Yes I do believe that the A8 was a disappointment and left the 6 and 6+ underpowered. People reporting that the 6+ lags makes me think that they're under powered. The 6 and 6+ are basically a bigger 5s.
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Did we iPhone 6 owners get hosed on the A8 chip?
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Absolutely. The RAM in particular was the biggest issue. While the CPU bump was smaller than usual, the CPU was still quite good compared to what you found in the Android world at the time. The RAM almost made me jump ship. 6S is pretty good so far. Hopefully 2GB stays usable for a while
The only behavior that has bugged me on my 6+ has been the RAM and the Safari reloads. Other than that it has been a spectacular phone, and for me at least iOS 9 has made it even better and actually more responsive, not less.
Just basic smartphone use, no games for me. Business and pleasure but heavy browser use.
They are issues that affect the core use of my phone, so a total dealbreaker for me.
If by "many users" you mean a vocal but small minority, then yes. Not only were sales terrific, so were satisfaction ratings. I'm not saying nobody had issues, but the iPhone 6 and 6+ were both very well reviewed and very well received by the public.
6 Plus constant reloading Safari pages
I said this around when I got the 6 plus last year and all I got was backlash from people (many of which I blocked lol). The 6 plus was the worst iPhone I've had, and the only model I've never owned was the 5C.
I'm not sure if I am in love with my 6s plus or if the performance woes of the 6 plus were so deep that the 6s plus seems like a powerhouse.
And I can actually have a handful of tabs up, switch into another app, go back to Safari, and not see reloads. I've never appreciated performance upgrades this much.
2gb was a big factor in my purchase due to the amount of future proofing that it brings (along with the CPU increase).
After using my new 6s Plus tonight, I'll never go back to the 6 Plus. I agree with the comparison: Certainly the iPad 3 of the iPhone era.
Lol ... who loads that many web pages?
and for what reason?
Like I said .... playing RR3 while the music cranking is pretty much taxing the phone ... and it works perfect.
Having the need for 20 websites open while power surfing ... lol.
Anybody else doing something other than power surfing that is taxing their 6 plus?
6 Plus is the worst iPhone I've owned/used, and I've used them all except for the original. iPhone 5 is the best one. It still performs well on iOS 9 (maybe even better than my 6 Plus).
I also own an iPad Air 1. Another half a***d underpowered product, which stutters and lags like crazy on iOS 9 (and 9.1 PB 2), and has stuttered and lagged ever since iOS 8. (7 wasn't perfect either).
I'm not interested in having more than a few browser tabs open. What soured my love of the 6+ was not being able to swap between a couple of apps and a couple of browser tabs without having all reload. I don't mean instantly flicking between them in the interests of a quick test either.
The 1gb of RAM on the 6+ should never have happened. But hey, they had to entice us for the 6S. It was just a very scummy way to do it. The safari browsing experience was easily the worst I have ever experienced on a smartphone
Exactly. I never have more than a couple tabs open at a time but I still experience the safari reload phenomenon often. So frustrating when I'm looking for info in safari for another app and I can't even go back and forth.
There wasn't
The S models offer the biggest performance gains while the non S models offer new designs.
there wasn't a big jump in performance percentage wise from the 4s to the iPhone 5 either.A8 has the shallowest gradient in recent times in terms of Geekbench scores.
The S models offer the biggest performance gains while the non S models offer new designs.
I owned every iPad and every iPhone.
iPad 3 ran best on ios6. By iOS 8 it was a dog. Very slow. Whereas the iPad 2 ran well until iOS 7.
There is a reason Apple discontinued the iPad 3 so quickly. The iPad 4 made up for iPad 3 performance issues.
Also remember Apple discontinued iPad 4 when iPad Air came out. But months later brought back the iPad 4 as a slightly cheaper model.
Apple never brought back the iPad 3 officially. Sure third party still resold iPad 3 as brand new for the next 12-18 months after it was discontinued. But Apple never resold it officially as brand new again.
I believe the 6+ owners got hosed I had that lemon for a few months, middle of reading an article and bam the app crashed trying to open a few apps getting something done in a hurry bam another crash. It was a horrible experience even after 3 replacements. I sold that POS and downgraded to the 6 and was smooth sailing from there.
One of the reasons I refused to go with the 6S+ and settle with the 6S
One of the reasons I refused to go with the 6S+ and settle with the 6S
I've used the iPhone 6 Plus since the day it came out and I had no issues with performance. The only time the phone felt slow was when I had one bar or service. I don't think we can expect apple to double all the performance metrics every year, it's not reasonable. I do agree that the performance jump going from A7 to A8 was definitely smaller than expected, but with all the other upgrades we saw on the phone it's hard to complain. I highly doubt Apple will double performance again with A10.
The 6 does it too. Mine is always low on memory and i keep backround apps closed most of the time.