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First Impressions of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: Sleek Look, Great Display, Unoptimized Apps Blurry, Loud Vibration

Moto G said:
Just had a go with my friend's gold iPhone 6 Plus, for half an hour. Yes, it's very lovely and very nice - very nice indeed. However, he pays £63 a month for the privelidge of having it (including his tariff of course), and had to pay £300 up front for it (apparently it's £700 cost for the phone alone). He tells me that after a year is up, he'll have paid ~ £1,000 in total.

Sorry, you must be insane to smoke that amount of hard earnt cash on a mere phone. Yes, it's a lovely lovely phone, but £700 for A PHONE? ... A PHONE?!

To recap... it's A PHONE... I'll wait for people to jump in and give all manner of justifications as to why it's not such a bad deal, probably putting these justifications in relation to *other* ridiculously priced smart phones, NOT in relation to real life with bills, outgoings, food and rent etc.

Nice phone yes... but the price? You must be high, or paid too much. It could wash up and hoover the floor for all I care... but £700 is purely stupid, and the funny thing is, people will (and do) pay it.

Utterly unbelievable :p


My thoughts exactly: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/09/17/iphone-6-craze-highlights-our-dumb-money-moves.aspx
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It's worth it to get exactly what you want if the utilization is high. Rather then get something you don't want but performance the same function just cause it's cheaper.
 
Interesting thread as always. My 2 cents after 48 hrs with both.

1. 6, IMO, perfect replacement for the 5s. Elegant, light, fast, best iPhone
in a 3.5" to 4.7" screen size to date.

2. 6+. A device capable of doing much more if you can live with it. The display is nicer than the 6. I don't know what blurred images people were looking at on a 6+. Battery life is out of the park. OS on the camera is a godsend. Two handed game play, productivity apps, video, surfing, are all enhanced.

Why I went with the 6:
1. Simply could not get to like the 2 taps bring the top down dance. Don't need it on a 6.

2. While it felt good in my hand, I would most likely have been required to modify my grip. Not easy after 8 years. My small finger on my R hand would slowly slide off the bottom of the phone. This would require me to reposition with my L hand. Small, but frequent and annoying. My hands are just a tad too narrow, while being more than long enough.

3. I don't use pockets . I've used belt clips as long as I can remember (Plug for Seidio). Any device this size on a belt clip is uncomfortable while sitting. I'm not going to remove it every time I sit down.

2 great phones. IMO the 6+ has more bang for the buck. It's about how much "Bang" you want, how your going to carry it (think), if you like doing the 2 tap top down dance, and the width of your hand. :apple:
 
Moto G said:
£700...

Unbelievable that people justify that.
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Most of people think different. They purchase from a carrier and justify it with communication costs they have anyways. I don't know carriers who offer a cheaper contract because you don't buy a phone. Except prepaid, of course.
 
newdeal said:
likely about the same as ever because developers program to the lowest devices and there will be a crap load of iPhone 5/5s/6/6+ out there when the 6S/6S+ is released so developers will be forced to program to make it work on those legacy devices
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We will see the effect of fragmentation in Apple ecosystem itself which once it abhorred !
 
iPhone 6 display faulty!

My amazing new iPhone 6 [64GB] arrived on Saturday morning - which was great as it was scheduled to arrive on the 29th! So well done Apple for getting it to me early.
However, less than one and a half days later (with no drops or any miss treatment) the display now has a very thin black line right across it (a whole line of dead pixels). :(
So now I have to go through the process of getting it replaced when there aren't any in the supply chain to replace it with! At least I can still use it in the meantime... I only hope this is a one off and not an indication that quality control has gone out of the window in the rush to ship...
 
spacemanspifff said:
My amazing new iPhone 6 [64GB] arrived on Saturday morning - which was great as it was scheduled to arrive on the 29th! So well done Apple for getting it to me early.
However, less than one and a half days later (with no drops or any miss treatment) the display now has a very thin black line right across it (a whole line of dead pixels). :(
So now I have to go through the process of getting it replaced when there aren't any in the supply chain to replace it with! At least I can still use it in the meantime... I only hope this is a one off and not an indication that quality control has gone out of the window in the rush to ship...
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Oh, man, that's a bummer. Sorry to hear that. We all want our toys to be perfect but unfortunately sometimes ***** happens. Hope you can get a fix or replacement soon. Use a blackish wallpaper in the meantime ;)
 
coldpower27 said:
It's worth it to get exactly what you want if the utilization is high. Rather then get something you don't want but performance the same function just cause it's cheaper.
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you can not utilize one of the most basic usage of a smartphone - using its space as a portable disk. so all that GBs that apple charges ridiculous amount (ie it doesnt cost them $100 to jump from 16gb to 32gb!) for, you really can't use it any way you please. by preventing you access to file system, they are limiting your utilization.
 
