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Hands-On First Impressions of the New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
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The phone becomes harder to use because WHILE its charging you can't use it except face up on the mat. Most people pick up their phone to use it. You can't play most game or type fast, or make a call except on speaker when the phone is laying on a table. I don't know why you need to unplug the phone to receive a call? Picking it up off the mat ends the charge so if you need to talk a long time you would be unable to do so with it on the mat.
Mobiles are hardly "phones" anymore and it's hardly even the primary function of my device - it's the mobile data that is. That's pliable. Line, whatsapp, iMessage, via voice, video, text or photo. Myriads of ways to quickly and efficiently communicate. Voice isn't always the best medium in the always on, always connected world.
I don't know if you travel in Asia much but I can tell you this: larger screen phones are everywhere. People carry them in little flip cases like a pocketbook with cash and credit cards. It's also a huge huge huge growth market for Apple.
The 4.7 may prove to initially be more popular in the US. But I guarantee you Apple will sell millions and millions of the 6+.
You mean the htc one that was clearly inspired by the iPhone 5? And please, the 6 looks much sleeker than the htc one.
The 1GB argument. I can see why so many of you are hung up on that, but the fact that you compare it to leading Android phones is asinine.
I have used everything from Galaxy 2, 3, 4, Nexus (by far the smoothest), HTC One, and many others, and they all lag, no matter how much RAM you give those phones. Android is fundamentally a different OS compared to iOS which doesnt require as much RAM to be functional.
The tabs in browser argument. How many damn tabs do you people need? Why are you opening that many tabs to begin with to slow the phone down? I never had issues with my 5 or 5s (ipad yes), and 6 I doubt ill have any issues with either. The fact that you need to have that many tabs open to begin with makes think youre using the wrong device. Stick to a computer then!
I have used everything from Galaxy 2, 3, 4, Nexus (by far the smoothest), HTC One, and many others, and they all lag, no matter how much RAM you give those phones. Android is fundamentally a different OS compared to iOS which doesnt require as much RAM to be functional.
The tabs in browser argument. How many damn tabs do you people need? Why are you opening that many tabs to begin with to slow the phone down? I never had issues with my 5 or 5s (ipad yes), and 6 I doubt ill have any issues with either. The fact that you need to have that many tabs open to begin with makes think youre using the wrong device. Stick to a computer then!
True enough about investments. Why would I pick up an Android phone? Have had lots of iPhones, I just don't ever drop them.
None of those phones lag. I've had them all as well. From time to time my Note 2 and SGS3 hung up on an app, but even my brand new iPad Mini does that. My iPhone has crashed from time to time too.
This lagging on the Android thing is just as much nonsense as the iPhone needs 16GBs of RAM nonsense.
Me either. Apple might have just seriously compromised the sales numbers of the iPad mini with this new ginormous phone though. Whatever.
Phones are still too small for me and way too expensive off contract for me to even consider anyways. Oh well.
Y'all enjoy your giant slab...errr....ummmm... "Phone".
Except they're not phones and they're not trying to be. Really they should'nt even be called "smartphones". They're ultra portable computers that can makes calls amongst other things.
Can't help but think this was the last phone with Jobs at the helm? He never lost track of "proportions" which is so important for a product.
I use the phone as it charges while plugged ALL THE TIME. I do it especially when I'm in heavy use mode like playing a CPU intensive game were I know that if I do it while not plugged, I'll cream my battery.
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Best camera, best CPU, best quality screen, toughest screen, thinner, significantly longer battery time, etc. Pretty decent upgrade I'd say.
To be fair this is much thinner and easier to handle than those phones of a few years ago.
Apple has much higher margins on phones than on the mini, so I don't think they are worried.. They probably make as much on one phone as on two mini,
Sorry, but geo is still right. The HTC One M8 is a really ugly phone. Seen from the backside, it looks like a freebie metal case for my sunglasses that I got from LensCrafters. Free but tacky.
Amazing how so many people are quick to diss the new iPhone designs, but then they admit to liking phones that are cringeworthy and hideous in their own right.
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All the photos I'Ve seen make the M8 look worse than the 6, are there some underground beauty pics I'm not aware of?
The one handed double tap on the ID button, seems a bit silly because even doing that one handed on my iPod touch is awkward and doing that on a bigger phone especially the 6plus I would say is near enough to impossible unless you don't mind the considerable risk of dropping the phone because you are only holding the phone by the bottom two inches, and then there's the extra leverage at the other end.
However this is easily fixed by going into one handed mode with a special gesture on the screen, like a back an forth swipe with the thumb where ever is most comfortable.
Exactly. Not sure if you read the entire conversation between me and the other person.
Just found this from 4 years ago. It would be interesting to know if Jobs would have ever changed his view on the subject if he were still alive today.
www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/jobs-no-ones-going-to-buy-a-big-phone/
www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/jobs-no-ones-going-to-buy-a-big-phone/
7) Hahahaha. Selfies? Really? Are you that self centered? Why do you even bother reading the forums if you are so against the iPhone?
Ummm why do you think I rolled eyes at the end of my statement!! I was being sarcastic!! Apple is genius in convincing us to upgrade, pops!
"And that large size is pretty key; this is the phone that's going to force Apple to turn the iPad into a true laptop competitor. I have an iPad mini that will never come out again once I get this phone; I have an iPad Air that will need a better reason to come out than simply the size of its screen."
This is pretty much what I thought when I first saw the 6 Plus. Yes, the Mini is considerably larger, but it appears this will do everything it will do and still be pretty much pocketable. I think the 6 is probably a more "comfortable" size, but the 6 Plus seems to be the only one of the two that runs full landscape - and that may be the deciding factor for me. Looking forward to a hands-on comparison soon.
This is pretty much what I thought when I first saw the 6 Plus. Yes, the Mini is considerably larger, but it appears this will do everything it will do and still be pretty much pocketable. I think the 6 is probably a more "comfortable" size, but the 6 Plus seems to be the only one of the two that runs full landscape - and that may be the deciding factor for me. Looking forward to a hands-on comparison soon.