iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6L: What will be the key differences?

While the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6L are likely to be broadly similar there may be more separating them than just screen size.

Already rumours point to some significant differences and it makes sense too that Apple would try and differentiate the two handsets as much as possible. So while nothing is known for sure these are the main things that we expect to be different between the two phones, based on rumours and analysis.

Screen

This is the obvious bit, the iPhone 6L's USP is that it's bigger than the iPhone 6, which of course means the screen is bigger.

At this point almost every rumour reports that the iPhone 6 will have a 4.7-inch display, while the iPhone 6L will have a 5.5-inch one, so we're almost certain this will be the case.

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While there's a chance that the two phones will sport different resolutions (to keep the sharpness of pixel density) we expect they'll be the same as that should ensure that it's easier to get applications up and running on both.

On the flip side it would mean that the iPhone 6L has a lower pixel density than the iPhone 6, but if the resolution is high enough then that won't much matter.

Current resolution rumours veer from 1704 x 960 to 2560 x 1600 and while we're sceptical that it will be quite as high as the latter of those even the former would mean that both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6L would have higher pixel densities than the iPhone 5S.

Design

We expect that the iPhone 6 and 6L will look very similar, with the new curved design that we've seen in so many leaks, but they may not be identical.

The main difference that we might see is a slimmer iPhone 6L. Both handsets are tipped to be thin, but while rumours point to a 7.0mm thick iPhone 6 there's talk of the iPhone 6L being just 6.7mm thick. That's a negligible difference really, but it should just about be noticeable.

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It makes sense too, after all the iPhone 6L has a larger footprint overall for obvious reasons but we're not expecting it to be much if any more powerful than the iPhone 6.

As such there should be more space inside for components and Apple could potentially spread them out across the length of the device and thereby make it slimmer.

Power

Having said that the iPhone 6L probably won't be much more powerful than the iPhone 6, there are rumours that there might be some differences in the grunt on offer as Apple tries to make distinct use cases for both.

Several rumours point to a 2GHz dual-core Apple A8 processor in the iPhone 6, but according to Apple Insider, supply chain checks suggest a more powerful processor will be included in the iPhone 6L, though there's no word on how powerful.

But we're a little sceptical of that. While it makes sense that Apple would want to differentiate the iPhone 6L from the main iPhone 6 making it more powerful could lead the normal iPhone 6 to be seen as an inferior device, which wouldn't be a good way to position it given that we imagine many buyers will gravitate towards the smaller screen size and not want to feel penalised for doing so.

So there might be differences in power, but we're going to say it's unlikely.

Battery

The iPhone 6L will almost certainly have a bigger battery than the iPhone 6, that's just common sense given that it's a bigger device and therefore both has room for a bigger battery and could probably use one since its larger screen will eat up more power.

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