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IN PHOTO: Apple's iPhone 6 are displayed during a news conference by Customs and Excise Department and the police in Hong Kong September 21, 2014. Reuters/Bobby Yip

Even though Apple has not officially anything on its next flagship, the rumour mill is claiming that the next Apple smartphone is the iPhone 6S. The release pattern of previous iPhones suggests that the Cupertino company usually rolls out an upgraded iPhone after rolling out a brand new smartphone.

G for Games says that the iPhone 6S will appear more or less like the predecessor model. However, the major difference between the two will be their technical characteristics. Fresh speculations about the iPhone 6S suggest that the handset will arrive with 3D Touch support.

According to G for Games, in January this year, it was rumoured that the next Apple smartphone would arrive with a feature called 3D Pressure sensor. It will be nothing but an extension of the Force Touch technology that is present on the Apple Watch is also expected to arrive on the next iPhone.

The Force Touch technology will enable the device to differentiate between a light tap and long press. Phone Arena claims that a report coming from Taiwan states that the Force Touch technology present on the Apple Watch will be metamorphosed into a 3D pressure sensor for the upcoming iPhone 6S.

The 3D pressure sensor will be solely manufactured and supplied by the Avago Technologies company that is based in the U.S. It is the very same company that developed the gesture sensing technology for Nintendo Wii. G for Games claims that the arrival of this feature on the next iPhone suggests that it would support motion or gesture sensing.

As of this writing, the Cupertino based company has not confirmed anything on brining 3D Touch to its next smartphone. Moreover, it has not released the name of its next flagship.

Phone Arena claims that Apple would bring such a feature on the iPhone 6S only when it is very sure that it would make any business sense. G for Games says it is yet to confirm on 3D Touch for iPhone 6S and the feature may be currently in the development stage or may be only being discussed at Apple.

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