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Android nerd, switched to iPhone 6 Plus
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My take. Go buy a Moto G for around $80 and tweak away.
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Guess I should have posted sooner to sway you against the N6. I totally do not feel it is worth the asking price bang for buck and didn't even bother taking it home for a spin.
Yes, it does! Thank you for responding!!!
I think I might try it out this weekend!tig bitties if you want 4k recording on your device, well 3k recording with extremely good bitrate, i highly reccomend moviepro....takes better videos with more sharpness at 3k then a Android phone does at 4k with lower bit rate, can also record in uncompressed stereo audio which is absolutely amazing.
2:25 minute video in this app with max settings on at highest resolution and uncompressed audio takes up 2.27 GB of data, thats crazy
2:25 minute video in this app with max settings on at highest resolution and uncompressed audio takes up 2.27 GB of data, thats crazy
Well my 2 week return window is today, and I don't plan on returning the Jailbreaked 6 Plus
My Wife has the Nexus 6 now, and I thought that'd be the phone I'd go with over the iPhone 6 Plus, and nope, just can't do it, not digging the Nexus 6 at all really, and I am HUGE Nexus AOSP phone fan.
This Jailbreaked iPhone 6 Plus, is nicer than I ever expected;
- Very fluid and smooth, never a hiccup or stutter.
- Standby battery life, might the best of any smartphone I've owned ( Which is like 15 different phones the past 6 years )
- Overall battery life on par with my tweaked and ROM'd OnePlus One, which was my Android battery champion, this JB 6 Plus is slightly better on battery life than 1+1
- I like the thin lightweight size, very easy to handle, and feels MUCH smaller in hand than the Titanic Nexus 6 in comparison. Trust me, they are not even close to the same size, I own both. Only the height is the same, everything else the 6 Plus is much smaller and way easier to hold.
- Flat back surprised me, at first thought I'd hate that, but I actually now really like it, so easy to operate laying on a desk or table. And now I don't like curved phones that rock back and forth on a table.
- Screen is very crisp and true colors, looks like my HTC One M8 in a good way.
- Touch ID surprised me, at first I didn't want it or even really care for it. But now I'm hooked, and it works so effortless and easy fast.
Overall I really like the Jailbreak iPhone 6 Plus. But I must say with no Jailbreak, there's no way I'd keep this phone, the JB is a MUST IMO
My Wife has the Nexus 6 now, and I thought that'd be the phone I'd go with over the iPhone 6 Plus, and nope, just can't do it, not digging the Nexus 6 at all really, and I am HUGE Nexus AOSP phone fan.
This Jailbreaked iPhone 6 Plus, is nicer than I ever expected;
- Very fluid and smooth, never a hiccup or stutter.
- Standby battery life, might the best of any smartphone I've owned ( Which is like 15 different phones the past 6 years )
- Overall battery life on par with my tweaked and ROM'd OnePlus One, which was my Android battery champion, this JB 6 Plus is slightly better on battery life than 1+1
- I like the thin lightweight size, very easy to handle, and feels MUCH smaller in hand than the Titanic Nexus 6 in comparison. Trust me, they are not even close to the same size, I own both. Only the height is the same, everything else the 6 Plus is much smaller and way easier to hold.
- Flat back surprised me, at first thought I'd hate that, but I actually now really like it, so easy to operate laying on a desk or table. And now I don't like curved phones that rock back and forth on a table.
- Screen is very crisp and true colors, looks like my HTC One M8 in a good way.
- Touch ID surprised me, at first I didn't want it or even really care for it. But now I'm hooked, and it works so effortless and easy fast.
Overall I really like the Jailbreak iPhone 6 Plus. But I must say with no Jailbreak, there's no way I'd keep this phone, the JB is a MUST IMO
Since I am in the same boat, I need to decide if it's worth it for me to sell my G3 for $350 if I'm lucky, and pay the $450 more to buy the 6+. I know they hold their value well, so if I go to sell it in September for the 6S, I probably wouldn't lose too much money.
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I was the iPhone hater, and didn't like iSheep's LOL Now I am sporting a beard and wearing a black turtleneck already
Jailbreak helps a lot here, making the iPhone do as much as my rooted Android phones. I even have iFile installed, can plug the iPhone into the PC, and drag an drop files, no need for iTunes.
