going to release this year. Speculations from multiple sources claim that Apple is working on launching two iPhones this year, namely, the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus. The Force Touch technology was introduced by the Cupertino company on Apple Watch and the trackpad of the new 12-inch MacBook is speculated to exclusively arrive on the iPhone 6S Plus.

In March, the Wall Street Journal had reported about the arrival of Force Touch technology on both the iPhones that are to release this year. According to G for Games, a Chinese source has revealed that the feature will not be available on the iPhone 6S but it will be exclusively coming to the iPhone 6S Plus.

The Chinese source reports that the Force Touch technology component that costs $4 to $5 on Apple Watch will be costing $13 to $14 for the iPhone 6S Plus since it will be housing a larger display. If Apple brings Force Touch exclusively on iPhone 6S Plus, it would indicate its practice of building its phablet model with more advanced features than the smaller model, reports Apple Insider. For instance, the iPhone 6 lacks the optical image stabilisation feature whereas it is available on the more advanced iPhone 6S Plus.

The iPhone 6S Plus will be housing an Apple SIM. The phablet will be powered by A9 chipset built by Samsung along with 2 GB of RAM. BloomBerg claims that unlike before the main chip manufacturer for the next iPhone will not be Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Samsung that has clinched the deal with Apple is also rumoured to providing memory chips for the forthcoming Apple iDevices.

Apple Insider further adds that Apple will continue to provide 8 MP main camera on the next iPhones. The Cupertino company is also rumoured to be working on a 4-inch iPhone 6C that will be fitted with internal components of the iPhone 5S. It will also bring along features like NFC, Touch ID and polycarbonate shell.

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