Will Live Photos be available on iPhone 6 or iOS9 also?

No, I don't own the truth. And I have said previously that when a tear down is done we will learn more. I just go by logic and knowledge of hardware and history of electronics. I also have experience with software. I don't abide unsupported statements and information or conspiracy theories based on nothing.

This is a technical support community and our hosts here are only allowing this thread to exist because it is a new phone and have given some latitude. I've been here for awhile and done just fine.

LOL, you'll pardon me if I don't take advice from someone who thinks GM stands for "Grand Master".

The fact is that slow motion requires hardware because it requires a faster framerate that the shutter actually has to have the capability to keep up with. However, opening a shutter 1.5 seconds before and recording video, then taking a photo, then opening a shutter for 1.5 seconds after and then putting all that together into one file is well within the abilities of the existing hardware and is strictly a software based capability that will likely be added at a later date. Obviously they can't do it now or it would take some shine off the S'.

P.S. GM stands for "Golden Master" or "Gold Master"

LOL, don't blame you but my dictionary doesn't like "Gold Master". But now that iOS 9 has been released and available to the public it is easy to determine that Live Photos are on the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.

But thanks for the correction. And I think you will find that Live Photos is a firmware based feature in the camera. It would seem odd that Apple has not added this feature in the released iOS 9 nor the 9.1 (per reports) but assuming they will add it in a later version. I don't recall them ever doing so.

opening a shutter 1.5 seconds before and recording video, then taking a photo, then opening a shutter for 1.5 seconds after and then putting all that together into one file is well within the abilities of the existing hardware

except the current hardware can't record video using the full 8 MP sensor, which would be needed to match the quality of the photo.

So, the A8 processor isn't capable of 8 MP, or 4K video, for 1.5 seconds, but the incremental A9 processor is capable of 12 MP, or 6K video, for 1.5 seconds?

Additionally, since the live photo can currently only be viewed on the phone, even if the capture was only at HD, it would still look just as clear on the 6 screen.

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The A8 and A9 processors have nothing to do with it.

If Live Photo was going to be available to other phones running iOS 9 then Apple would have discussed the feature at WWDC. The did not. Nor have they added it in 9.1. They did feature it when discussing the hardware of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.

check on youtube! livephotos are available for older iphones too.

And how is that? Jailbreak? Or did you mean you are using the live photos taken by the 6s? You can actually do that anyway! Unless you are able to click live photos, nothing's new!

I think I will wait for the "Harry Potter" version of Live Photo to be released.

Until that happens I see it as only a waste of time and energy.

I can send live photos from my 6s to my moms 6 and they play for her, she cant take them though.

But what I understand when I go through this link is that ios 9.1 comes with an option for Live photos.

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/releasenotes/General/WhatsNew IniOS/Articles/iOS9_1.html

It doesn't mention for which iphone it's being included but it says there is such option on ios 9.1

If you read through what you linked that is software and APIs to play, access and export Live Photos and giving 3rd party apps the ability to access Live Photos which have been taken. There is nothing in their regarding taking them. 9.1 is already being beta tested, if you believe it is going to give you the ability to take them you are going to be disappointed.

I don't buy that.... they left picture messaging out of the first iphones when even WAY older phones supported it.. and when they finally added it to newer models they claimed it wasn't available on older models because it was due to hardware limitations, suffice to say that ended up being false thanks to the JB community.. Apple was basically stating their new better iphone 1 was inferior to older phones who could already do it which is an outrageous claim to make.. and it was proven false.. tweaks to enable it worked just fine.. it was just a setting in a file...

This has happened time and time again... there is already a tweak to enable live photos on older phones... I've not tested tweaks personally because I prefer the security of my device, but they exist for sure.. I have seen them in action.

Apple tends to disable features to encourage upgrading to the latest model.. I seem to remember a tweak that also enabled Siri on older devices..

But if you want an OFFICIAL answer.... no you can't use live photos on your slightly older device 🙂 you need to pay money for it .. that will always be the way...

- Apple Fanboy, but a frustrated one.

Of course the older iphones are capable of this... Apple made a similar claim that the iPhone 1 couldn't do MMS messaging but when the jailbreak community came in they enabled it ... it was just a setting hidden in a plist file on the device... they said the hardware of the iphone 1 couldn't handle MMS messaging which is absolutely insane to claim... much older phones had been using it for years.. it later turned out that Jobs just didn't like MMS and it also was a great tactic to force upgrades on people... they do this every release of iOS ... sorry you can't have these features because your hardware can't handle it.. and time and time again it turns out to be a simple software setting on the OS that enables it and it works fine..

A smarter person than I might consider a class action situation.. when Apple makes a claim as bold as "the hardware doesn't support it" and it turns out it does... that's a bold faced lie to the consumer.. and jail breaking is entirely legal even if it does void your warranty ( if they ever knew ) ... that's the ONE thing I hate about Apple... they are dishonest when it comes to those sorts of things to keep people in the bi-annual upgrade cycle ..