And this does not feel like a big phone to me. I had the OnePlus One, and this feels about the same size, yes it's taller for sure, but the thinness and lighter weight, and being a very narrow large phone, make it an easy phone to handle. Trust me, using the Nexus 6 last night for a few hours, and going back to my 6 Plus, the 6 Plus feels like a significantly smaller device. And the Nexus 6 battery life is just ok, nothing ground breaking, it seems to be a 5h On Screen time phone. I would put this 6 Plus as being a 7h On Screen time phone, with awesome standby time I've never seen on any Android phone before.
At the end of the day, a rooted Android phone vs. a Jailbreak iPhone = pretty much the same IMO;
- I use my smartphone to make phone calls, text, e-mail, and surf the web, and get sports scores updates, that's pretty much it. Both Android and iOS do that very similar. Battery life being the biggest factor to me, I need a phone to last all day and night long without thinking of having to charge it. The 6 Plus does all of this with ease, and is super fluid smooth too
Now I am sporting a beard and wearing a black turtleneck already Jailbreak helps a lot here, making the iPhone do as much as my rooted Android phones. I even have iFile installed, can plug the iPhone into the PC, and drag an drop files, no need for iTunes.
And this does not feel like a big phone to me. I had the OnePlus One, and this feels about the same size, yes it's taller for sure, but the thinness and lighter weight, and being a very narrow large phone, make it an easy phone to handle. Trust me, using the Nexus 6 last night for a few hours, and going back to my 6 Plus, the 6 Plus feels like a significantly smaller device. And the Nexus 6 battery life is just ok, nothing ground breaking, it seems to be a 5h On Screen time phone. I would put this 6 Plus as being a 7h On Screen time phone, with awesome standby time I've never seen on any Android phone before.
At the end of the day, a rooted Android phone vs. a Jailbreak iPhone = pretty much the same IMO;
- I use my smartphone to make phone calls, text, e-mail, and surf the web, and get sports scores updates, that's pretty much it. Both Android and iOS do that very similar. Battery life being the biggest factor to me, I need a phone to last all day and night long without thinking of having to charge it. The 6 Plus does all of this with ease, and is super fluid smooth too
After getting the 6 Plus, I am done with Android flagships. That is all, even without jailbreak.
After getting the 6 Plus, I am done with Android flagships. That is all, even without jailbreak.
I don't know. Come this Spring the HTC One M9 might change your opinion.
That will be a very high quality and artfully designed phone. With the new Sense 7 UI based off Lollipop.
Playing with the Wife's Nexus 6 tonight, it is a nice phone, don't get me wrong, I don't hate it. And messing around with it this evening reminded that it's a cool device, nice vibrant screen, very fast. But it is a huge device Actually the battery life on the Nexus 6 might not be too bad. But my Wife doesn't really use her phone at work. She unplugged it off full charge at 7am, it is now 6:30pm, almost 12 hours later, her phone still has 87% battery life left, and shows 1h 5m On Screen time used.
But I think more than anything I just need a break from Android for a bit. Been a ROM flasher all last year, got a little too crazy, always messing with my Android phones, always flashing new ROM's and new Kernels, and new tweaks. I started off 2014 with my Galaxy S4 still, then got the HTC One M8, and then the OnePlus One, and ended up with the Nexus 6 at the new year.
All great phones, but I went overboard on my XDA addiction, and this Fall I think I flashed a good 30+ different Lollipop ROM's over the course of two months, testing out different builds, different versions, etc... And that did me in Need to take a breather.
Actually the battery life on the Nexus 6 might not be too bad. But my Wife doesn't really use her phone at work. She unplugged it off full charge at 7am, it is now 6:30pm, almost 12 hours later, her phone still has 87% battery life left, and shows 1h 5m On Screen time used. But I think more than anything I just need a break from Android for a bit. Been a ROM flasher all last year, got a little too crazy, always messing with my Android phones, always flashing new ROM's and new Kernels, and new tweaks. I started off 2014 with my Galaxy S4 still, then got the HTC One M8, and then the OnePlus One, and ended up with the Nexus 6 at the new year.
