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First iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Reviews: 'Thin and Sexy', 'Bigger and Better', Impressive Battery Life Up to 2 Days
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The earliest Apple will introduce this will be iOS 9, in 2015. At this point, most people will be one year into their contract
You mean as the complaints why that damned safari keeps reloading tabs wash them away?
You do realise that is directly related to the low amount of memory?
As I just wrote in another post, I am not sure if that is really the case. I own a 4S (512MB), and I use my wife's 5S (1GB) from time to time, and I have not seen any noticeable difference in tabbed browsing performance. I believe there is a deeper problem in Safari that no RAM upgrade will fix.
2 days battery life? Do these reviewers actually use the phones. My Sony Ultra has a bigger battery than the 6plus yet I get around half a day to two thirds of the day use. This includes 3 hours on the web with cellular data in the morning.
I very much doubt battery on the new iphones are 2 days.
I very much doubt battery on the new iphones are 2 days.
The drunk tech review is missing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lm47084hdg&list=UUUl1vwl_yW20Tss9kGbd-FA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lm47084hdg&list=UUUl1vwl_yW20Tss9kGbd-FA
Why would you find a claim unbelievable when you are comparing the battery life of two different phones? Never mind the fact that the claim comes from respected gadget sites?
That's like me saying there is no way in hell that automobile gives you 35 mpg because my car (from a completely different manufacturer) gives me 22 mpg.
One thing I've noticed is no one in reviews ever says anything about the RAM. It's totally a macrumors thing.
Funny why Apple just dont publish it within their specsheet.
Still most iphone users dont care. If its just a safari reloading issue then most probably dont even notice.
The 16/64/128 memory options are definitely a chicken**** move by Apple to maximize profits. It's indefensible.
... But please, don't let me stop you from trying.
Indefensible? You make it sound like Apple is denying food to babies. There is no morality play here. The fact is Apple, being a for profit business doesn't have to defend such marketing decisions unless they turn out to be a flop. Based on preorders that doesn't seem to be the case. The memory options in pure economic theory appear to be efficiently priced and having the effect Apple intended.
For those offended there are other phones that present a better value.
Because the maths do not add up. Like I said did they actually use the phones during those two days. Its like when apple claim x days call time with their iphone 5. This statistic is pointless because the iphone 5 is a half a day phone period.
I don't expect the iphone 6 to be a 2 day phone with only a 3000mah battery. You would need at least 5000mah
Yes! I use a Wacom tablet for nearly all of my computing activities (I'm a photographer who lives in Photoshop after a shoot... the tablet sits where most people's keyboards would be)
I would LOVE to have a similar type stylus for my iDevice. Then I could just easily storyboard on there rather than paper.
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Glad to hear about battery life, dictation improvement and other typing upgrades. Happy I convinced myself to go ahead with the upgrade. It'll be a while before I get my iP6 but I'll live vicariously through everyone else here.
Thanks for publishing links to all of the reviews macrumors.
Glad to hear about battery life, dictation improvement and other typing upgrades. Happy I convinced myself to go ahead with the upgrade. It'll be a while before I get my iP6 but I'll live vicariously through everyone else here.
Thanks for publishing links to all of the reviews macrumors.
Then why hasnt apple fixed this? Its been this way for quite some time.
And it was even a lot worse on the IPAD 1 I still have here I can only keep open 1 max 2 tabs before its start reloading. The IPAD 3 can keep open a lot more.
64bit and heavier sites/apps in background can actually worsen the problem so its sometimes difficult to compare .
I read a few of the reviews, though most of the reviewers liked the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, there wasn't a resounding "Best phone ever" feeling I got from the articles. Also most of them said the same thing, the 6 Plus is huge and may be a problem for folks with smaller hands. I would imagine a case would make that problem even worse.
Gruber's review is up. Bottom line he's not completely sold on the screen sizes (though he says Apple mocked up 20 different sizes before deciding on these two).
http://daringfireball.net/2014/09/the_iphones_6
http://daringfireball.net/2014/09/the_iphones_6
Well both phones are "just" bigger iPhones, nothing major has changed besides the screen size. It's bigger and better and that's basically what to expect.
We notice on the iPad. That's where Safari is garbage. I hope it improves with iOS 8 but I have my doubts.
I'm disappointed that given the larger screen size of the 6+ that Apple didn't want to reduce the horizontal and vertical spacing between the apps on the home screen. Seems to me we could have 5 columns instead of just 4 and up to 7 rows instead of 6. Not to mention only 4 icons in the dock...
Such a waste of space
Such a waste of space
I was more so referring to the antenna lines on the back of the phone. We never did get a reason from Apple as to why they're so thick.
I doubt most ipad users even notice it. I personally do and it is a big pet hate of mine so much so that I dont use my air for surfing anymore.
Looking to pick up the air 2 or retina mini 2 but these better have 2gb ram at a minimum.
My goodness - - someone applying reason to this issue!
What is MacRumors coming to?!?
And gave it a 9.0 score which is better than any other phone they've reviewed this year. The 6+ got an 8.7; the only phone they rated better was the Moto X with an 8.8 score.
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And then he goes on to give it a 9.0 score, the highest score of any phone they reviewed this year. So I guess that means there's nothing spectacular about any smartphones anymore?
They are using a 20 nm process in a 64 bit chip do you want to get better better battery management from that alone. And then you add the enhancements and iOS 8 then it starts to add up it's not about all out specs well maybe it is you just didn't consider the other pieces to the puzzle
You have to take the 2 days of battery life (on the Plus) statement with a grain of salt. He said that was up from the 1 1/2 days he'd get with his 5S. I don't know about most of you but my 5 would barely make it through a full day. Still though if I only have to worry about charging it once a day with fairly heavy use (and I expect that to be the case) I'll be pretty happy.
Seems like most of these articles are confirming what we already knew and have come to expect - nothing revolutionary - Apple has once again taken an already great phone and improved upon it.
Seems like most of these articles are confirming what we already knew and have come to expect - nothing revolutionary - Apple has once again taken an already great phone and improved upon it.