chagla said:
you can not utilize one of the most basic usage of a smartphone - using its space as a portable disk. so all that GBs that apple charges ridiculous amount (ie it doesnt cost them $100 to jump from 16gb to 32gb!) for, you really can't use it any way you please. by preventing you access to file system, they are limiting your utilization.
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I disagree. Virtually no one uses a cell for this any longer. I use a Thumb Drive daily for this. 80% of iPhone owners don't even know what a file system is. They will say iOS 8, then start naming Apps.
 
chagla said:
you can not utilize one of the most basic usage of a smartphone - using its space as a portable disk. so all that GBs that apple charges ridiculous amount (ie it doesnt cost them $100 to jump from 16gb to 32gb!) for, you really can't use it any way you please. by preventing you access to file system, they are limiting your utilization.
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actually, you can, there are apps for that.
I used that during 3GS days and later didn't install the app.
I use iCloud now for all files movement (actually sync across desktop, ipad and macbook air), works great and no need for any physical movement of files.
As for others, Dropbox and installed and forgotten Microsoft Drive can store gigabytes of data and sync too.
 
chagla said:
you can not utilize one of the most basic usage of a smartphone - using its space as a portable disk. so all that GBs that apple charges ridiculous amount (ie it doesnt cost them $100 to jump from 16gb to 32gb!) for, you really can't use it any way you please. by preventing you access to file system, they are limiting your utilization.
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Nah - I would never use the memory capacity of my phone as a portable disk. Everything else is more cost effective and probably faster. But IMO it's time for Apple to think about an SD-Slot on the iPhone, especially when they want to attack the Android hardware providers.

Apple also could implement the Samba protocols ( a wide-spread file-sharing mechanism supported by all major OS today, this would be my preference ) and sell it as "Innovation".

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StoneJack said:
actually, you can, there are apps for that.
I used that during 3GS days and later didn't install the app.
I use iCloud now for all files movement (actually sync across desktop, ipad and macbook air), works great and no need for any physical movement of files.
As for others, Dropbox and installed and forgotten Microsoft Drive can store gigabytes of data and sync too.
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Cloud computing is no alternative for file sharing.

a) You need the services and trust to the security implementation of your provider(s) ... ( remember what happened with your mediathek and the new U2 Album ).

b) You need network access ( WAN ).

I want to share my files without my carrier and Apple.
 
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hope ive have more time to spend on next iphone 6s, do away those antenna lines and protruding camera.
 
ScubaCinci said:
When you have a job and are in a meeting, people tend to frown upon that.
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True, :) but noise is noise.

If someone has their phone on vibrate so they can feel it ring in their pocket, it makes sense. If they have their phone on vibrate so they can hear it, it's very hit-and-miss since it depends whether the phone is on a soft material (you won't hear it) or a desk on a wooden floor (could be very noisy and disruptive). In that case, it makes more sense to have a ringer on very low volume as the sound is more predictable.
 
eric_n_dfw said:
It's an iPod...
a phone...
and an internet communicator.
Are you getting it?

:rolleyes:

The fact it has telephone capabilities is almost an afterthought any more.
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Nice sarcastic cliche - I know what an iPhone is, thank you for that, and it's STILL £700. Show me how it's worth £700... I am sad to think people would still defend the price if it were £1,100 (they would).
 
AirDrop

macenied said:
Nah - I would never use the memory capacity of my phone as a portable disk. Everything else is more cost effective and probably faster. But IMO it's time for Apple to think about an SD-Slot on the iPhone, especially when they want to attack the Android hardware providers.

Apple also could implement the Samba protocols ( a wide-spread file-sharing mechanism supported by all major OS today, this would be my preference ) and sell it as "Innovation".

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Cloud computing is no alternative for file sharing.

a) You need the services and trust to the security implementation of your provider(s) ... ( remember what happened with your mediathek and the new U2 Album ).

b) You need network access ( WAN ).

I want to share my files without my carrier and Apple.
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Moto G said:
Nice sarcastic cliche - I know what an iPhone is, thank you for that, and it's STILL £700. Show me how it's worth £700... I am sad to think people would still defend the price if it were £1,100 (they would).
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It's all about your point of view - I just bought a flight to the states which cost me well over £1000. Once I've been there and back, I will have nothing to show for that money. However, if I spend £700 on an iPhone I will have an amazing portable computing device which I can keep using for around 3 years and then still get a bit of money for it when I sell it... so to be honest, £700 is very cheap!
 
so everyone using a Plus with Facebook has the same black screen issues, right? The app pops up, black screens for 2-5 seconds, then opens. It's like it can't figure out what to do about zoom so it barfs and then reopens.
 
Hmm

I was not blown away by this iphone 6, but i have friends that are happy using this phones
 
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