All great phones, but I went overboard on my XDA addiction, and this Fall I think I flashed a good 30+ different Lollipop ROM's over the course of two months, testing out different builds, different versions, etc... And that did me in
Need to take a breather.Who the hell would want 4k recording on a
PHONE!? The bitrit would render the footage medicore at best.
The Desire 816 I got on the cheap from Amazon suffices. It has Sense 6 and I am happy with it.
Hopefully HTC does not muck up the 9, we will see.
My Plus flies on AT&T. My best ever purchase. I rather jailbreak then go with another android flagship.
OP, I've enjoyed reading this thread. My history is similar. My first "smartphone" (besides that awesome Samsung Blackjack ) was the iPhone 3G. Had that for about 2 years then went to the Nexus One. Since then, I've owned about every major Android release as well as the iPhone 4S, 5, 5C, and 5S. I'm now on an iPhone 6 and have the 2014 Moto X which is a fantastic device. However, with as great as lollipop is (and the Moto X, which is by far the most fluid interacting Android phone I've ever owned), I still prefer iOS as my daily driver, mainly for the reasons you list as well as the ecosystem. I do love to jailbreak and tweak my devices, but mainly for the themeing aspect. You should check out some of these themes for the 6/6+ that aren't on Cydia yet.
Elite 8 I've owned many of BarsOverBeats' Elite themes all the way back to the 4S. Always amazing with great attention to detail. Worth every $$.
Alfresco
and of course, Zoobhoy 8
Here's my current setup with Zoobhoy8:
) was the iPhone 3G. Had that for about 2 years then went to the Nexus One. Since then, I've owned about every major Android release as well as the iPhone 4S, 5, 5C, and 5S. I'm now on an iPhone 6 and have the 2014 Moto X which is a fantastic device. However, with as great as lollipop is (and the Moto X, which is by far the most fluid interacting Android phone I've ever owned), I still prefer iOS as my daily driver, mainly for the reasons you list as well as the ecosystem. I do love to jailbreak and tweak my devices, but mainly for the themeing aspect. You should check out some of these themes for the 6/6+ that aren't on Cydia yet.Elite 8 I've owned many of BarsOverBeats' Elite themes all the way back to the 4S. Always amazing with great attention to detail. Worth every $$.
Alfresco
and of course, Zoobhoy 8
Here's my current setup with Zoobhoy8:
This thread is kind of ridiculous.
The OP is like "android bores me".
Then buys an iPhone and is like "hey guys please tell how to get my new iPhone to function just like my old android that I'm so "bored" with."
Then the OP buys a nexus 6 and talks about how much better the better the iPhone is hardware wise.
I don't think the OP was bored with android just bored at a of the hardware running it. And with he/she talking about the M9 so much makes
me almost certain that he/she is indeed not so bored with android itself just the devices running it.
The OP is like "android bores me".
Then buys an iPhone and is like "hey guys please tell how to get my new iPhone to function just like my old android that I'm so "bored" with."
Then the OP buys a nexus 6 and talks about how much better the better the iPhone is hardware wise.
I don't think the OP was bored with android just bored at a of the hardware running it. And with he/she talking about the M9 so much makes
me almost certain that he/she is indeed not so bored with android itself just the devices running it.
Going back to the size difference between the 6 Plus and Nexus 6.
My wife's been on the Nexus 6 a solid week now. Today in the car was her first time using my iPhone 6 Plus. Her immediate comment was how small this phone felt. She said wow this thing is tiny compared to my Nexus 6. Then again said, man my Nexus feels twice the size of this phone. Her last comment was, this iPhone is so much smaller and way easier to hold then my phone.
In the course of a couple minutes my wife made three comments saying how big her Nexus 6 is in comparison to the 6 is.
My wife's been on the Nexus 6 a solid week now. Today in the car was her first time using my iPhone 6 Plus. Her immediate comment was how small this phone felt. She said wow this thing is tiny compared to my Nexus 6. Then again said, man my Nexus feels twice the size of this phone. Her last comment was, this iPhone is so much smaller and way easier to hold then my phone.
In the course of a couple minutes my wife made three comments saying how big her Nexus 6 is in comparison to the 6 is.
Owned the S3,S4,S5, G2, HTC M7, Note 1,2,3, Iphone 1, 3gs, 4s, 5 , 5s and now the 6 Plus.
