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The biggest change coming to the iPhone

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An example of pressing harder on the new iPhone's screen to get options for reaching a contact. Apple

On Wednesday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.

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The new iPhones have several new features, but one of its most notable additions is a new screen technology that Apple calls a "3D Touch."

It's the next phase of multi-touch, and it's going to change the way you use the iPhone.

3D Touch allows you to interact with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus by pressing deeper into the screen to access quick shortcuts and previews.

Apple has a couple of navigation experiences around 3D Touch, like "peek" and "pop."

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A demoed example of peeking in an app was Instagram, which will allow you to deep press on a photo thumbnail to get a quick view of it on a larger scale.

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Another cool thing 3D Touch will let you do is deep press on an app icon to get a list of quick shortcuts, like these examples of the Maps and Camera apps:

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