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iPhone 6s Plus review: The 2015 Plus that introduced 3D Touch and a 12 MP camera.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2015·$749
Overall
54/100
Class rank
#3 of 4
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A 2015 iPhone milestone — 3D Touch and 4K video, now retired.

The iPhone 6s Plus brought 3D Touch and a 12 MP 4K camera. It is firmly a vintage device today — useful as history, not as a phone.

01Display

56/100

56/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.

TypeRetina HD IPS LCD, 60 Hz, 3D Touch
Size5.5 inches
Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px (401 ppi)
ProtectionIon-strengthened glass

02Camera

54/100

54/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.

Main12 MP, f/2.2, OIS
Selfie5 MP, f/2.2
Video4K @ 30 fps
FeaturesLive Photos (debut)

03Performance

44/100

44/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2015 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetApple A9 (14/16 nm)
CPUDual-core
GPUPowerVR GT7600
RAM2 GB
Storage16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB / 128 GB

04Battery

58/100

58/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2015 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity2,750 mAh
WiredUp to ~10 W (Lightning)
WirelessNo

05Build

70/100

70/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.

06Value

48/100

48/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.

What works
  • Introduced 3D Touch pressure sensitivity.
  • First 12 MP iPhone camera with 4K video and Live Photos.
  • Sturdier 7000-series aluminium frame.
  • Long iOS support — reached iOS 15.
What doesn't
  • 16 GB base storage; 60 Hz LCD.
  • No 5G, no fast charging, no water resistance.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Discontinued — a vintage device.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .