After a week with the iPhone 6, I'm going to say the 5S was hands down a better built phone and much better looking phone. The past week I've felt nothing but regret about selling my 5S. Live and learn though!
After a week with the iPhone 6, I'm going to say the 5S was hands down a better built phone and much better looking phone. The past week I've felt nothing but regret about selling my 5S. Live and learn though!
A bit of an exaggeration as even the 5s looks quite generic in Space Gray. If the 6 were available in Black & Slate (and they made the antenna bands a bit thinner), people would be all over it as the best looking iPhone ever.
If you don't think the black/slate iphone 5/5s is sexy I would say the same about you
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I've been contemplating returning the 6 for a 5s. I needed to upgrade mostly because my 5 is a 16gb. Thinking about getting the 64GB 5S. I've only had the 6 for two days though. Might give it some more time.
I also think the 4/4S have been the most classy and premium looking design to date. I would also put the 5 ahead of the 6 because I like clean designs and while I can live with them the protruding camera and the antenna bands look quite bad to me on the 6 (and the design more boring in general).
My ranking across generations (OK, nostalgia my play some part in how I ranked the original iPhone):
iPhone 4 > original iPhone > iPhone 5 > iPhone 6 > iPhone 3G
Cross the 4/4s with the 6. Gorgeous.
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With the thickness of a i5, or even the i4.That would have been the phone for me. In slate.
I just bought a iphone 6 full retail since I'm still grandfathered in to Verizon's unlimited. I previously had an iPhone 5. I love the screen size of the 6 and the speed but I can't help but think the build quality isn't near as sleek or sexy as my 5. The black and slate, corners, bezel etc. The 6 feels cheaper.
That would be awesome. Sapphire glass front and back and liquidmetal edge.
A lot of people have spent hundreds of dollars over the past couple of weeks to buy brand new phones. If the forum accepts that an older phone is sexier, it is like raining on the parade of the new buyers. There are so many posts from people looking for reaffirmation of either the 6 or 6+ purchase. So, please keep that sensitivity in mind before declaring that you like older hardware. People have agonizing choices to make between the 6 and 6+ as is, let us not pile it on anymore.
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Conversely, the round of new buyers showing up and declaring that the 6 and 6+ are far superior and better phones to the older phones is like raining on the parade of current iPhone users.A lot of people have spent hundreds of dollars over the past couple of weeks to buy brand new phones. If the forum accepts that an older phone is sexier, it is like raining on the parade of the new buyers. There are so many posts from people looking for reaffirmation of either the 6 or 6+ purchase. So, please keep that sensitivity in mind before declaring that you like older hardware. People have agonizing choices to make between the 6 and 6+ as is, let us not pile it on anymore.
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all for the low price of $1200. Serious question, what are the benefits of liquid metal?
In the render I posted, I do not like the lack of side bezels.
That right there is precisely one of the reasons I like my iPhone 5 so much. I don't use cases and for me it's very comfortable to hold.I liked the 5's look, but the edges were so sharp you could cut a steak with it. It wasn't comfortable to hold very long un-cased.
I think the 5/5s are the best looking iPhones. The 6 doesn't have that same premium look to it; it's more like an android phone in my opinion.
That said I still did pre-order a 6 plus.
Mine did not, except for the parts I caused myself. One edge worn away (paint) because of where I chose to leave the phone all the time in my car while driving. Nicks because of dropping it.no bc mine had scuffgate..paint chipping off all over the slate backing
I just bought a iphone 6 full retail since I'm still grandfathered in to Verizon's unlimited. I previously had an iPhone 5. I love the screen size of the 6 and the speed but I can't help but think the build quality isn't near as sleek or sexy as my 5. The black and slate, corners, bezel etc. The 6 feels cheaper.
Mine did not, except for the parts I caused myself. One edge worn away (paint) because of where I chose to leave the phone all the time in my car while driving. Nicks because of dropping it.
None of that because of poor design. My new iPhone 5 is perfect and I'm not keeping it in the same place in my car.