The best overall phone i've ever used was the LG G2, loved that phone so much due mostly to the great battery life and the smooth LG UI. I still miss that phone sometimes bec it fits so good in my hands and the thin bezels were great, but i've been waiting for a larger iphone for a long time so im pretty much done with Android. I love my tweaks. I never customised my androids, just installed Nova launcher on everyone of them that was as far as i went with customisation.
The best overall phone i've ever used was the LG G2, loved that phone so much due mostly to the great battery life and the smooth LG UI. I still miss that phone sometimes bec it fits so good in my hands and the thin bezels were great, but i've been waiting for a larger iphone for a long time so im pretty much done with Android. I love my tweaks. I never customised my androids, just installed Nova launcher on everyone of them that was as far as i went with customisation.
I'm not saying my JB 6 Plus is way better than Android, it's just different, and a change of pace for me. And I really appreciate the amazing standby battery life. Jailbreaking allowed me to customize the look of it, plus give me "root" type of features similar to Android, like Widgets, iFile = drag and drop transfer of files, and AdBlocker, Haptic feedback, and theming, etc...
Am I a Sheep now or Apple fan boy all of a sudden ? NO. I predict my next phone will most likely be an Android phone, maybe the HTC One M9 or Galaxy S6, or the LG G4, if either one of those has a 5.5" screen, or at least bigger than the 5" they currently have. If they are 5.3" or so, I will jump ship. Especially if they still make GPE versions, not sure that's still around in 2015 ? But if they stick to 5" I will pass. I have come to really appreciate and like the 5.5" screen size, like my OnePlus One and iPhone 6 Plus, to me that's the sweet spot. Where as 5" is too small, and the Nexus 6 @ 6" is too large, I like the middle ground between those.
Am I a Sheep now or Apple fan boy all of a sudden ? NO. I predict my next phone will most likely be an Android phone, maybe the HTC One M9 or Galaxy S6, or the LG G4, if either one of those has a 5.5" screen, or at least bigger than the 5" they currently have. If they are 5.3" or so, I will jump ship. Especially if they still make GPE versions, not sure that's still around in 2015 ? But if they stick to 5" I will pass. I have come to really appreciate and like the 5.5" screen size, like my OnePlus One and iPhone 6 Plus, to me that's the sweet spot. Where as 5" is too small, and the Nexus 6 @ 6" is too large, I like the middle ground between those.
Its really horses for courses.
If a user likes playing with his phone, tinkering, changing the layout, then Android is better, or a JB. Me, I used to do all that on PC's back in the day, now, my use of the phone is the apps on it. So, the plain grid UI works perfectly, no clutter
Horses for courses
If a user likes playing with his phone, tinkering, changing the layout, then Android is better, or a JB. Me, I used to do all that on PC's back in the day, now, my use of the phone is the apps on it. So, the plain grid UI works perfectly, no clutter
Horses for courses
thanks for your constructive comment. I quite like it, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, eh? carry on
thanks for your constructive comment. I quite like it, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, eh? carry on
Lol..Well played...FWIW...I think it is cool too.
I always thought it was Haptic Feedback, this is new to me never heard of Tactile feedback, learn something new every day
I have an M8 and I am thinking of getting an iphone 6 too. Here is my dilemma though -
Last year when I had iPhone 5S, I was often missing notifications of new emails, new whatsapp messages etc. If I open the app, only then I would get latest mails/messages etc, else if phone has screen off, it wont update. I did check all the settings and nothing was done to put my wifi or data to go to sleep mode, but it really bugged me. This was the only reason I got HTC M8
Has anybody else experienced this ? How are things now ?
P.S - In ios whatsapp, can you now select multiple messages to forward ? I guess you have to select and forward one by one ?
Please advise!
Thanks everyone
Last year when I had iPhone 5S, I was often missing notifications of new emails, new whatsapp messages etc. If I open the app, only then I would get latest mails/messages etc, else if phone has screen off, it wont update. I did check all the settings and nothing was done to put my wifi or data to go to sleep mode, but it really bugged me. This was the only reason I got HTC M8
Has anybody else experienced this ? How are things now ?
P.S - In ios whatsapp, can you now select multiple messages to forward ? I guess you have to select and forward one by one ?
Please advise!
Thanks everyone