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IPhone 6 Plus
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The iPhone 6 Plus is an iOS smartphone designed and manufactured by Apple Inc.. Unveiled during a press event on September 9, 2014, the device, along with the iPhone 6, serves as a successor to the iPhone 5S. The model marks the first major increase in physical screen size for the iPhone line since the taller screen of the iPhone 5, measuring at 5.5 inches. Development The iPhone line had historically maintained the use of small, 3.5-inch displays—the first major change in screen size came with the iPhone 5, which switched to a display that was the same width, but slightly taller, than the screen used on prior models, measuring 4 inches diagonally. As the result of Apple's loss in smartphone market share to companies producing phones with larger displays (such as Samsung, whose popular Galaxy S4 model incorporates a 5-inch display), Reports prior to its unveiling also speculated the possibility that Apple would use a new iPhone model introducing a mobile payments platform using near-field communications—a technology that has been incorporated into recent Android phones. The iPhone 6 Plus has a 5.5 inch display with over a million pixels. Specific features Apps will be able to take advantage of the increased screen size to display more information on-screen; for example, the Mail app uses a dual-pane layout similar to its iPad version when the device is in landscape mode and shows contact pictures in the Messages app. This features is only available on the iPhone 6 Plus To improve the usability of the devices' large screens, an additional "Reachability" gesture was added; double-touching the Home button will slide the top half of the screen's contents down so that users will not have to reach all the way to the top of the screen to, for example, tap a "Back" button in the top-left corner. Reachability is available on iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6. Furthermore, the iPhone 6 Plus includes Optical Image Stabilization while the iPhone 6 only has Digital Image Stabilization. Timeline of models 
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