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iPhone 6 can play 4K videos

While Apple isnt always super forthcoming about the specs of its handsets, it does at least tend to fill you in on their features, but with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus it neglected to mention one - the fact that it can play 4K videos.


Tuaw.com reports that the developers of the WALTR video upload app made the discovery while testing their app. Unfortunately you cant transfer 4K files using iTunes, so youll have to use an alternative service to get them on your phone, but once there they seemingly play without a hitch.

Of course the quality will be limited by the resolution of the screen, so the larger and higher resolution iPhone 6 Plus is a better bet for viewing them than the iPhone 6.

4K future

Given the hoops you have to jump through and the fact that the iPhone 6 cant shoot 4K video this obviously isnt a big feature for Apple, or not yet anyway, but weve heard reports that the iPhone 7 will be getting a huge camera boost, which may allow it to shoot 4K video.

Then of course theres the iMac with Retina 5K which recently arrived, so its clear that Apple has its eye on higher resolutions. Plus since the A8 clearly supports 4K video its always possible that Apple will add the feature to a new version of Apple TV.

Were not optimistic that Apple will bring official 4K support to the iPhone 6 though, or not until an iPhone which can also shoot 4K arrives anyway, but its nice to know the feature is there in some capacity.