It sounds like the screen in the iPhone 6S is going to be unlike any Apple product we've used yet

Apple's next iPhone, which we're expecting to see for the first time next week, will reportedly come with the company's pressure-sensitive Force Touch technology embedded in its screen.

Over the past several weeks, reports from industry watchers and analysts had suggested that this will be the same technology we've seen in the Apple Watch and Apple's new MacBooks.

Now, however, a new report from 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman suggests that the technology going into the iPhone 6S is going to be significantly different. It may be so different, in fact, that Apple may not even call it Force Touch.

Gurman writes (emphasis is our own):

Sources say that Force Touch on the iPhone is only akin to the MacBook and Apple Watch in name, as the functionality is much more advanced. With that in mind, sources say Apple will likely call the Force Touch technology on the new iPhones by another name...According to sources, the new phones will be able to determine the difference between a tap, a standard press, and a deep press, adding a third level of sensitivity over the Apple Watch screen and MacBook trackpad.

It's not too surprising to hear that Apple may be changing how Force Touch works for its new iPhone. On the Apple Watch, Force Touch is essentially used as an extra button in some circumstances since its screen is so small. On the iPhone 6S, however, it's expected to be used more as a means of executing shortcuts across iOS. Since they're likely going to be used for different purposes, it seems plausible that the technology would need to work differently.

Although Force Touch for the iPhone hasn't been announced yet, some app makers are already thinking about how they could improve their apps to take advantage of the new feature. Sketching and photography apps such as Astropad and Litely are bound to incorporate Force Touch into their apps, since the pressure sensitivity could be ideal for editing images.

"We really want to take advantage of the variations in pressure," Matt Ronge, creator of the app Astropad, previously told Business Insider when asked about Force Touch on the iPhone.

We're expecting to learn about Apple's next iPhone at its event on Sept. 9.