Apple has not announced, but the iPhone 6 can play video 4K

While Apple is not really talkative on the expected specifications on its future smartphones, the firm has at least tend to give you details on the characteristics of newcomers, and in a very theatrical way. But with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the Cupertino failed to mention the fact that the former is in the ability to read 4K videos.

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Tuaw.com reported that the developers of the application of video uploading named WALTR made ​​the discovery while testing their application. Unfortunately, you can not transfer files using iTunes 4K, so you'll have to use a third party service to have on your smartphone . But once found, they will apparently be played without a hitch.

Of course, the quality will be limited by the resolution of the screen, so that for a higher resolution, such as the iPhone 6 Plus, it will prove to be much better to view the photographs that iPhone 6.

The future of 4K
Given the various manipulations to be performed in order to play these videos 4K, and the fact that the iPhone 6 can not capture video in this format, it's obviously not a great feature for Apple, at least not yet .dropoff window But we have heard rumors that the iPhone 7 would have a highly improved camera, which would allow him to be able to shoot in 4K.

Then of course there is the Retina iMac 5K happened recently, suggesting that it is clear that Apple has a watchful eye on higher resolutions. Moreover, with the introduction of the A8 chip, it has clearly been touted to provide support for 4K video. Finally, it is always possible that Apple decides to add functionality to a new version of Apple TV.

I'm not sure that Apple formally communicate on the support of 4K iPhone 6 though, but it's nice to know that the functionality is there, to some extent.
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