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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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Not a bad idea. Or for some period of time (week or two), a couple reports from other users auto-disables their accounts, as opposed to waiting for a mod to get to it.
Aaaah lemme go recheck the title of this thread! I mean it's late but I thought skinamaxx was on cable
Well, my assumptions were correct. Battery life will be terrible.
Our TechRadar battery test did show something slightly worrying, and likely down to the increased pixel count: where the iPhone 5S lost 16% from a looped 90 minute Full HD video, the iPhone 6 lost 26%, with the iPhone 6 Plus dropping a similar 27%. Apple's extra pixel management clearly isn't as good as it could be, so anything with the screen on is going to be an issue.
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Our TechRadar battery test did show something slightly worrying, and likely down to the increased pixel count: where the iPhone 5S lost 16% from a looped 90 minute Full HD video, the iPhone 6 lost 26%, with the iPhone 6 Plus dropping a similar 27%. Apple's extra pixel management clearly isn't as good as it could be, so anything with the screen on is going to be an issue.
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$199 for an entry level phone, skipping the most popular 32GB model to force people to upgrade to 64GB for an insane markup - is there no end to the greed?
A8 chip is only 20% faster, as opposed to past when Apple usually had a 2x performance increase. Battery life on 6 is worse than 5S. No big improvements in software or UI.
It's still an iPhone, but after all the hype over the last year. how can you not be disappointment this is all we get. There was no thought put in the hardware or software design, it was just one goal - make a bigger phone. Apple's clean design was sacrificed (which is why everyone is criticizing the ugly lines and protruding camera), nothing done to shrink bezels, no software features except the gimmicky one hand mode.
A8 chip is only 20% faster, as opposed to past when Apple usually had a 2x performance increase. Battery life on 6 is worse than 5S. No big improvements in software or UI.
It's still an iPhone, but after all the hype over the last year. how can you not be disappointment this is all we get. There was no thought put in the hardware or software design, it was just one goal - make a bigger phone. Apple's clean design was sacrificed (which is why everyone is criticizing the ugly lines and protruding camera), nothing done to shrink bezels, no software features except the gimmicky one hand mode.
Well, my assumptions were correct. Battery life will be terrible.
Our TechRadar battery test did show something slightly worrying, and likely down to the increased pixel count: where the iPhone 5S lost 16% from a looped 90 minute Full HD video, the iPhone 6 lost 26%, with the iPhone 6 Plus dropping a similar 27%. Apple's extra pixel management clearly isn't as good as it could be, so anything with the screen on is going to be an issue.
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That's for hours and hours of video playback.
Did you read the other reviews where they got 2 days of battery life on the iPhone 6 Plus with regular use???
90 minutes of HD video, not hours and hours.
The iPhone6+ is fine, it's the 6 I'm worried about.
I'm glad the 6+ is getting good but not great reviews. It's ridiculously big. I'd much rather Apple had kept the 4" (or maybe slightly bigger) and then a 5" device. Shame though that the bigger device gets a better screen and camera.
I wish that they would get rid of the home button. The 6 Plus is bigger than the competition with the same size screen and harder to use one handed than it could be. One of the reviews also stated that the rounded edges make it more slippery than the 5S which is more squared edges.
At least you have progress. I'm doing store pick up and my status just says "Processing. We'll email you when it's ready for pickup."
So, do I get an email Thursday? If not I assumed I'd be that store when it opens. I guess I wait until a Friday email?
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I think the Apple logo with an index finger focus would be a good position for the touch ID sensor.
If you don't want a case get a skin. Your device looks naked, almost, but gets good protection. I've been using the ones from these guys: https://www.bestskinsever.com
and have been happy. Good support, too. My three year old iPhone 4s looks great.
They can be a pain to apply and do start to peel after 6-12 mo of daily use (I replace them at this point).
I've also used InvisibleShield, which was equally good and equally good support, but about twice as expensive.
Also: these skins are a little grippy, so will probably help with the slipperiness the reviewers are mentioning.
Hmmm 1 1/2 days for the 6. At least that's better than current battery life, would have loved 2 days but I don't need a huge phone. Got my iPad Air and nMac Pro6,1 D700 w/ dual 27" LED LCD's, don't need a phablet.
Awesome news on the battery life on both though!
I'm with you there. I have a cellular iPad Air. No need for the 6 plus. 4.7 inch on the go, iPad air around the house, rMBP for work.
Not all, there were a lot of writers that did reviews but he tended to do a lot of the Apple reviews and especially the SoC reviews. I believe he was also the one who would be at and review all the keynotes.